“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
In Baghdad there was a car bomb explosion in the Rashad Market on the outskirts of Sadr City. Most of those killed (10) and wounded (23) were women and children. The area was sealed off by Mehdi militamen who tried to disperse the crowd in case of a second explosion. Those figures are relatively low […]
Tom Lasseter of McLatchy Newspapers (formerly Knight-Ridder) has an excellent report up:
Iraq’s streets tell a colder truth
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Close-up view disputes U.S. talk of gains
August 17, 2006
TIKRIT, Iraq — As security conditions continue to deteriorate in Iraq, many Iraqi politicians are challenging the optimistic forecasts of governments in Baghdad and Washington, with some worrying that the […]
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