12 more die in Iraq, Bush says US troops will stay

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq insurgents took a dozen more lives after President George W. Bush pledged US troops would stay on mission despite mounting casualties and criticism of the conduct of the war.

At least 12 Iraqis died and 19 were wounded Wednesday, including four who were killed when mortar rounds slammed into their homes in the northwestern town of Tal Afar while they slept.

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari called on Islamic states to show greater understanding of the horror of the violence rocking his country and to take an unambiguous position in the war on insurgents.

US troops on the ground staged a dawn raid west of Baghdad, arresting a Sunni tribal leader close to hardline clerics, while two people were wounded in the southern city of Samawa where Japanese troops are on a humanitarian mission.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050629/ts_afp/iraq_050629165428;_

[rodeodance]

1. yahoo is learning how to do good headlines.

[maddezmom]

2. CNN reported a blast near the Babylon Hotel...no word on casualties

A suicide car bomb exploded near the Babylon Hotel in south central Baghdad about 9:50 p.m. local time today, Cable News Network reported. There was no immediate word on any casualties, CNN said.



http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aNJVmdWLu2yE

[HockeyMom]

3. Bush should just keep his mouth shut

because when he opens it, things get worse.

[Solly Mack]

4. Bush doesn't care when people die

If we were too hook Shrub up to a machine to register his response to death in Iraq or Afghanistan....he'd wouldn't register a single blip.

[jobycom]

5. Wow. I posted last night that I thought the speech had turned public opini

against Bush overnight. Yahoo's headline seems to bear that out.

[cliss]

6. If you look at Bush's face

which is shown at the top of the article, I see a man, riddled with fear. Especially the right side of his face shows anxiety, failure, tension.

Thanks for posting the link.