At midday, the Baghdad marketplace was teeming with humanity. Mothers with children in tow were doing their shopping.
That is exactly what the would-be martyr — bomb strapped to his chest — was hoping to see, when the vehicle bringing him to the market was stopped two blocks short of that destination at a U.S. checkpoint.
The bomber burst from the car, running toward the market. A U.S. solder shouted in Arabic: "Stop!" The bomber didn't. With adrenalin pump ...
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