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[madrchsod]

"Security remained so tenuous in the capital on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the U.S. capture of Baghdad that Iraq's military declared a 24-hour ban on all vehicles in the capital from 5 a.m. Monday. The government quickly reinstated Monday as a holiday, just a day after it had decreed that April 9 no longer would be a day off."


i hope everyone in our government is having a wonderful vacation while our troops facing what could end up the worst month in the war.



let us not forget this


"At least 47 people were killed or found dead in violence Sunday, including 17 execution victims dumped in the capital".

"South of Baghdad, a truck bomb exploded near the Mahmoudiyah General Hospital, killing at least 18 people and wounding 23. The pickup truck loaded with artillery shells blew apart several buildings in a warren of auto repair shops."


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-iraq,1,7982944.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[AshevilleGuy]

1. Won't be any more spin about the Escalation working, I guess. n/t