Babylon bombing

Today in Hilla, the site of ancient Babylon:

The man looked suspicious.

So, without speaking a word, Babil police officer Ahmed Eid Majood, manning one of the entrances to the bazaar in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, lunged toward him, and wrapped his arms around the suicide bomber's body.

The man detonated a belt packed with explosives Thursday afternoon, killing the officer and scores around him, police said, and sending a throng of shoppers at the covered market in a mad rush toward another exit.

...People who live near the market began walking toward the hospital to donate blood, a witness said.

I'll say this much for the Iraqis, they certainly aren't wimps.