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"Suicide bombings kill 17 across Iraq; Over 100 hurt; 2 US soldiers among dead" by Robert H. Reid, Associated Press | December 5, 2008
BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers killed 17 people - including two American soldiers - and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities as a timetable for withdrawing all US troops won final government approval.
The brazen attacks in areas where the US military has struggled for years to maintain order raised questions about Iraq's ability to ensure its own security as the United States scales down its own combat role....
How many times you gotta say it? We AIN'T LEAVING!!! And WHY would Muslims want to bomb when AmeriKa is ON ITS WAY OUT?! Think about that for a minute. CUI BONO?
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The latest bombings underscore the fragility of Iraq's recent security gains, adding new urgency to US efforts to train and equip an Iraqi security force capable of maintaining order after American troops have gone home.
Yeah, keep holding that carrot out in front of us; five+ years now and we haven't reached it.
The two Americans were killed when a suicide driver detonated an explosive-laden car near an Iraqi checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Dave Doherty said. Iraqi police said eight people were wounded, most of them civilians.
But the deadliest attacks occurred in Fallujah, the country's most heavily guarded city and once the symbol of Sunni Arab resistance to the US occupation. Truck bombers struck within minutes of each other outside the concrete barriers surrounding two police stations in different parts of the city, killing 15 people, wounding more than 100, and shattering nearby buildings, police and hospital officials said.
An Al Qaeda front group, the Islamic State of Iraq, purportedly claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on a militant Web site.Northeast of Baghdad, a bomb left on a parked motorcycle exploded near a restaurant in Baqubah, another one-time Sunni militant stronghold, killing three people and wounding 10, according to police at the security headquarters for the surrounding Diyala province.
US commanders say attacks are down 80 percent nationwide since last March but that Al Qaeda and other militants remain capable of staging limited but high-profile attacks. The bombings in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad in Anbar province, were significant because they show the resilience of an insurgency that has suffered severe setbacks over the past two years as many Sunnis turned against Al Qaeda and other religious extremists.
Have you about had it with the propaganda? I mean, I so distrust the Zionist AmeriKan MSM that I no longer believe in "suiciders," et al. They have lied about Iraq forever, so why would they be telling the truth now?
How many did the U.S. and its allies jail or kill yesterday? Why aren't we told that? As a reader, you walk away thinking the U.S. didn't commit any violence in Iraq: it is only "insurgents, terrorists, and militants." And that is the WAY the Zionist MSM wants it!
Fallujah was effectively the headquarters of the Sunni insurgency until US troops seized control of the city in November 2004 after the fiercest fighting of the Iraq war.
Notice how the MSM always leaves the CHEMICAL WARFARE out of its "background" information? It's called CENSORSHIP, AmeriKa!
In the aftermath, US and Iraqi authorities imposed stringent security measures, sealing off the city with checkpoints, restricting vehicle movements, and requiring residents to enter and leave only after submitting to strict searches.
However, security responsibility in Anbar province was turned over to the Iraqis last September. Since then, residents said restrictions had been relaxed and people were allowed to enter the city without showing special resident identification cards.Again, AP leaves out the BIOMETRIC EYE SCANS the Iraqis had to undergo to get back into their OWN CITY (that was RAZED by the Amerikans in their war criminal assault!
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