Suicide bombers kill 130 in Iraq - But NYT reporter John Burns reports everything is great there

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Suicide bombers killed nearly 130 people in a crowded market in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad and a mainly Shi'ite town on Thursday, one of the bloodiest days in Iraq in months.

The upsurge in sectarian violence threatens all-out civil war and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite, called for restraint and urged Iraqis to work with security forces to prevent the violence spiralling out of control. Bombs earlier this week in northern Iraq sparked mass reprisal killings.

Two suicide bombers wearing vests packed with explosives killed 76 people in a market in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad, police and medical sources said, in what appeared to be the latest of a string of attacks on Shi'ite districts and towns blamed on al Qaeda. More than 100 were wounded.

"It is impossible to tell the exact number of dead because we are basically counting body parts," said a Health Ministry official in Baghdad, who asked not to be named.

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1. I believe he said that before this big bomb???

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2. When has Burns ever said

that everything is great in Iraq? The fact is that Burns was the first MSM reporter to say that Iraq was in a state of civil war. For four years, he's reported the disaster in Iraq, and he's been blunt about it.

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3. I heard the head of an NGO organization on NPR this morning -

"A foreigner's life expectancy on the street, without bodyguards, is probably two hours."

"two hours of electricity a day in Bagdhad"

"Those with any money are leaving Iraq" (which I guess is exactly what Bush** wants..)

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4. Why does everyone think the NY Times is Liberal? I guess like all things lately, if you say a lie

often enough, it becomes the truth.

From CNN's Michael Ware

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9c6kzCR07PQ