Bombings across Iraq kill at least 39

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Bombings across Iraq kill at least 39

By QAIS AL-BASHIR, Associated Press Writer 57 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Bombing attacks across
Iraq targeting a market, an army recruiting center and a police patrol killed at least 39 people and wounded dozens Wednesday, police said.


At least 24 people were killed when a roadside bomb went off at Baghdad's largest and oldest wholesale market district, said police Lts. Mohammed Khayoun and Bilal Ali Majid.

The Shurja commercial center, with its maze of streets and stalls, is usually teeming with vendors selling everything from satellite dishes to spices.

Thirty-five people were wounded in the attack.

[maddezmom]

1. I was hoping this was a dupe

but alas it's just more carnage and death in Iraq. :(

[SpiralHawk]

2. Bush vows to extend his record-breaking vacation schedule

"What the hell, you know, Mission Accomplished three years ago and all that. So stop complaining, shut up, sit down, and eat your taxpayer-funded republicon propaganda."

- George AWOL Bush, Deserter-in-Chief

[oberliner]

3. Bomb in Baghdad market district kills 24

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad's oldest and largest wholesale market district, killing at least 24 people and wounding 35, part of a surge in bloodshed Wednesday that left 52 dead, authorities said.

Earlier, an explosives-rigged bicycle blew up near an army recruiting center in a city south of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people.

Violence across Iraq has spiked in recent days, with more than 200 people killed since Sunday in clashes, bombings or shootings — despite U.S. and Iraqi officials' claims that a new security operation in the capital has lowered Sunni-Shiite killings there, which had risen in June and July.

A U.S. Marine from the 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division was also killed in action Tuesday in Anbar province, the U.S. command said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[acmavm]

4. Violence has SPIKED in recent days? Oh no, I have it on very

good authority that violence is going down about 10% every day since the crackdown. I got that info from a crack military spokesman in some news release a couple of days ago. I mean, if you can't trust your own military or government, who can you trust?

:sarcasm:

[Eugene]

5. Update: At Least 66 Dead in Violence Around Iraq (AP)

At Least 66 Dead in Violence Around Iraq


Wednesday August 30, 2006 7:01 PM

AP Photo BAG112

By REBECCA SANTANA

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The top U.S. general in Iraq said Wednesday that Iraqi
forces should be able to take over security with little coalition support
as early as next year, even as bloodshed around the country killed at least
66 people.

Violence has spiked in recent days, with more than 200 people dying since the
beginning of the week in clashes, bombings or shootings.

-snip-

The latest violence occurred despite U.S. and Iraqi officials' claims that a
major security crackdown launched in Baghdad on Aug. 7.has lowered Sunni-
Shiite killings there, which had risen in June and July.

-snip-

Similar operations have curbed violence for limited periods of time in the past,
only to have killings flare again once American forces left.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6048009,00.html

The article includes a long account of today's bloodshed.

When Gen. Casey promised to improve security by the end of September,
he did say 2006, didn't he?

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