Violence Escalates in Baghdad

by: Brandon Friedman

Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 11:40:57 AM EDT


While some members of the U.S. Congress are arguing "that a definable victory in Iraq has been achieved," reality suggests otherwise.  This week alone, two massive bombings rocked Baghdad killing over 120 people.  This is Monday's attack:

Iraq market bomb toll jumps to 52 killed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll in a bombing on Monday in Baghdad's largely Shi'ite Sadr City slum jumped to 52, making the attack one of Iraq's worst this year, police said.

And this one occurred on Wednesday:

Bomb Strikes Shiite Market in Baghdad, Killing 69

A bomb ripped through a crowded market in Baghdad's main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 69 people and wounding more than 100 less than a week before a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq's urban areas.

A series of blasts this week have killed more than 160 people, as U.S. and Iraqi officials warned they expected more violence before the U.S. withdrawal from cities.

More violence is likely to erupt as groups rush to fill the gaps left by withdrawing U.S. forces.  What we still don't know is whether or not the Iraqi security forces are capable enough to handle such an escalation.  Either way, this shouldn't affect the planned exit of American troops from Iraqi cities.

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I've said this before (4.00 / 1)
and I'll say it again, why is shit like this not being called genocide? Or a comparable term?  

It is sure to escalate... (0.00 / 0)
Looks like we are already turning things over.

Did you catch this one following the 70dead/200+injured bombing near Kirkuk last week? Turks med evaced 23 injured and sent 2 tons of humanitarian aid via military plane. [FOB Warrior?]

http://www.turkishweekly.org/n...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...

Had a couple of thoughts that ranged from good to ugly. Good sign of neighborly support or more to add to the ongoing oil dispute between the Kurds and the Iraq Oil Ministry. [The still unsettled Mosul thingy]


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