Death toll of Baghdad bridge stampede nears 1,000 Updated: 2005-09-01 07:51

An Iraqi man swims to the bank after falling into the Tigris river
from Baghdad's Al A'ema bridge during a stampede August 31, 2005.
[Reuters]

Iraqi Defence Minister Saadoun Al-Dulaimi speaks with journalists
at a news conference in Baghdad August 31, 2005. Iraq's defence minister said
the stampede on a Baghdad bridge on Wednesday which killed hundreds of people
was not related to sectarian tensions gripping the country.
[Reuters]
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