Violent weekend in Iraq kills over 220

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



Violent weekend in Iraq kills over 220

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Prominent Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves after a weekend of violence that claimed more than 220 lives, including 60 who died Sunday in a surge of bombings and shootings around Baghdad.


The calls reflect growing frustration with the inability of Iraqi security forces to prevent extremist attacks.

The weekend deaths included two American soldiers — one killed Sunday in a bombing on the western outskirts and Baghdad and another who died in combat Saturday in Salahuddin province north of the capital, the U.S. command said. Three soldiers were wounded in the Sunday blast.

Sunday's deadliest attack occurred when a bomb struck a truckload of newly recruited Iraqi soldiers on the outskirts of Baghdad, killing 15 soldiers and wounding 20, a police official at the nearest police station said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information

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[kurth]

1. "Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves"

The surge is working wonders.

[rsmith6621]

2. Thank God The Surge Is Werkin

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[Toots]

3. Graham and Lieberman are delighted everything is going so well

:hurts:

[truthisfreedom]

4. But Holy Joe said it's working! Somebody forgot to tell the Iraqis!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2908533&mesg_id=2908533

[XemaSab]

5. K&R and I repeat:

"Prominent Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves..."

We're so f***ed.

Yeah, maybe it's to defend themselves against "extremists" today, but those weapons will kill Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, and Americans just as handily as they will kill "extremists."