Nice frame......

[unhappycamper]

Death toll in Baghdad's twin bombings rises to 32
By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press – 19 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll from a twin bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad rose on Friday to 32 — the worst violence to hit Iraq since President Barack Obama last week said all American forces would leave the country by the end of this year.

The two blasts, which took place Thursday evening at a music store, wounded 71 other people, police and health officials said. First one bomb went off and then, minutes later, another bomb exploded, targeting rescue workers and onlookers who had arrived after the first blast.

The officials said the death toll rose overnight after some of the more seriously wounded died. The wounded had been taken to different hospitals, they said, and so it took time for officials to get an accurate death toll.

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Many Iraqis fear violence will increase when the U.S. troops leave the country. Insurgents have for months sought to exploit continued instability and security gaps that Iraqi forces have been unable to close.



unhappycamper comment: Of course Bushra Juhi (or his editors at the Associated Press) neglected to mention that reason we are leaving Iraq is the Iraqis REFUSE to grant immunity to American troops left in Iraq. It isn't as if the Obama Administration wanted to leave Iraq.

[MineralMan]

1. Do you want us to stay in Iraq?

We're leaving. The Iraqis will have to take care of themselves. It's long past time.

[unhappycamper]

2. NO.

I was pointing out the framing that the Associated Press is using to keep all the wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Ethopia, Uganda and Lybia) going.

[MineralMan]

3. Along with the obligatory dig at President Obama, of course.

That's the reason for the question and the unrec.