Bloodiest day in Iraq since US-led invasion

[sabra]

http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=392410&lng=1

Bloodiest day in Iraq since US-led invasion

A series of apparently coordinated car bomb attacks have killed more than 140 people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in one of the most deadly days since the US-led invasion. More than 200 people have been wounded. The blasts went off in the Shi'ite neighbourhood of Sadr City, devastating a crowded market and several streets.

Each car is believed to have been packed with up to half a tonne of explosives. The attacks coincided with a daylight raid on the Shi'ite-run health ministry. Guerrillas fired mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and machine-guns, in one of the biggest shows of strength by militants since 2003. At least half a dozen people were wounded.

The Health ministry is run by followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr whose militia is accused of some of the worst death squad violence in the capital. According to a UN report released last week, Iraq's civilian death toll reached 120 a day in October.

[truthisfreedom]

1. Time to blame this mess on the Dems!

Can't wait to hear the freepers start claiming it's all our fault.

[exlrrp]

2. But...But...but....

I thought all the violence was to make the bush administration look bad before the election, to help the Democrats.
Another Cheney lie shot down

[The Count]

10. Colbert: "Dems only got in power 2 minutes ago, and already dragged us in

a disastruous war" - the mother of all preemptive memes

[ginnyinWI]

3. now they are saying over 150 people killed today.

As heard on NPR's All Things Considered. One of the worst days ever for violence in Iraq. :( :( :(

[Karenina]

4. WHO CARES??? It's THANKSGIVING! (TM)

Has the game started yet?

[Rex]

5. See

what happens when Dems are in office? :sarcasm: Sorry, channeling next weeks RW propaganda pieces.

[Kellyiswise]

6. Can someone please explain just what our troops are doing in Iraq?

We certainly aren't there to stop the killings or to stabalize the country. We are not protecting the people so what are our troops doing there? It's costing us a boatload of money that could be used for things our own country needs and we seem to be accomplishing nothing. Before Desert Storm, Iraq had a thriving educational system, women in high government positions, a medical/health system that was one of the best in the ME and an absolutely beautiful country with beautiful people. From the time of our sanctions after Desert Storm, it has been down hill for the Iraqi people. What on earth are we doing there?

[A Brand New World]

7. These are the questions I ask all the time. I just don't understand.

This whole mess makes me sick. A never-ending nightmare for everyone concerned.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. I wonder if someone leaked that Cheney was coming for a visit?

Perhaps this was a "flowers and candy" type show of their appreciation?

[Zodiak]

9. I know why the fihgting is getting worse.

Those insurgents are trying to influence the US elections...that's what.

Oh wait...that was last month's talking point.

[ckramer]

11. Why are we there?

Why are we still there?

[Zorra]

12. We must stay the course. Clearly, we've turned the corner.

:sarcasm:
:banghead:

[OneBlueSky]

13. a Republican Thanksgiving . . . n/t

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