None left untouched by daily violence in Baghdad

[deadparrot]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's morgues are overflowing and 100 civilians a day are killed in communal violence, but official statistics tell only part of the story of a slide into civil war -- for the rest, just listen to ordinary Iraqis.

President George W. Bush will hear the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, in Washington on Tuesday tell him of plans for stemming bloodshed in Baghdad and repeat assurances he gave on Monday that Iraq is not at war with itself.

But talk to people at random in the capital and a picture quickly emerges of a city where virtually everyone has a friend, relative or neighbor who has fallen victim to the sectarian shootings and death threats that Washington accepts are now an even bigger threat than the 3-year-old Sunni insurgency.

Every one of 20 people who spoke to Reuters around their workplace in central Baghdad, from a variety of sects and ethnic groups, had a horror story of conflict touching their lives.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_civilwar_dc

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. What a disaster

I find myself wondering how much good we could have done in Iraq with all the money we've spent creating such a horrific mess, if we'd just choose a different approach.

[flyarm]

3. LIKE DIPLOMACY ..PERHAPS??..I AGREE! N/T

[saigon68]

2. FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH