Thursday, March 08, 2007
A Delusional Bush Sees Encouraging Signs In Iraq.
President Bush speaking about Iraq on Tuesday 6th March 2007 said:
"It is too early to judge the success of this operation. . . . This strategy is going to take time, yet even at this early hour, there are some encouraging signs."
On the same Tuesday 6th March 2007, in the real Iraq:
10 American soldiers killed and 4 injured in separate incidents.
115 Shi’ite pilgrims killed and 237 injured in a double suicide bomber attack in Hilla.
Also in Hilla, a former Baath Party member was shot dead.
Mosul: around 140 prisoners were freed in a jailbreak staged by dozens of militia members.
Mosul, two bodies found in the town, and a car bomb killed five and wounded 18 others.
The head of the tourism agency, Ahmed Gati'a, shot dead in Iskandariyah.
One child killed and two men injured by a roadside bomb in Hibhib.
Six people killed in Balad by mortar rounds.
Gunmen kill one man and injure another in Muqdadiyah.
Baquba: two policemen injured in an armed attack.
Baghdad: in the Doura neighborhood, a car bomb kills 12 and injures 23, gunmen wound four, including a policeman, and mortars wound five.
A car bomb kills five and injures 10 in the Yarmouk district of Baghdad.
A car bomb kills one and injures three in western Baghdad.
In east Baghdad, gunmen kill one and injure three others.
Two wounded in the Sulaikh neighborhood by a roadside bomb.
A bomb at a Ubaidi area checkpoint kills four soldiers and wounds one.
24 bodies recovered in Baghdad.
Udhaim: Three pilgrims killed, 25 wounded when gunmen opened fire on their convoy.
Tikrit: gunmen kill three and wound ten, including women and children.
Hawija: roadside bomb injures two children.
Five people wounded in a mortar attack in Kirkuk.
Kut: bomb hits police convoy, kills Colonel and wounds three bodyguards.
Latifiya, three pilgrims killed, 13 injured.
Gunmen kill a man in Iskandariya.
Gunmen kill two Shi’ite pilgrims and wound 15 in drive-by shooting.
Just some of the 215 Iraqis killed or found dead, and the 406 wounded on Tuesday.
Monday 5th, the day before Bush's speech, 126 Iraqis killed or found dead and 196 Iraqis injured. Three American soldiers killed and one injured.
"Even at this early hour, there are some encouraging signs."
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"It is too early to judge the success of this operation. . . . This strategy is going to take time, yet even at this early hour, there are some encouraging signs."
On the same Tuesday 6th March 2007, in the real Iraq:
10 American soldiers killed and 4 injured in separate incidents.
115 Shi’ite pilgrims killed and 237 injured in a double suicide bomber attack in Hilla.
Also in Hilla, a former Baath Party member was shot dead.
Mosul: around 140 prisoners were freed in a jailbreak staged by dozens of militia members.
Mosul, two bodies found in the town, and a car bomb killed five and wounded 18 others.
The head of the tourism agency, Ahmed Gati'a, shot dead in Iskandariyah.
One child killed and two men injured by a roadside bomb in Hibhib.
Six people killed in Balad by mortar rounds.
Gunmen kill one man and injure another in Muqdadiyah.
Baquba: two policemen injured in an armed attack.
Baghdad: in the Doura neighborhood, a car bomb kills 12 and injures 23, gunmen wound four, including a policeman, and mortars wound five.
A car bomb kills five and injures 10 in the Yarmouk district of Baghdad.
A car bomb kills one and injures three in western Baghdad.
In east Baghdad, gunmen kill one and injure three others.
Two wounded in the Sulaikh neighborhood by a roadside bomb.
A bomb at a Ubaidi area checkpoint kills four soldiers and wounds one.
24 bodies recovered in Baghdad.
Udhaim: Three pilgrims killed, 25 wounded when gunmen opened fire on their convoy.
Tikrit: gunmen kill three and wound ten, including women and children.
Hawija: roadside bomb injures two children.
Five people wounded in a mortar attack in Kirkuk.
Kut: bomb hits police convoy, kills Colonel and wounds three bodyguards.
Latifiya, three pilgrims killed, 13 injured.
Gunmen kill a man in Iskandariya.
Gunmen kill two Shi’ite pilgrims and wound 15 in drive-by shooting.
Just some of the 215 Iraqis killed or found dead, and the 406 wounded on Tuesday.
Monday 5th, the day before Bush's speech, 126 Iraqis killed or found dead and 196 Iraqis injured. Three American soldiers killed and one injured.
"Even at this early hour, there are some encouraging signs."
See all recent posts.
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