Driving ban imposed in Baghdad

[ck4829]

Iraqi authorities clamped a three-day driving ban on the capital and erected new checkpoints, while thousands of Shiite pilgrims began their annual trek toward a mosque in northern Baghdad to mark the anniversary of the death of one of Shiite Islam's key saints.

The Iraqi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi announced a curfew banning all cars, trucks, motorcycles and carts from moving in city streets that had been slated to begin at 10 p.m. Wednesday would begin 5 a.m. instead. It was to last until 5 a.m. Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070808093755

[liberal N proud]

1. Sign of progress?

Things sure are improving over there

[AndyA]

2. Yes, we should all book a vacation in Baghdad.

I hear the Baghdad Hilton is offering a vacation package to celebrate their continuous remodeling. (It gets bombed, they redo, it gets bombed, etc.) Paris will be singing in the lounge, and John McCain says the shopping over there is to die for. Literally.

What fun!

:sarcasm:

[BlooInBloo]

3. Hm. Then I guess we're not turning a corner.

[MiniMe]

4. Yes we are, but we keep taking all right turns

So we just keep going around the same block again and again and again...

[BlooInBloo]

5. Not if there's a driving ban.

[youngdem]

6. Let's see here...NO water in Baghdad and NO cars. Progress!

Wow.

Can you IMAGINE how loud the SCREAMS and wailing would be from the Repukes if a Democratic president had run the country off in the ditch this bad on a lie?