42 Iraqis, 3 GIS Dead in Today's Grand Jury Proceedings

[Inland]

Just screwing with you. Time for a reality check....and an ugly, ugly reality it is.

Professor Juan Cole's blog for one day. Go here for the straight dope on what's happening in Iraq.


http://www.juancole.com/

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

42 Iraqis, 3 GIS Dead in Civil War


The Iraqi Civil War took the lives of another 42 persons on Tuesday. The most horrible attack was in the Shaab district of the capital. Two minibuses attacked a market. The first shot 7 persons down, then when a crowd gathered, a second minibus detonated its payload near a petroleum truck. The truck became a fireball, killing another 17 Iraqis and wounding at least 38. (Aljazeera is reporting the death toll from this attack at over 40.)


" At least 17 Iraqis were killed in other attacks in and around the capital and two police officers shot dead in the northern oil hub of Kirkuk.

A US soldier was killed by a bomb in the south of the capital, the US military said, adding that two soldiers were killed in a similar incident in Balad, north of the capital, the previous day."


Al-Zaman says that fighting continues between the US military and guerrillas in Ramadi, with 12 dead and 12 wounded on Tuesday.

Al-Zaman /Reuters report that early on Tuesday morning, shops that sell wine in downtown Baghdad were bombed. The perpetrators were likely adherents of some form of political ISlam, whether Sunni or Shiite.

Gunmen assassinated the coach of Basra's soccer team on Tuesday, according to Megan Stack of the LA Times. She also reports on the continued haggling by the four biggest parties in parliament for cabinet posts.

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. *Yawn* How's my Halliburton stock doing this morning? *Yawn*

First words from our beloved White House occupants each morning.

[Inland]

2. Well, they DO want to focus on the GOOD news. nt

[xchrom]

3. liberating the liberators from their burden.