130 Dead, 200 wounded............... Imagine, just imagine.........

[Fla Dem]

Everyday, this is the news the Iraqi citizens must endure. We have day into night into day coverage about 13 miners,(no diminishing the tragedy of that event, just offering perspective), and the President offers the condolences of the nation. This is equal to or greater than an airliner crash. Imagine what it would be like if we had to endure this type of news about our fellow citizens e v e r y, s i n g l e, d a y.

130 Iraqis, 7 U.S. soldiers killed in bombings
One attack near Shiite mosque, another at police recruiting site

KARBALA, Iraq - In one of the deadliest days in Iraq since the U.S. military overthrew Saddam Hussein, bombs killed at least 130 Iraqis and seven U.S. soldiers on Thursday — shattering hopes that last month’s election and the new year would herald a more peaceful era.

Nearly 200 people were wounded in the attacks on Iraqis in two cities. Another three bombs exploded in Baghdad, two of them detonated by suicide bombers. And insurgents sabotaged an oil pipeline near the northern city of Kirkuk, causing a huge fire.
Iraq’s president denounced the violence as an attempt to derail the political process as progress was being made toward including the Sunnis in a new, broad-based government, a development that would weaken the Sunni-led insurgency.

“These groups of dark terror will not succeed through these cowardly acts in dissuading Iraqis in their bid to form a government of national unity,” President Jalal Talabani said.

Sunni Arabs blamed

But Iraq’s largest Shiite party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, blamed the violence on Sunni Arab groups that fared poorly in the December election. The party warned that Shiite patience was wearing thin, and it accused the U.S.-led coalition forces of restraining the Iraqi army and its police forces.

more........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10703607/

[T Roosevelt]

1. I see those numbers and all I can say is

fuck.

[louis-t]

2. "B-b-b-b-u-t that many are killed every day in California on the roads

so should we abolish driving?" -freeper logic and rationalizing.

[Fla Dem]

3. They'd be signing a differnt tune if there was a draft. Bank on it, n/t

[DeadManInc]

4. They love us in Iraq. They see us as liberators!

They all want democracy!
:sarcasm:

[Toots]

5. Now we are guilty of restraining Iraqi troops and police......

I suspect that is a strong hint to America to leave their country and let them kill each other "big time"..We should be soo proud of ourselves.