surge update - Blasts target Shiite areas of Baghdad, killing 34

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BAGHDAD - Six bombs rocked Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Monday, killing 34 people and wounding more than 90 in a dramatic escalation of violence as the U.S. military is thinning out its presence before a June 30 deadline to pull combat troops out of the cities.

Angry survivors hurled stones at Iraqi soldiers at the site of one of the blasts in Sadr City after troops fired shots in the air to disperse crowds of people trying to care for the injured, witnesses said.

No group claimed responsibility. But a U.S. military spokesman said the attacks appeared to be a coordinated assault by al-Qaida, saying the nature of the targets was consistent with past attacks.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30065323/

[Lasher]

1. Looks like al Qaida wants us to stay in Iraq.

Guess they don't much like the trouble we're stirring up for them by focusing on their havens in Pakistan. It must have been happier times for them when US foreign policy was run by big talking knuckleheads.