Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Occupation Iraq: Silent Attacks

But violence is down.

"Daily attacks have continued throughout Iraq.... "


But the Globe doesn't see fit to report them everyday?

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Slow Saturday Special: Third Time a Charm

"Bombings kill 12 in Iraq, reflect depths of political, ethnic gulfs" by Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press | July 31, 2009

BAGHDAD - Twelve people were killed in bombings in northern and western Iraq yesterday, including seven in a building used by a Sunni-backed political group in Diyala Province, police said. The violence is a reflection of the deep political and ethnic divisions that remain in Iraq despite the security gains over the past 18 months.....

Police in western Iraq, meanwhile, said five people died and 39 were injured when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in Qaim, near the border with Syria. A police official said the bomber was targeting a police station, but concrete barriers prevented him from reaching it.

Please see: Tortured Logic

“There are many civilians under the rubble. Many houses were destroyed completely, and the police imposed a vehicle and motorcycle ban,’’ he said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the media.

Daily attacks have continued throughout Iraq....

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"Iraq’s Kurds and Arabs struggle to defuse tensions; Conflict could imperil US withdrawal" by Yahya Barzanji, Associated Press | August 3, 2009

DOKAN, Iraq - Meanwhile, in western Iraq, a bomb ripped through an area packed with sidewalk vendors at an outdoor market, killing at least five people and wounding more than 30 in Haditha, according to a police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information.

Iraq's Muslims never did this to each other before we occupied place, so this stinks.

Haditha, a city on the Euphrates 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, is in Anbar province, which has seen a series of bombings recently after a period of relative calm.

It was ALSO where a BRUTAL RAPE and MURDER of an IRAQI FAMILY by U.S. TROOPS occurred!

And RELATIVE to WHAT, liars?

See: Occupation Iraq: Country in Crisis

In Baghdad, a bomb hidden in a plastic bag exploded near a local official’s office, killing one civilian and wounding three in the mainly Sunni district of Azamiyah, according to police.

Both areas are former insurgent strongholds that have seen a sharp decline in attacks after local Sunni tribal leaders joined forces with the Americans to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq....

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