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Security in Iraq Is it getting worse again?
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13927318&fsrc=rss ^

Posted on 06/26/2009 1:06:55 AM PDT by newbie2008

BARACK OBAMA’s administration has promised to withdraw all American troops from all of Iraq’s towns by the end of this month. As the deadline looms, people are again asking whether Iraq’s forces will be able to cope on their own. On cue, a fresh bout of violence has erupted. On June 20th, a huge lorry bomb exploded in Taza, a Turkmen town just south of the disputed city of Kirkuk, killing at least 70 people. Two days later at least seven bombs went off in and around Baghdad, including a roadside blast, a car bomb and a suicide attack, killing some 30 people altogether. And on June 24th another big bomb killed at least 70 people in Baghdad, perhaps the single deadliest attack in Iraq this year. The insurgents, knowing that the Americans are poised to pull out, are aiming to make Iraq as unstable as ever.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 200906; 20090620; bho44; bhodod; iraq; iraqwithdrawal; kirkuk; withdrawal

1 posted on 06/26/2009 1:06:55 AM PDT by newbie2008
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To: newbie2008

That’s expected.


2 posted on 06/26/2009 1:09:13 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: newbie2008

Yep - Obama wants global tyranny any way he can get it. He wants to bring our troops home to turn them against us gun owning freedom lovers.


3 posted on 06/26/2009 1:50:38 AM PDT by demkicker
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To: newbie2008

How long will 0bama’s illegal war continue?


4 posted on 06/26/2009 3:26:04 AM PDT by NeoConfederate
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To: newbie2008

Cheney was right... AGAIN!

LLS


5 posted on 06/26/2009 3:27:46 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: newbie2008

My son is in Mosul,of course the worst place to be. While President Bush was in charge I knew that our military was being cared for...........now not so much


6 posted on 06/26/2009 5:41:06 AM PDT by heylady
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