U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

CNN ^ | 06-24-2008 | --

[johnny7]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An explosion rocked a municipal building Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, killing six Iraqis, two U.S. soldiers and two civilian U.S. Embassy employees, officials said. An Iraqi soldier removes razor wire to allow a vehicle to pass in Baghdad's Sadr City earlier this month.

[johnny7]

The explosion follows a Pentagon report issued Monday that touted a sharp decrease in violence in Iraq in recent months.

CNN snickers in delight!

[Loud Mime]

The most evil force on earth have friends in the US press corps.

Prayers for the victims

[J40000]

Bush LIED and people DIED!!

oh my, this WOULDN’T have happened if he didn’t single-handedly make the WHOLE world hate us!!!

[EyeGuy]

Gee, I guess we are “losing” this “unpopular war” again.....

[J40000]

yep.. we better pull out NOW!!! We need a defeat before November!!!

[Mr. Jazzy]

And at the VERY BOTTOM of the story, this little gem:

• Coalition troops in Mosul killed a senior-level al Qaeda in Iraq leader Tuesday, the U.S. military said. The operation led to the killing of the group's “emir” of Mosul, the military said. A dozen people were detained in raids targeting the group in northern Iraq and Baghdad, the military said.

I guess that was not really worthy of a separate story from CNN.

[johnny7]

Gee, I guess we are “losing” this “unpopular war” again.....

Success in November... can only be found with a defeat in Iraq. Time to cut off troop-funding and focus on replacing fossil-fuels with something that doesn't yet exist. No blood for oil... let's starve for corn!

[silverleaf]

CNN gets to say “neener neener neener” against those who say we are winning the war. The ebullience at reporting more US deaths is barely disguised. God Bless the families who start a sad sad journey today.