Yesterday (March 29, 2007) FIFTH Most Deadly Day In Iraq Since War Began

[Hissyspit]

Following are the deadliest days in Iraq, civilian-wise, apparently, since the war began in March 2003. Totals include people known to have been killed on that day as well as bodies found that same day:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6519037,00.html

The Deadliest Days in Iraq

Friday March 30, 2007 3:01 AM
By The Associated Press

The deadliest days in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Totals include people known to have died on that day as well as bodies found that day:

- August 31, 2005: At least 1,000 Shiite pilgrims are killed in a bridge stampede caused when somebody claimed there was a suicide bomber in their midst.

- Nov. 23, 2006: Mortar rounds and five car bombs kill 215 people in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.

- March 6, 2007: Officials report 194 deaths, including 120 by two suicide bombers in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

- March 2, 2004: Coordinated blasts from suicide bombers, mortars and planted explosives strike Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, killing at least 181 people.

- March 29, 2007: At least 179 people are killed, including 104 by multiple suicide bombers in the town of Khalis, north of Baghdad, and in predominantly Shiite markets in the capital.

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I wonder if McCain and Lieberman took their neighborhood strolls in Baghdad yesterday?

[liberal N proud]

1. The surge is working

Right?

[izzie]

2. I must say it is easier on the heart to take what Bush tells us as

how good things are, over the news that keeps coming from that sad country. Wish our govt. could get their act together. I think we have done this before.

[Hissyspit]

3. .

[Javaman]

4. but but but...general suckass tells us the surge is working!!

I think we need to find out how he defines "working"

[Hissyspit]

5. .

[seemslikeadream]

6. Smells like success

[Blue_In_AK]

7. But things are so much BETTER over there.

The surge is working. Haven't you been watching tee-vee?

[gkhouston]

8. damn, they must have stayed out for 21 minutes instead of 20...

:cry: