At Least 56 Iraqis Dead Today - but what about the schools?

[sabra]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/93-03232006-630875.html

At Least 56 Iraqis Dead in New Violence

BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 56 Iraqis died Thursday in violence, including a car bombing that killed 25 people in the third major attack on a police lockup in three days. A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to the Interior Ministry Major Crimes unit in Baghdad's central Karradah district, killing 10 civilians and 15 policemen employed there, authorities said.

The Interior Ministry is a predominantly Shiite organization and heavily infiltrated by members of various Shiite militias. The unit targeted Thursday investigates large-scale crimes and has about 20 suspected insurgents in custody, police Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammadawi said.

He ruled out that the assault was aimed at releasing the prisoners, which was the goal of previous days' attacks on other police facilities.

Insurgents engineered a successful jailbreak that released more than 30 prisoners north of Baghdad on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the militants laid siege to a prison south of the capital, but U.S. troops and a special Iraqi unit thwarted the pre-dawn attack, capturing 50 of the gunmen, police said.

I acknowledge that illiteracy in Iraq was horrific, and the US military has helped with building additional schools. However the reality is, that the country is in chaos. How can one even go to school, if they are not sure if they will come home alive. The daily reports of scores killed is the reality in Iraq, but the Freepers just want us to ignore it.

[Beelzebud]

1. We're building tons of new schools! Haven't you heard?

1 school for every Iraqi child!!!!11

[RethugAssKicker]

2. Illiteracy rate in Iraq washorrific???.... I'm not sure about that

Iraq had a very educated populace.

Where did you get that from?

[sabra]

4. From a CBS - Iraq "Reality Check" report

http://wcco.com/local/local_story_075152610.html

Schools may be a bright spot. Iraq has one of the lowest literacy rates in the Arab world.

Still backwards by Western standards, the U.S. has now rehabilitated 2,800 war-damaged schools and built 45 others.

But there's one number that won't go away: The dead -- 2,311 American dead; an estimated 100,000 Iraqi dead.

[cantstandbush]

5. They were among the most literate in the world because of the number of

women who were educated and who held many positions in Iraqi government.

[AlCzervik]

3. by reporting this the terrorists win!!!

:sarcasm:

Seriously, what the hell? Has the number of dead been increasing in the past month or what? Yeah there is no civil war---sheesh.

[bigtree]

6. Bush: . . .in spite of the bad news on television--and there is bad news.

You brought it up; you said, how do I react to a bombing that took place yesterday -- is precisely what the enemy understands is possible to do. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't talk about it. I'm certainly not being -- please don't take that as criticism. But it also is a realistic assessment of the enemies capability to affect the debate, and they know that. They're capable of blowing up innocent life so it ends up on your TV show. And, therefore, it affects the woman in Cleveland you were talking to. And I can understand how Americans are worried about whether or not we can win.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060321-4.html


Why are you helping the terrorists by bringing this up? :eyes: