There's no evidence that our troops are keeping anyone safe in Iraq; Not the Iraqis, nor ourselves

[bigtree]

March 5, 2007

Monday: 97 Iraqis Killed, 147 Wounded
http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=10627

At least 97 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead and another 147 Iraqis were injured, including 30 people who had been held captive and tortured in southern Iraq. Also, bombings and shooting continued in Baghdad despite the security crackdown.

Baghdad was again rocked by bombs today. A suicide car bomber attacked the historic bookseller’s district, killing 28, injuring 66, and inflicting significant damage. In the Adel area, a car bomb killed a policeman and wounded a second officer. Two pilgrims were killed and ten injured by a roadside bomb in central Baghdad.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17463001/
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR524043.htm

In the Adhamiya district, the bodies of six people, including children, were discovered. In two separate shootings in southern Baghdad, five pilgrims were killed and 17 wounded as they were headed to Karbala for a religious observance. Also, 20 bodies were found scattered in western Baghdad on Sunday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR524043.htm
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0559880.htm

Ten gunmen were killed, two were wounded and 68 arrested in and around Baghdad as part of security operations. Two members of the security force were killed and seven more were wounded.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=38719&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR524043.htm

Five policemen were killed and five soldiers were injured during drive-by shootings in Ishaqi. Yesterday, four policemen were wounded at a garden party.

Four bodies bearing gunshot and torture wounds were found in Tuz Khormato and Sulaiman Bek.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=38721&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Four policemen were ambushed and killed in Khalis.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=38719&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

A three-month-old infant was killed in a Katyusha rocket attack.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR524043.htm

An Iraqi soldier was killed and two more injured when a bomb blasted their patrol in Fallujah.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=38751&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

A former Baath Party member was gunned down in Diwaniya.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR524043.htm

In Kirkuk, gunmen shot dead a policeman who was out driving in a car.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR524043.htm

A gunman was wounded while trying to attack a British base in Basra.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=38687&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Thirty torture victims were freed in southern Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17463001/

[Roland99]

1. But they're, uh, free or something.

[babylonsister]

2. Every last congressperson in favor of the war should read this. Especially

and including Lieberman.

[gravity]

3. I agree and disagree

While our presence is not making Iraq safe, I believe that it could be making Iraq SAFER than what would happen if we immediately withdrew from the country. Don't say it can't get any worst, because it always can.

[bigtree]

7. it's absolutely deeping the animosities between the warring factions and hardening the resistance

recruiting Iraqis who are mimicking our Bush's pursuit of his political agenda through violence and through the intimidation of our military forces hunkering down in their communities.

[stillcool]

4. thanks for putting this together...

a day in the life of a country the size of California...mind-bending. K & R

[bigtree]

6. antiwar.com

don't know the site, but they put this together at the link above

[genie_weenie]

5. Of course. BUT, the US military is not in Iraq to

provide saftey for Iraqi civilians.

[bigtree]

8. just for the government they helped install

I wonder just how often Bush has mentioned the Iraqi people lately