Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Really Trying to be Fair & Balanced....
I know a lot of you feel like I do these news posts almost out of pathological hatred for Bush and what he stands for but.... well that's probably true actually. But just when I thought I was gonna be able to write a post about Iraq finally turning a corner for the better came this:
"A suicide bomber crashed his car into a central Baghdad market crowded with Shiites just seconds after another car bomb tore through the stalls where vendors were hawking DVDs and used clothing, leaving 88 dead Monday in the bloodiest attack in two months.The bombings, along with a double bombing that killed 12 people in the town of Khalis, battered Shiites during one of their holiest festivals. The attacks were the latest in a renewed campaign of insurgent violence in advance of a U.S.-Iraqi security operation.
In all, 137 people were killed or found dead across Iraq, including a teacher who was gunned down as she was on her way to work at a girls' school in a mainly Sunni area of Baghdad. The toll also included the bullet-riddled bodies of at least 30 people, apparent victims of death squads largely run by Shiite militias."
Oh well....
(Link: ABC News International)Meanwhile on the domestic front, is Bush's latest announcement a dodge to steer focus away from Iraq or a genuinely a good thing? I guess we'll find out tomorrow (or more accurately in the months following tomorrow).
