Car Bomb Targets Iraq’s Education Ministry, Kills Eight
A car bomb exploded Tuesday, November 2, 2004, near the Ministry of Education in Baghdad, killing at least 8 people and wounding 29 others, officials said. There was no word on the motive for the Education Ministry bombing, which occurred on US presidential election day. The blast, in Baghdad's mainly Sunni Adhamiya district, badly damaged the Education Ministry building and destroyed 31 cars, Reuters news agency said.