Fifty more bodies found in Baghdad (WH calls it "horrible")

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15375920.htm

Fifty more bodies found in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The bound bodies of dozens more torture victims were found in Baghdad in the past day, officials said on Friday, fuelling anarchic sectarian anger as political leaders square off over an issue some say could mean civil war.

In all, police retrieved 50 bodies in the 24 hours to Friday morning, most shot in the head after being trussed and tortured, a senior Interior Ministry official told Reuters. That took the body count in the city for three days to at least 130.

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"It's barbaric but sadly we've become used to it," the Interior Ministry official said of bodies found around the capital, in both Sunni and Shi'ite areas. "Forty bodies, 60 bodies -- it's become a daily routine."

The White House, defending its Iraq policy from fierce criticism ahead of November's congressional elections, called the body counts "horrible".

[yellowcanine]

1. The White House speaks? It's a building.

[ForFuxakes]

2. Aww shucks...it's just a number...

:sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

3. "horrible"?

is that all they can say? god help us all

[bdamomma]

4. hey they (WH) does not give a shit about the bodies.

they don't care about our troops either. I guess Negroponte's Death Squads are out ethic cleansing the region. How disgusting.

[snappyturtle]

5. I just don't get it..........

we've added, what is it, twelve thousand soldiers to Baghdad and these sectarian insurgents have been able to cause all this horrific death? I just don't get it.

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. Insurgents Simply Adjust To New Realities And Change Tactics

US army troops can only control a few neighborhoods in Baghdad, so the insurgents simply move and set up shop in other neighborhoods. Just call it mini-whack-a-mole.

[bif]

6. They caused it.

And they were warned shit like this was going to happen if they invaded. Worthless pricks, one and all.

[Wilber_Stool]

7. That was yesterday.

It's only of historic significance.

[kurth]

8. Caligula W. Bush never loses sleep over such details

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. "Mission Accomplished"

and I mean that seriously.
How can anyone not think that their lack of planning for this was intentional?
How else can you rationalize the lack of troops all the commanders said they would need to properly secure Iraq?

[bluerum]

12. It's the "long war" scenario. Not sure what the end goal was, but it

is looking like it will bankrupt the country and put us in a similar position as Nazi Germany in the 20's and 30's. A country ripe and ready to accept a PNAC psycho ready to lead the country on a vision of world conquest.

[mvd]

10. It's also horrible that they invaded to begin with

And that Bush has no plan. Meanwhile, the Taliban are stronger.

[bluerum]

11. They weren't fast enough to get around Dead Eye Dicks corner. nt

[MasonJar]

14. Now there is an insightful recognition: horrible. Wow! I bet W him-

self came up with that zinger.