U.S. warns of wave of bombings in Baghdad

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, April 18 (Reuters) - A group of al Qaeda bombers has slipped into Baghdad to carry out a wave of car bombs and suicide attacks, the U.S. military said on Friday.

The unusual warning came after a spate of deadly bombings this week struck areas in northern Iraq, where al Qaeda Sunni Arab militants are known to be active.

"Information collected by coalition forces states that numerous AQI (al Qaeda in Iraq) terrorists have entered the Baghdad area with the purpose of carrying out vehicle-borne improvised-explosive devices or suicide vest attacks in the Karkh district of central Baghdad," the military said in a statement.

The statement said the public should be vigilant and warned specifically of intelligence that a stolen ambulance could be used as a car bomb.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1897661.htm

[truthisfreedom]

1. Watch as, quietly, bushco never uses the word surge again.

[PassingFair]

17. If they can't use "surge", what's next?

"The Ejaculation"?

[Parche]

2. Al-Kida Surge?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

:hi:

[AlphaCentauri]

3. the surge is working don't be surprised by the bombs.

:sarcasm:

[tom_paine]

4. Ah, the sweet smell of progress!

Any minute now, we will be greeted as liberators with those flowers and chocolates in a heart-shaped box!

[saigon68]

7. We are winning that's why they are killing us with ferocity

The Awol Chimpanzee

[paparush]

5. Is this announced "wave" going to be any more horific than the almost daily bombings

this week?

I thought Bush** just said that the terrorists are in Pakistan.

The only consistent message from this (mis)Administration - STAY AFRAID

[bdamomma]

6. just think more of our soldiers coming back with mental health disorders

and brain injuries I guess 300,000 mental health disorders and 300,000 with brain injuries is not enough for BCF.

sickening and immoral. :mad:

[wtmusic]

8. What does a wave of car bombs look like

and are they really available for carry out? :shrug:

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. He said "surf" not surge

"Surfing the wave"...

see?

bush is easy to mis-understand.

[Algorem]

9. gonna need a surge of media bullshit to cover up this surging bombing surge

[Downtown Hound]

10. I thought the surge had turned Iraq into a paradise?

No? Well rat's spit. I blame Obama for not wearing a flag pin.

[shadowknows69]

11. Ok we know they slipped in but not how, when or where they are now?

These bombers aren't carrying CIA ID cards by any chance are they?

[Tempest]

12. It's just like the way the military claims Iran is supplying IEDs

They knew Iran is providing IEDs, but they can't prove it.

[Javaman]

13. you mean a different one from the current wave? nt

[maddezmom]

14. US to release 12,000 prisoners in Iraq

US to release 12,000 prisoners in Iraq
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Last Updated: 7:03pm BST 18/04/2008



America plans to halve the number of detainees it is holding in Iraq by releasing more than 12,000 under a scheme designed to promote reconciliation with communities formerly sympathetic to the insurgency.

Uncertain World: The threats that face our globe
US officers in Iraq told the Wall Street Journal yesterday that more than 50 prisoners per day would gain their freedom through the end of 2008.


Over 12,000 prisoners are to be released from Iraqi prisons
The vast majority of those in American custody are Sunni Muslims, including a hardcore of al-Qa'eda followers.

However, officials estimate as few as 2,500 represent a long-term threat to America. "When they aren't a security risk, it's our obligation to release them," said Brigadier General Mike Nevin. "The trick is: how do you know when they're no longer a threat?"

Hours later America issued a rare alert that al-Qa'eda had advanced plans to carry out suicide attacks in Baghdad, claiming "credible intelligence" indicated a suicide attack squad had entered the capital and was planning to detonate devices using vehicles or pedestrians wearing explosive vests.


more:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/18/wiraq218.xml

[annabanana]

15. they are probably trying to make the uproar from Sadr City seem like

an "al Quaeda incursion"

[Alpharetta]

16. My fault -- I helped distract the surge

The surge was going great until we Democrats distracted US generals by asking questions.

[LynnTheDem]

19. WOOOHOOO more of that George W. bUsh

"SUCCESS" and "PROGRESS"!

Rightwingnuts; the stupidest motherfuckers ever.

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