I think this is why the media won't actually show us the success of surging

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http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Bombers_kill_50_in_Iraq.html?siteSect=143&sid=9383232&cKey=1217245963000&ty=ti

Bombers kill 50 in Iraq

July 28, 2008 - 11:45 AM

By Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three female suicide bombers killed 28 people and wounded 92 in Baghdad on Monday as Shi'ite pilgrims flooded into the Iraqi capital for a major religious event, police said.

In the northern oil city of Kirkuk a bomb killed at least 22 people and wounded 150 at a protest against a controversial provincial elections law, Iraqi health and security officials said. The U.S. military said initial reports showed the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.

The blasts marked one of the bloodiest days in months and underscored the fragility of recent security gains in Iraq, where violence is at its lowest level since early 2004.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Baghdad blasts, but al Qaeda has often targeted Shi'ite pilgrims taking part in religious events in Iraq. It considers Shi'ism -- the majority Muslim denomination in Iraq -- heretical.