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The Oh So Successful Surge
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| Krypton |
5 years after this disastrous expensive war of aggression was started, the total failure of regime change and "THE SURGE" can not make itself any more clear.
| quote: | Bombs kill more than 50 in Baghdad By ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in the capital Thursday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130 — a reminder that deadly attacks are a daily threat even though violence is down.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility. But back-to-back bombings — designed to maximize carnage — became the hallmark of attacks on civilians by al-Qaida in Iraq during the worst of the violence in Baghdad in 2006.
Like in previous such attacks, the tactic seeks to draw in the people with the first blast — especially security and medical workers — before a second bomb detonates.
Iraqis were enjoying a pleasant spring evening when a roadside bomb hidden under a vendor stall detonated in the primarily Shiite, middle-class Baghdad neighborhood of Karradah. Five minutes later, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated, Mohammed al-Rubaie, the head of the Karradah municipality, told the state-run Al-Iraqiya TV.
He said more than 50 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured. Many of the victims were teens or young adults, and four were women, police and officials at three hospitals said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| I wouldn't even use relative use of violence as an argument in this case. Just look at the political process. The surge was supposed to create an opening for real political reform and progress to be made - and absolutely none has occurred. |
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| Krypton |
| Just one point. Baghdad is supposed to be safer. It clearly is not. I wish this country had the resolve to impeach so obviously a failure as this executive administration. |
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| Capitalizt |
| But Latinlover told me everything was fine?? :conf: |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
But Latinlover told me everything was fine?? :conf: |
LOL. 9/11 9/11 9/11! Iraq has a 9/11 like every week! |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
But Latinlover told me everything was fine?? :conf: |
oh come on now this is all positive signs of progress man!!:stongue: |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
LOL. 9/11 9/11 9/11! Iraq has a 9/11 like every week! |
They are just a bunch of Arabs getting killed,their lives isnt that important anyways.[/sarcasm] :rolleyes: |
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| Chryz707 |
| The fact that a street dog gets thrown off a cliff by some GI shows the continuous failures there, we have to be out when the next Administration takes over. This is a festering problem and the only true answer is to amputate it. END THE WAR NOW! |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chryz707
END THE WAR NOW! |
Buried a cousin a few weeks ago due to this so called war.... |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
Buried a cousin a few weeks ago due to this so called war.... |
Sorry to hear that man.:(
This war is almost reaching its limits and it seems like almost everyone has had enough of it except the Bush administration.:whip: |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Militants target Green Zone in Baghdad
updated 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide.
The latest violence underscored the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups as the war enters its sixth year and the U.S. death toll in the conflict approaches 4,000.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23762575
So how long has the Iraqi government had "breathing space'?..:rolleyes: |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
So how long has the Iraqi government had "breathing space'?..:rolleyes: |
>LINK< |
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