Posted on 12/08/2009 7:32:14 AM PST by Shellybenoit
The people of Iraq faced a horrible terrorist attack aimed at their nascent government.
At least 127 people have been killed and more than 200 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, police say. Two car bombs exploded near the labour and interior ministries, two more struck in central Baghdad, and another at a police patrol in Dora, in the south of the city. The first explosion in central Baghdad was heard at 10.25 am (0725 GMT) on Tuesday, with a second blast within seconds and a third one a minute later.
Yesteday, eight people were killed when a bomb exploded at a school in Baghdad. The dead included six children, 41 people were wounded in the attack and gunmen stormed a checkpoint near Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, killing five members of an anti-al-Qaeda group.
As of now the US has 115,000 soldiers in Iraq, next year that number drops to 50,000 and we are supposed to have a complete withdrawal by the end of 2011. But attacks like those of this week, raise the question is 2011 too soon? Many in the Iraq Army think so, they are they think that US Troops should stay longer:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
“Keep doing our job for us.”
Not until they start running some full-page ads THANKING US (and George Bush) for saving their asses
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