Anger against US mounts as Iraq Shiites bury slain MP

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Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Mourners shouted anti-US slogans and torched American and Israeli flags in Baghdad's Shiite bastion after a radical MP was buried Friday, as fresh attacks killed at least 19 people across Iraq.

"Down with Americans, down with the occupation," Shiite youngsters shouted while burning US and Israeli flags at a public square in Sadr City after weekly prayers.

Car bombs, roadside blasts and a shooting near the capital and the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk killed at least 19 people and wounded at least another 66 on Friday, police and security officials said.

The worst single attack was in Baghdad's mainly Sunni quarter of Dora where a car bomb blast at a crowded market killed 13 people and wounded 27, police and the defence ministry said.



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Still no flowers? I thought McCain said we were winning.

[daggahead]

1. This proves we're winning!

:sarcasm:

[EmeraldCityGrl]

2. So much for "the surge is working."

[rateyes]

3. If al-Sadr calls off the cease-fire, watch out!

The "surge" in Iraq will look like the dumbest thing we've ever done, strategically speaking.

[EC]

4. Damn, bush and mccain

we should have pulled out while we could have called victory....