Meanwhile...a day in the life of Iraq...

[xray s]

The last throes of the..last throes...news under the radar.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

09/17/05 Reuters: Death toll in Iraq's Nahrwan bombing rises to 30
The death toll from a car bomb exploding in a market in the town of Nahrwan, 45 km (30 miles) east of Baghdad, rose to 30, with another 38 injured, police said on Saturday

09/17/05 AP: Car bomb on Baghdad's outskirts kills 11
A car bomb ripped through a market in a poor Shiite Muslim neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad at sunset Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12, police said.

09/17/05 AP: Insurgents Attack Around Abu Ghraib Jail (update)
A suicide car bomb wrecked three vehicles in a U.S. convoy near Abu Ghraib prison Saturday, and insurgents fired seven mortar shells at the jail and used grenades to damage three armored vehicles in another American convoy in the area, Iraqi police said.

09/17/05 Xinhuanet: Suicide car bomb hits joint US-Iraqi convoy
A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a joint US and Iraqi military convoy in the restive city of Fallujah on Saturday, witnesses said.

09/17/05 BeaconJournal: Falls High graduate loses leg in suicide attack
Army Sgt. Joseph F. Gross...a suicide bomber had pulled up from behind and slammed his vehicle into the Humvee. The bomb blast came up through the bottom of the Humvee, near where her husband was seated in the back

09/17/05 Reuters: Civilian killed in Baquba
One civilian was killed and 17 people, including three Iraqi soldiers, were wounded when a car driven by a suicide bomber exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in Baquba, police said

09/17/05 Reuters: Four bodies found in Ghazaliya district of Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found bound and blindfolded in the western Ghazaliya district of Baghdad. Police said they were shot in the head and chest.

09/17/05 kgw: Ore. soldier deals with loss of his legs in Iraq
Christian Bagge knew it was bad from the reactions of his fellow Oregon National Guard soldiers that early June morning in the remote Iraq desert south of Kirkuk.

09/17/05 UPI: Residents flee Iraq's Samara city
Hundreds of families from the Iraqi city of Samara were fleeing their town Saturday in fear of a massive military campaign....said hundreds of cars have fled the city in the past two days as they sought refuge in nearby towns for safety.

09/17/05 Xinhuanet: Suicide car bomb hits US military convoy west of Baghdad
A Suicide car bomber struck a US military convoy near Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad on Saturday,witnesses said. Three US armored vehicles were destroyed in the blast as other insurgents pounded the sprawling detention with mortar rounds

09/17/05 news-miner: 4 Alaska soldiers injured in Iraq
Two soldiers were injured when their Stryker vehicle was hit by a suicide vehicle near Rawah...Another soldier was injured in a separate attack...riding in a Stryker near Mosul...a soldier was injured when he was shot in the back

09/17/05 AP: Three handcuffed corpses found in Baghdad
In Baghdad, police on Saturday found the handcuffed corpses of three unidentified men, who were apparently executed and dumped near the Omar Bin Abdul-Aziz mosque in eastern Baghdad.

09/17/05 AP: US troops raid guerrilla safe houses as Iraq attacks continue
A suicide car bomber attacked a US convoy near Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad on Saturday, destroying three vehicles, and insurgents shelled the notorious lockup with seven mortar rounds, police said.

09/17/05 wcia: Local Soldier Hurt in Baghdad Explosions
25-year-old National Guardsman Joshua "Jake" Denney was airlifted to Germany this morning after an explosion near Baghdad earlier this week. He and six other soldiers were on foot patrol when a car bomb sent shrapnel into his body

[obxhead]

1. .....if only the MSM told the real story.

[Erika]

2. Reality

The Bush kids ought to take their turn.