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2007-08-02 Iraq

Bombs in Baghdad kill at least 70 people

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Wow. That makes me want to "redeploy" NOT.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-08-02 01:52|| 2007-08-02 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 MSM story = Bad news. Compare to 4 preceding.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-02 14:53|| 2007-08-02 14:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Does Maliki still have enough people for a quorum? Al-Sadr's people have pulled out, now the Sunnis are pulling out, and the Kurds are talking about pulling out. I think Maliki and his Shi'ite buddies have reached a "tipping point" where something has to be done. I think new elections are now essential if the Iraqi government is to have any degree of legitimacy.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-08-02 16:07|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-08-02 16:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Quite a coincidence, this happening just after the Sunni's walked, huh?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-08-02 16:52|| 2007-08-02 16:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Al-Sadr's people have pulled out, now the Sunnis are pulling out, and the Kurds are talking about pulling out. I think Maliki and his Shi'ite buddies have reached a "tipping point"

The problem is Islam. The problem has always been Islam.

Posted by Crusader 2007-08-02 18:17|| 2007-08-02 18:17|| Front Page Top

#6 You know, that really sucks that the #s are going up. But the trend I've noticed the last few months, is that yeah, more are getting killed, but it's by fewer incidents. We're seeing fewer and fewer (but larger) bombings.

While the death sucks, that is actually a good thing to me. I'd imagine it's getting harder and harder to "hide" the bomb-making factories, and in fact, the larger the incident, the more likely it is to piss of da locals. Could this be the last, "big bang" type death-throes of a dying "insurgency"? We've pretty much mopped up Anbar and are now choking the life outta Baghdad proper, this could be a good thing (remember, the violence is always the worst right at the end of a war).

Posted by BA 2007-08-02 21:16|| 2007-08-02 21:16|| Front Page Top

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