7 Explosions Hit Baghdad Within 5 Hours

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A series of explosions struck commercial areas in Baghdad within hours Saturday, killing at least 17 people and dealing a blow to a huge government operation to secure the capital.

The blasts - seven within five hours - brought the death toll around Iraq to at least 23 people. The bombings also wounded at least 72. A day earlier, a suspected shoe bomber blew himself up inside one of Baghdad's most prominent Shiite mosques, killing 13 people.

The U.S. military said a soldier was killed Friday and two others were missing after an attack on a checkpoint near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad. The area is known as the ``Triangle of Death'' because of frequent ambushes and attacks against U.S. soldiers and Iraqi troops.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5893171,00.html

and this is the comment the moron makes today
"our efforts in Iraq are well worth it, the mission is necessary for the security of our country, and we will succeed.''

[MADem]

1. That crackdown doesn't seem to be going too well for them, does it?

All it seems to be doing is providing targets of opportunity....

[Jazzgirl]

2. The shoe bomb thing sounds like bs to me.

No, our efforts are not well worth it! We need to bring our troops home now!

JG

[me b zola]

3. It's a damn shame

The shameful performance of the gopers on the floor of the House yesterday while people continue to die in handfuls in Iraq. WTH will the bushbots say when a video comes out with two of our military personel being held captive?!

I am beyond anger.

[Halliburton]

4. DURING THE CRACKDOWN?

THE MEDIA WAS TOUTING HOW THE VIOLENCE HAS DIPPED BECAUSE OF THE CRACKDOWN THE OTHER DAY!

[wordpix2]

7. within a day or two of the crackdown, the sectarian militias

have figured out how to plant their bombs and continue creating havoc that actually BushCo created by going after Iraqi oil. :nuke:

[Ian David]

5. They must be in their last throes...

They used to be able to synchronize all their explosions down to almost the exact same minute.

Let's just stay the course!

[orwell]

6. Victory is at hand...

...Stay the course...don't cut and run...smoke 'em if ya got 'em...

uh...oh forget it...