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| Suicide Bomber Kills 33 in Baghdad |
| 2006-11-12 |
 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police recruiting center in Baghdad early Sunday, killing at least 33 people and wounding 56, police said.Crowds of recruits were gathering outside the center in western Baghdad's Nissur Square when the bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body, police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razaq said. He said the death toll was expected to rise because many of the injuries were extremely serious. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Justrand, I heard a Marine call in to a talk show last night who just got back from Iraq. He was taking it all in on the effect of the Donks winning last Tuesday (both in real life and how it's "perceived" overseas). He said that maybe we need to come up with a timeline. Nothing TOO prescriptive, but one that gave a "start date" of handing back the country to the natives. BUT, in the mean time, the US (and Iraqi forces, where they're ready) get to do to every major city what we did to Fallujah. Cordon off, let out women and children (and ducks and fluffy bunnies, too), the pound the living Shiite out of it, until it's ALL CLEAR. Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary. Then declare victory, hand over control and be done with it. Iraq is NOT Vietnam. I still hold out hope that the natives will get sick and tired of the violence. Flood the place with weapons, continue to back up (via $ and smaller teams of our guys) the good guys, and (hopefully), they won't fall. The other option is to split the place in 3...and FORCE the media to focus on the Kurdish areas, where all's pretty much well. On the homefront, get out the good news. Couch it in terms of "Look, we're gonna start bringing the boys home, but in the meantime, we've got some SERIOUS arse-kicking to do to do final clean-up." Ban the media from operational areas. Finally, just show a basic map of Iraq, broken down into provinces, where which groups are majorities (Kurdish vs. Shi'a vs. Sunni), and then show how ALL the violence is centered in 1-2 provinces. Get the "good news" out (not just what we've done reconstruction-wise, but look at the Kurds). Continue on until we march to Tehran. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-11-12 22:16 |
| #4 I agree with you guys. Esentially let them kill themselves. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-11-12 19:35 |
| #3 Well, you're being logical... and they're Arabs. Need more? ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-12 16:26 |
| #2 I have a basic question: Given how often this happens, and how long it's been going on, why haven't the Iraqis set up a screening process at the recruiting centers before anyone is allowed to stand in line? The Israelis had guard in front of every cafe and grocery store within a couple of months. How hard can it be? Al |
| Posted by: frozen al 2006-11-12 16:21 |
| #1 I have a NEW (and I am serious) strategy for Iraq. Announce we are pulling all our forces back to rear bases for 30 days. During this time we expect, and ENCOURAGE, the various factions to kick the living shit out of each other! At the end of 30 days we return and kick the living shit out of the victors! Ready...set...go! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2006-11-12 14:50 |