Iraq attacks kill 43...

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs killed at least 43 people in and near Baghdad on Saturday, police said, in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq since a U.S. military air strike killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 10 days ago.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-06-17T180539Z_01_IBO724208_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ.xml&src=rss

Bush bounce peters out...!

[acmavm]

1. Yeah, his whole 1 point bounce.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Earth to Bush: They don't want us there. Murtha is right.

Nothing will shake the neocon nightmare as their core belief, and I fear Iran is next. October?

[MADem]

3. But, but,,,,but.....we're CRACKING DOWN on the insurgents, n'est pas? NT

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4. Maliki launches attack Wednesday- 50,000 Iraqi troops backed by 7,000 U.S.

troops to pile pressure on al Qaeda in Iraq.

But the sweep, mounted one day after U.S. President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Baghdad to bolster Maliki's month-old government, has failed to stop attacks.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-06-17T180539Z_01_IBO724208_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ.xml&src=rss

[Terran1212]

7. Its crackdowns like that which probably stir up violence

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. jr was sure to make no promises.

He knows nothing is going to improve at this point

[spanone]

6. Wasn't al Qaeda in shambles? Didn't we get Zawqari?

Didn't Bush* pilot a his personal 747 into Baghdad while the captain and co-pilot looked on with wonder? Huh? Aren't we winning? Isn't the enemy in it's last throes?
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