55 killed by bomb in Baghdad.
By on Mar 6th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
55 killed by bomb in Baghdad.
In “one of the bloodiest days in the capital in recent months,” two coordinated bomb blasts blamed on al Qaeda “killed 55 people in a crowded Baghdad shopping area on Thursday, on the day the U.S. military said it was withdrawing 2,000 troops from the Iraqi capital.”
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What the hell, we’re going to need those 2,000 troops for the Iran Invasion, right?
~RHUsseinCerious~
March 6th, 2008 at 5:56 pmVery sad.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:04 pmJust more evidence that the surge is working, right?
Tstat Hussein guy
March 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pmI can only imagine what it must be like to live in Baghdad these days and what it would be like to be torn between a desire to live in your own home and a desire not to be blown up while picking up the groceries. I’d guess that the only people still living there are people with no other options at all.
Very sad, indeed.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pmComment by gummitch — March 6, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
Yes, sad indeed. A situation they can all thank chimpy for.
Tstat Hussein guy
March 6th, 2008 at 6:16 pm.
Going swimmingly… in a blood bath.
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March 6th, 2008 at 6:16 pmGet our troops the hell out of there. Leave Blackwater to fend for themselves.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:19 pmFrom the Reuter’s Article:
….prompting General David Petraeus, the U.S. military commander in Iraq, to announce that five of 20 brigades would be pulled out by July 2008.
We ARE pulling troops out of IRAQ. A piece on NPR today said basically the same thing. My guess…this is due to the reality that we just don’t have the troops.
Will this will effect the rate of violence in Iraq, ?? we shall see.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:20 pmwait…you mean there are still people in iraq we can’t bribe with american taxpayer money?
time for betrayus to take other dip in americas coffers to pay off the insurgents…so we can keep saying to ourself “the splurge…uhm I mean surge” is working..”
March 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pmprompting General David Petraeus, the U.S. military commander in Iraq, to announce that five of 20 brigades would be pulled out by July 2008.
Don’t you remember Betrayus saying that he would have to start bringing home the “surge” troops in March? They have to either bring troops home or extend their tours of duty from 15 months to 24 months. At this point in time that would do work well for the Republicans. They are already losing the military. If they start extending deployments to 24 months, they will probably have a mutiny on their hands.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:35 pmGet our troops the hell out of there. Leave Blackwater to fend for themselves.
Comment by Mr. Evil
I like that idea. I imagine most Iraqi’s would love to tear them limb from limb. It would be a blood bath tho. Blackwater wouldn’t go down without a fierce fight.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:36 pmA REAL hellhole
March 6th, 2008 at 6:38 pmIraqi Official: Baghdad Is Drowning In Sewage
sounds like a blackwater black-op to wag the dog.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pmmcmaverick will be using stories like this to justify “staying the course”
suckers, of course, will buy it.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pmThe political situation in Iraq is worsening. This bombing is merely terrible example of the unrest.
March 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pmWhat is there really that we can do to repay the Iraqi people? So many dead, wounded, maimed, poisoned with depleted uranium, infrastructure broken beyond repair, institutions destroyed, factions armed and aggravated….we’ve spent all our money into the next generations, spent our military to the point of endangering our own security, and frittered away any trust other nations had in our intentions. GOP legacy of hubris and abject failure.
March 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmAnd the “accomplished” mission continues…
March 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pm18. The “accomplished†mission to topple the tyrant Hussein ended long ago. This is a different mission.
Comment by good_golly — March 6, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Really? Then we’re going to need a new Congressional authorization of war, then, aren’t we?
March 7th, 2008 at 8:37 am