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What a relief

Disagreeable

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The Iraqi Prime Minister tells us the insurgents are on running out of gas. (Remember it was just about a year ago that Dick Cheney told us the same thing.) To stop the violence the Prime Minister sent out thousands of Iraqi troops and police, backed up by US troops, and practically shut down the country. It must be such a relief to the Iraqis that they have such a strong, able government. :roll:

"Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, under pressure to rein in violence that has killed tens of thousands of Iraqis, launched a security operation on Wednesday with 50,000 Iraqi troops backed by 7,000 U.S. troops to pile pressure on al Qaeda.
But the sweep, mounted one day after Bush made a surprise visit to Baghdad to bolster Maliki's month-old government, has failed to stop attacks.
In more violence on Saturday, a bomb killed six people in a crowded market in central Baghdad and mortar rounds killed two people in another market in the Shi'ite district of Kadhimiya."




"“A series of explosions struck commercial areas in Baghdad within hours Saturday, killing at least 17 people and dealing a blow to a huge government operation to secure the capital.”

The blasts — seven within five hours — brought the death toll around Iraq to at least 23 people. The bombings also wounded at least 72. A day earlier, a suspected shoe bomber blew himself up inside one of Baghdad's most prominent Shiite mosques, killing 13 people.
The U.S. military said a soldier was killed Friday and two others were missing after an attack on a checkpoint near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. The area is known as the "Triangle of Death" because of frequent ambushes and attacks against U.S. soldiers and Iraqi troops.”



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060617/wl_nm/iraq_dc_51;_ylt=Ajqv6DTU08H2us9y5exj.EtX6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060617125905;_ylt=AoGwynJZc.G4gUhG9dD2E0pX6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
 

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