Attacks kill 12 in Baghdad as "3,000 flee Iraq daily"

[kpete]

Attacks kill 12 in Baghdad as "3,000 flee Iraq daily"
dpa German Press Agency
Published: Sunday December 24, 2006

Baghdad- Twelve Iraqis were killed and nearly 50 injured in attacks north-east of Baghdad Sunday, as an Iraqi official reported that around 3,000 Iraqis were fleeing the country every day. In Muqdadia near Baquba, around 60 kilometres from Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a police building killing seven police officers and injuring 30 others, police sources said.

Another Iraqi died and 17 others were injured when a bomb blew up at a market in Baquba.

Two soldiers were killed in a bomb attack on a patrol near the city.

Armed assailants killed two police officers and injured a third officer in an attack on a road block north of the city.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Attacks_kill_12_in_Baghdad_as_3_000_12242006.html

[Botany]

1. Please for the love of all things Holy make it stop

"And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they
were sore afraid ... And the angel said unto them, "Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings o great joy, which
shall be to all my people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord."

"And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." And
suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God, and saying, "Glory to God in
the Highest, and on Earth peace, and good will toward men."

"That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown." - Linus Van Pelt