Rebels kill eight Iraqis

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (AFP) - Eight Iraqis, including four policemen, were killed in separate rebel attacks.

Two policemen were shot dead as their patrol came under fire in the Al-Khadra neighbourhood in Baghdad, while two others were killed in a similar incident in al-Jihad western neighbourhood of the capital, an interior ministry source said Sunday.

An Iraqi woman, who worked for the traffic department, was shot dead by gunmen as she drove in the al-Bayaa district of Baghdad, a defense ministry source said.

In a similar incident, one civilian was killed and one other wounded as gunmen opened fire on a crowd of civilians in Dora district in southern Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050828/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_050828114002

[LibDemAlways]

1. There was an LA Times article

the other day profiling an Iraqi man who used to tend public gardens in Baghdad. Now he accepts corpses at the morgue and won't allow his own children out of the house because he fears for their safety. He flat out stated that the country was better off under Saddam.

We've turned the country into a shooting gallery with the Iraqi people themselves at the center of the target.