At Least 23 Iraqis Die in Weekend Attacks ... (and the beat goes on)

[Peter Frank]

By SAMEER N. YACOUB
Associated Press Writer



An Iraqi soldier walks past wreckage from a roadside attack, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. Three Iraqis were injured when a roadside bomb detonated on a busy downtown street. (AP Photo / Hadi Mizban)


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a policeman's home northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing his four children and his brother and raising to at least 23 the number of Iraqis killed in attacks this weekend.

Also Sunday, police found the bullet-riddled bodies of nearly two dozen men abducted last week north of Baghdad after being rejected entry into a police academy, officials said.

The U.S. military announced Monday that a roadside bomb blast killed two U.S. airmen and wounded another Sunday near Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad. At least 2,226 U.S. military personnel have been killed since the Iraq war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The violence continued as Iraq's political parties began gearing up for talks on a new coalition government that U.S. officials hope will win the confidence of disaffected Sunni Arabs and undermine support for the insurgency. That would hasten the time when U.S. and other foreign troops can go home.<snip>

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[Erika]

1. How very sad for the Iraqis. This is what W and the GOP

did to Iraqis, who were never a threat to us. W's legacy will indeed be one of shame.

[Peter Frank]

2. Legacy Smegacy (pun intended)...

This war of aggression is already widely recognized as shamefully illegal.

The now PNAC cabinet came out for this war well before the 2000 "election."

To quote Timothy McVeigh after killing a number of innocents while going after the "guilty" ..."That's a lot of collateral damage."