[liberty_lvr]

While violence was much diminished Friday among Iraqis, the U.S. military reported four more American soldiers were killed in Baghdad — three in a single roadside bombing. And in Najaf, the holy Shiite city south of the capital, yet another aide to the country's top Shiite spiritual leader was gunned down. Iraqi authorities tightened security around the residence and office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani after the killing, the second slaying of one of his aides in less than two weeks.

Well thank goodness the author got that slipped in there, seeing as it's so critical to the story of the soccer team.

AP = Traitor

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"Greetings to the Lions of the Two Rivers who unified all Iraqis."

This and the article posted a few minutes later Iraqi attitudes continue to shift toward secular values mean more bad news for the Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party).