Iraq's civil war is spiralling further and further out of control. (never ending)

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December 12th, 2006
Today in the News
By Pachacutec @ 6:52 am

Just a few quick hits to bring to everyone's attention:

- Iraq's civil war is spiralling further and further out of control. Nice job, George. Do you think you should have learned the difference between Shiites and Sunnis before sending our kids over there? Steve Gilliard will have more for us in a little while here this morning:

Truck Bombing Kills at Least 56 in Baghdad
By QAIS MIZHER and JOHN O'NEIL

BAGHDAD, Dec. 12 - At least 56 people, most of them laborers looking for work, were killed today when a pickup truck packed with explosives was detonated in a crowded square in the city's center this morning, Iraqi officials and witnesses said. At least 220 more were wounded.
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American military officials have described the battle for control of Baghdad as a steady stream of individual killings of Sunnis carried out by Shiite death squads, punctuated by bombings and larger attacks carried out by Sunni insurgents or Al Qaeda members against Shiites.........