26 Die As Iraq Enters Fourth Year Of War - Daily Times Pakistan

[WillyT]

26 Die As Iraq Enters Fourth Year Of War
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

US and Iraqi forces on high alert

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BAGHDAD: Iraq marked the third anniversary of the US-led invasion on Monday with a fresh spate of killings, a deadlock over the new government and warnings of civil war as Shiites gathered in the south for a major religious ceremony.

At least 26 people died in attacks around the country in a reminder of the endemic violence that has convulsed Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime and jeopardised US plans to install a showcase Arab democracy.

Nine corpses showing signs of torture and gunshot wounds were found around the city in what has become a daily ritual following the February 22 dynamiting of a Shia shrine in Samarra that ushered in a wave of sectarian violence. A bomb left in a Shia restaurant in a Sunni district of the capital killed three and wounded 22, while four people were killed in another bombing outside a restaurant in eastern Baghdad.

Earlier in the day, a bomb ripped through a patrol of police commandos in Karrada, killing three commandos and three civilian bystanders, said police. Another 13 people were killed in shootings and bombings around the country, including four in a bombing near Musayyib and three people in a roadside bombing between Kirkuk and Hawija.

Meanwhile, US and Iraqi forces were on high alert to avert Sunni extremist attempts...

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I really don't know what to say any longer...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. It is NOT a war. It is an INVASION.

It is not insurgency. It is a civil war WE CAUSED.