At least 90 people killed, 180 wounded as US, insurgents battle in Samarra

[Beetwasher]

SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP) - At least 90 people were killed and 180 wounded as US troops and Iraqi forces charged into Samarra in a first effort to reclaim troublespots before Iraq (news - web sites)'s planned elections, while a shocked nation buried 34 children killed by car bombs.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&e=7&u=/afp/iraq

Oh. My. God.

[Barrett808]

1. So it begins. Bush is getting Grozny on those Iraqis.

When Fallujah is razed, then those Iraqis will come flocking to free-market democracy.

[Tripmann]

2. Here we go...

..a month of wholesale slaughter of both 'insurgents' and as a consequence innocents in a last ditch attempt to calm the ever worsening storm in Iraq before the election.

Expect more of the same for the duration of October everyone.

tripmann

[Dhalgren]

3. Every fucking body in the whole goddamned world is crazy!

And we are the looniest of the whole bunch! Someone, somewhere has got to step in and stop this shit. Our insane, slobbering president has got to be stopped or we will never recover from this. After we have been soundly defeated and had our asses kicked the hell out of Iraq, Iraq will recover - just like Vietnam did. But we won't. This demented murdering of innocent people will destroy this country, if hasn't already. We are the dead...

[milkyway]

4. How many people will die this month for bush's campaign?

[Englander]

5. This is going to end badly....

In Samarra there is a unique ancient mosque,
the golden mosque,shrines and tombs of four
imans....&tc,&tc,&tc

[Just Me]

6. The downward spiral continues,...

,...with the neocon-led "gates of hell" being pushed further open.

:cry:

[NNN0LHI]

7. Just a couple of dead-enders eh, Herr Rumsfeld? n/t

[geniph]

8. The news is full of daily body counts again

is this giving anyone else serious creeps? Have we learned nothing in thirty years?

:-(