Car bomb in Iraq kills at least 32, wounds 43

[MattNC]

Source: Associated Press

A car bomb ripped through a crowded commercial district in a mainly Shiite town north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people and wounding 43, Iraqi officials said. The explosion in Dujail was apparently targeting a police station but instead it badly damaged a nearby medical clinic, according to police. Concrete barriers largely protected the police station, the officials said.

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Victory.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. The surge is working!

[bdab1973]

7. Actually, it is

I've been here (Baghdad) for several months now and it's WAY calmer now than it was the last time I was here in 2006. The Iraqis I work with echo that sentiment. It's not "safe" yet, but there's a huge and marked decline in violence. Not trying to say the current administration did everything right (they royally screwed up on several instances) but Petraeus has done a remarkable job...he deserves the credit.

[bluestateguy]

2. Surge working update

Well, maybe the surge didn't work so well for those people.

[goodgd_yall]

3. You never hear about these on the TeeVee anymore.

Got to let the people keep thinking all is well in Iraq.

[Demit]

4. PBS NewsHour covered it tonight in their news summary.

Not in any depth, but you do get the numbers.

[goodgd_yall]

5. Thank god, some news source is trying to do a half-way decent job n/t

[xchrom]

6. recommend -- the surge is not working. nt