Shiites on pilgrimage as police come under fresh attack (Suicide bomber)

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031012/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_worldwrap&cid=1514&ncid=1473

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Shiites took part in a mass pilgrimage banned during the 24-year rule of Saddam Hussein as a man blew himself up in Kirkuk in the latest of a series of attacks on the country's police.

Iraqi police meanwhile took fresh casualties in mounting violence against the US-backed force.

One officer died overnight from wounds sustained when attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a checkpoint in the northern oil center of Kirkuk Wednesday. Another policeman had died in that attack.

Also in Kirkuk, a man blew himself up Sunday, wounding a policeman and a civilian in an attempted grenade attack against a police checkpoint, police said.

"This attack is the latest in a series of terrorist acts that target local police and aim at destabilizing the situation in Kirkuk," said local police chief Lieutenant Colonel Adel Zeineddin.

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1. The latest WH spin:

"These continuing attacks prove that things are improving in Iraq. Acknowledging that the vast majority of Iraqis are supportive of the U.S., the terrorists are now targeting civilians. This proves that they're getting desparate to stop the swelling love for the U.S. in any way that they can."


Heard this meme from Nat. Review columnist Byron York on C-Span this morning.

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2. Oh my. Spin can tackle anything... and it appears that in US it is

successful.
Again, since they refer to Iraq as the "roach motel" for terrorists, who cares if the Iraqis are suffering? It is just our roach motel.

[Gin]

3. CNN reporting a car bomb explosion...don't know if this is the one..

a delegation of Congressmen saying things are looking up...while their armed guard is protecting them...they took off their vests for the camera. The news said...most of the injured were Iraqi...wonder how many were American?