Iraq Reviews > Scores Die in Baghdad Attacks
[Truthdig - Reports] Although 3,200 additional troops have been deployed in Baghdad in an effort to assert control, violence continues to worsen. A double car bombing on Monday killed 88 people and injured 160.
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Truthdig - Reports: that the wounded were piled up alongside the dead on wooden market carts. Bodies could be seen covered in blue sheeting outside a Baghdad mortuary, while doctors at al-Kindi Hospital worked frantically to save the lives of the badly injured. (via Cosmos)
TUMEKE!: 25 US soldiers went home in body bags yesterday, and today sees 100 Iraqis dead as more car bombs light up Baghdad, I dont wish to rain on My President Bushs parade, but every day that goes by sees you lose a little bit more of Iraq - Mr Bush this isnt working and putting 20 000+ troops into harms way isnt going to make things any better. (via Cosmos)
[Time.blogs.com] Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: The Domino Theory was a fear that that once Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would go on falling, while the Tipping Point idea was a hope that once Iraq jumped up to welcome democracy, the rest of the Middle East would go on rising. The ying-and-yang of military psuedo-science drawn from frothy management books.
[Iraqpundit.blogspot.com] IraqPundit: The station was founded by Mishaan Juburi, who, according to WaPo, "is most closely affiliated with the Islamic Army of Iraq, made up of ex-Baathists." The NYT identifies him as "a former Sunni member of Parliament who was indicted last February on charges of embezzling millions of American dollars meant to pay for a vast pipeline protection force he had been assigned to help build with recruits from Salahuddin Province. He was accused of collecting salaries for thousands of soldiers who did not exist." He denied the charges and fled to Syria.
[Washingtonpost.com] Insurgents Assert Control Over Town Near Syrian Border: In other developments Monday, the U.S. Army warned noncombatants to leave a portion of the northeastern city of Tall Afar ahead of an expected assault on an insurgent stronghold there. Car bombs and other political violence around Iraq killed at least 33 Iraqi civilians and security force members.
[Forumblog.org] Forumblog.org - The World Economic Forum Weblog: Do US Troops ...: Then on Monday, the US State Department's spokesman in Doha, an Arab-American called Nabil Khouri, visited al-Jazeera's offices in the city and, according to a source within the Qatari satellite channel, repeated the Pentagon's assurances. Within 24 hours, the Americans had fired their missile into the Baghdad office.
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