Baghdad Bombarded Again in New Wave of Attack

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Baghdad Bombarded Again in New Wave of Attack

The US-British air bombing and missile attacks on Baghdad resumed at 6:35 a.m. local time (0335 GMT) on Saturday.

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The US-British air bombing and missile attacks on Baghdad resumed at 6:35 a.m. local time (0335 GMT) on Saturday.

Very powerful explosions caused very strong air pressure on thewindows of the Xinhua correspondents' office in northern Baghdad, which have to be left open despite cold weather, so as to avoid the shattering pressure.

Fire and smoke were seen in different parts of Baghdad, with thick black smoke caused by fire. At one point, huge mushroom-likesmoke was observed rising into the sky.

Casualties and damages caused the bombing are not immediately clear. The previous attack took place Friday evening through earlySaturday, in which a building in the main presidential palace in central Baghdad was hit.

Al Jazeera TV reported early Saturday that the Iraqi Information Ministry in central Baghdad was hit during a bombing attack. Iraqi forces launched anti-aircraft batteries on coalitionwarplanes. Witnesses said they heard at least three big blasts followed by another five coming from the US forces.

Earlier in the day, at least 53 people were killed and 47 others injured in coalition's bombings on a market in Baghdad. Baghdad has been under devastating bombings over the past nine days since the outbreak of the war.

On Friday night, explosions also rocked the southern outskirts of Baghdad during the new wave of US air strike on the Iraqi capital. Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf strongly accused the US-led coalition of using cluster bombs on Iraqi civilians. He said a total of 26 Iraqis were killed and 60 others injured during the overnight bombings on the central city of Najaf, and seven were killed and 92 others injured overnight inBaghdad.

Some 116 people have been killed and 695 injured in the southern city of Basra since the beginning of the war, he said, adding in the southern province of Thi Qar, 230 people have been killed and 800 injured.

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