Death toll rises as Iraq insurgents strike at will

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01.05.05 11.30am
By Patrick Cockburn


A wave of violence has engulfed Iraq with bombs killing at least 60 Iraqis and six US soldiers in a wave of attacks following the formation of a new government after three months of wrangling.

The streets of Baghdad were largely empty yesterday morning after 17 bombs had exploded across Iraq the previous day. The attacks show there is apparently no end to the number of suicide bombers willing to die in Iraq.

The six American soldiers were killed, and two others wounded, by roadside bombs, the US military said yesterday.

Their deaths bring the total for US soldiers killed this month to 48. Four of the dead were killed by a roadside bomb near Tal Afar, an insurgent stronghold west of Mosul.

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[yorkiemommie1]

1. kick

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[Danmel]

2. Well that means things are getting better!

Doubleplus good that!

[chlamor]

3. "I think it will go relatively quickly, in weeks rather than months"

“We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly... (in) weeks rather than months.” – Vice President Cheney <3/16/03>

[grytpype]

4. We sure are making real good progress!

Just look at how desperate they are! Attacking at will like that, just what a desperate guy does!