So they declared a curfew in Basra and

[malaise]

'coalition forces' are now bombing the city? Is there any other word for this other than genocide?
This has all the marks of Bush, Dick and the oil gang.

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US-led forces joined the battle for the first time overnight, bombing Shia positions, the UK military said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7317935.stm

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[lapfog_1]

1. I t sure is a good thing that Iraq is returning to normalcy!

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(I guess what we didn't know is the the normalcy that McCain was talking about was the pre-surge Iraq!)

[malaise]

2. Indeed

MCSameasBush probably means normal killing of Iraqis.