Bombs in Baghdad, Pakistan, Chechnya

From AP/Yahoo:

Car bombers struck twice in rapid succession in the capital Sunday, killing at least 11 people including an American soldier, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that violence may increase before the January election.

Iraq's most feared terror group - Tawhid and Jihad - claimed responsibility for the near-simultaneous car bombings, one near an east Baghdad police academy and the other outside an east Baghdad market as an American military convoy was passing by.

From News.com.au:

A Shiite leader in Pakistan said at least seven people were killed in the apparent suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in the country's east.

Witnesses said a man detonated the bomb after opening fire on a security guard when he tried to stop him from entering the mosque in Lahore.

In addition to these bombings, News.com.au reports:

A Russian colonel and his driver were killed and three other officials severely injured when their vehicle hit a mine in war-torn Chechnya, Interfax quoted the Chechen interior ministry as saying today.

Colonel Nikolai Zhabko and his driver died when the vehicle they were travelling [sic] in jumped on a mine in the Chali region, in the southeast of Chechnya, between the villages of Novye Atagy and Chiri-Yurt, the agency reported.

Along with these examples of violence and murder, it's appropriate to mention that they are not instances of the lack of peace since peace has been redefined to mean planting trees. Therefore, wars, violent killings, terrorism, bombings, and murders can continue and, as long as plenty of trees are planted, the world will be at peace.

Kumbaya, everyone!

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