At least 13 killed in Baghdad market blast-police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

At least 13 killed in Baghdad market blast-police
23 Nov 2007 07:30:43 GMT

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The death toll from
a bombing at a popular pet market in central Baghdad
on Friday had risen to at least 13 people, police
said.

Another 57 were wounded in the blast at the crowded
Ghazil pet market. Police said a bomb had been
hidden in a box containing birds. (Baghdad newsroom,
editing by Dean Yates)


Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23521543.htm

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Original story: Bomb at Baghdad market kills six: police - Reuters
Update: AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE KILLED IN BAGHDAD PET MARKET BOMBING - POLICE - Reuters AlertNet

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1. and to think -- the republick party wants to run on the big success in iraq. nt

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3. They've given up on Iraq

Now they're pinning their hopes on a peace plan between Israel and the Fatah controlled sections of Palestine.

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4. uh -- not exactly --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3074748

Source: New York Daily News
BY KENNETH R. BAZINET
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Thursday, November 22nd 2007
WASHINGTON - Republicans are pouncing on new evidence of progress in Iraq to turn the tables on Democrats who believe the unpopular war remains their signature issue for 2008. In Iowa Wednesday, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney seized on lower U.S. casualty reports and signs President Bush's troop surge has worked to attack Barack Obama's criticism of the buildup. "It's fortunate we did not have Barack Obama as President. If he had been President, he'd have just pulled our troops out and Al Qaeda would have been a safe haven in Iraq," Romney charged.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton responded, "If Barack Obama were President, we would never have gone into Iraq in the first place. We would've gone after Osama Bin Laden, finished the job in Afghanistan, and made America a lot safer than it is after seven years of a divisive, failed foreign policy that Mitt apparently wants to continue."
Despite better news from the combat zone, Democrats aren't backing off criticizing a policy a strong majority of Americans still oppose. All three leading Democratic candidates agree that until Iraq has a government that can provide its own security, the long-term effects of a successful troop surge are limited. "Our troops are the best in the world, and if you increase their numbers they are going to make a difference. But the goal of the surge was to create a political solution, and that requires the Iraqis to step up, which unfortunately has not happened," said Clinton spokesman Phil Singer....
The Democrats believe Americans have made up their minds and at this point will not rally around the war in Iraq, even if the U.S. death toll keeps going down. "It took too long, and at what cost?" said P.J. Crowley, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a member of Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff. "The President wants to spend $150 billion more on Iraq, but we can't afford $24 billion for children's health care. ... There is more to the war on terror than Iraq. Which is more important, Iraq or Afghanistan? I put my money on Afghanistan, where, last time I checked, Osama Bin Laden is believed to be in the area."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2007/11/22/200...

thanks to deepmodeeemom for posting this originally.

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5. That was yesterday

This morning's meme is peace in the Middle East.

Even with the "progess" taken into account, more than 65% of the country wants troops to leave Iraq. So if the Repugs think touting progress is going to work, they're bigger fools than we take them for.

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6. ok -- but 9-11 rudy isn't going to give it up -- pow john mccain isn't going to give it up --

except for ron paul -- america's continued occupation of iraq is still the goal.

they have to defend it.

so middle east peace might be on the menu for the moment - but the pnac characters have not gone away -- strong america republick party people have not gone away. -- occupation of iraq has not gone away.

is it smart? -- that depends on the democratic party and how they handle it.

a good offence is always better than a good defence -- so we'll see.

[Eugene]

2. AP: Twin bombings kill at least 26 in Iraq

Source: Associated Press

Twin bombings kill at least 26 in Iraq

By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer
4 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - A bomb exploded in a pet market in
central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 13
people and wounding dozens, Iraqi police said,
shattering the festive atmosphere as people
strolled past the animal stalls.

Hours later, a suicide car bomber struck a police
checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, killing
three policemen and 10 civilians, police Brig.
Gen. Mohammed al-Wakaa said. The 1:30 p.m.
explosion also left 10 cars charred.

The attacks were among the deadliest in recent
weeks, underscoring warnings by senior American
commanders that extremists still pose a threat to
Iraq's fragile security despite a downturn in
violence since a U.S.-Iraqi security plan began
in mid-February.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence