Iraqi Insurgents Unleash Deadly Bombings Despite U.S. Offensive

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB21FCKN8E.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded in a jammed commercial district Thursday, devastating the area and turning the sky gray as shops and restaurants caught fire in the most deadly of a string of attacks that killed 21 and included the assassinations of a general and a colonel on their way to work.

Iraqis expressed growing fury at the relentless bloodshed, throwing stones at police and U.S. forces who came to the scene of the bombing. More than 90 were also wounded in Thursday's violence.

The attacks came as U.S. troops were in the midst of a major offensive near the Syrian border, 200 miles northwest of Baghdad. Fierce clashes were reported with insurgents on the outskirts of the town of Qaim, where angry residents lashed out at U.S. forces.

"They destroyed our city, killed our children, destroyed our houses. We have nothing left," one man in Qaim told Associated Press Television News. He did not give his name and hid his face with a scarf to address the camera.

[leftchick]

1. aka: US Offensive a total failure

as is the rest of Iraq.

[Frederik]

2. Despite U.S. offensive?

How is an offensive in Western Iraq going to stop insurgents in Baghdad? What a funny logic.

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[aneerkoinos]

9. So

No rants againt marines or soldier or any military in world allowed. I don't think that's cool. I'm a pacifist and the marine ideology is as far from my truth as can be. So up yours, mods, I stand by what I wrote!

[Botany]

3. but the t.v. news said ......

...... We had crushed the insurgents and closed their supply
lines. A General said everything is going good too.

and I trust 'em :sarcasm:

[hadrons]

4. but, but Dumya says this is a sign of despartion for the insurgents

[Disturbed]

6. Wiining hearts and minds by...

killing and maiming innocent civilians and destroying their towns and cities. The Bush Junta's way of "spreading freedom".

[ckramer]

7. It's tough to fight someone who thinks he's right, you are wrong and not

afraid of death.

By the way, why are we in Iraq?

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. "throwing stones at police and U.S. forces" - those silly Iraqis . .

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someone forgot to translate "flowers" properly

that's what they are SUPPOSED to be throwing at their liberators, flowers and unending gratitude for their new "freedom"

How many tens of thousands of Iraqis are now "free" of their mother, father, son, daughter, friend whatever that the liberators have sent on to the hereafter just a little before their time -

And them other Iraqis - now "freed' from that pesky leg or two, or arms - or all limbs, eyes whatever - -

We have to remember that these are NOT injuries, death or murder, - but "collateral damage" in the Western Military jargon - guess they didn't get that translation right either -

more bombs and bullets -

yup

that'll do the trick

and we'll help them get rid of that messy oil under their sand too while we's over there

We need it to keep the WarMachine running anyhoo

(sigh)