[nopardons]

Cripes! :-(

[onyx]

Ditto.

[Allegra]

At least this one's not as bad as what happened in Samarra. Basra's been kind of freaked out lately anyway.

And the Iraqis for the most part have figured out that some outside group is doing this, trying to incite a civil war. They're coming together now and realizing they are Iraqis first, and Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, etc. second.

This whole thing may turn out to have very good results down the road. It appears to be uniting them.