Deadliest Iraq bomb kills 115

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

HILLAH, Iraq -- In the deadliest single strike since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a suicide car bomber attacked mostly Shiite police and national guard recruits lined up for physical exams at a medical clinic Monday, killing 115 and wounding 132 there and at a nearby market.

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