It must be news to the likes of George W. Bush and Joe Lieberman that most Americans turn on the television or open the newspaper every morning wondering not
if, but how
many people will have died in Iraq during the previous day.
Today is no exception, with the
Associated Press reporting that at least 41 people were killed and an estimated 90 wounded when heavily-armed gunmen bombed and then shot up an open-air market in Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad. Most of the people killed were believed to be Shiites.
Mahmoudiya is located in an area of Iraq known as the "triangle of death" because of the daily occurrences of bombings and shootings -- though I'm sure if the folks at Team Bush could have their way, it would be known as the "triangle of everything-is-going-great."
Other recent news refuting the ludicrous White House notion that things are going just swell in Iraq:
- Four U.S. troops and a British soldier have died in Iraq since just Saturday.
- Two people died and nine were wounded Monday when a bomb was detonated in east Baghdad.
- Authorities say 26 people were killed and 22 injured on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a cafe full of Shiites in Tuz Khormato, 130 miles north of Baghdad.
Throw in a couple of kidnappings and it's just another day in Mr. Bush's neighborhood, with our troops in a front-row seat for the civil war.
You can reach Bob Geiger at [email protected].
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