AP: More than 50 people killed in Iraq today.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A militant strapped with more than 100 pounds of explosives and disguised in an army uniform blew himself up in a crowded mess hall Wednesday as brutal attacks across Iraq killed more than 50 people. In a dramatic raid, Iraqi and U.S. forces freed Australian hostage Douglas Wood, held by insurgents for 47 days.

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The swell in violence - which caused the highest daily death toll in more than three weeks - appeared aimed at derailing stepped-up efforts by Shiite politicians to bring the disaffected Sunni Arab minority into the political process. The two groups are trying to write a groundbreaking constitution and gain necessary approval to allow government-building to move forward.



Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the mess hall bombing at an army base in Khalis, about 45 miles north of Baghdad. The attacker "was invited to this lunch, and we ask Allah that he finishes his food in paradise," al-Qaida said in an Internet statement posted on a militant web site.



The militant, wearing an army uniform and strapped with about 110 pounds of explosives, waited until soldiers gathered for lunch before blowing himself up, said Iraqi army Col. Saleh Al-Obeidi. The blast killed 26 soldiers and wounded another 26 belonging to the Al-Salam battalion of the 2nd Brigade of the Iraqi army in Diyala province, the army said.

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[whistle]

1. Bush says we turned the corner on peace in Iraq and BLAM.....

....50 more people dead :nuke:

[VegasWolf]

9. Yeah, we turned a corner and left Peace in the dust. nt

[dave29]

2. have they reached American levels of violence yet

How many people died in America today?

Maybe that is the benchmark Bush is looking for.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Using their old discredited rw talking points rational, these killings

mean we are winning, the dead enders are getting desperate.

[consuming]

14. lots of body bags!

[leftchick]

4. 100 fucking Pounds??

wouldn't he be walking kinda funny? Ya know, we have truly passed through the looking glass here. Iraq is a shambles and the USA is fucking it up more every day.

bring em Home!

[rzemanfl]

6. I guess folks in their "death throes" have superhuman strength. nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. That may be the blast effect of...

110 lbs of a plastique or cubinol. Now, anyone seen that hyper-powered explosive that was stolen, by the ton, from alQaaqaa?

I think we may well have.

[leftchick]

12. it seems pretty obvious to me we are seeing those explosives

Daily. Multiple times daily.

:(

[merwin]

5. Freedom on the death march

[Judi Lynn]

8. True enough.

[OneBlueSky]

10. if they weren't Americans, they don't count . . . n/t

.

[llmart]

11. Even if they were Americans.......

they don't count to this administration.

"They're in the last death throes" according to Dickhead Cheney.

[4_Legs_Good]

13. Unfortunately this is not true, you see, the insurgency is in its

death throes (as I believe Donnie Rumsfeld has told us), so this story simply cannot be true!

Just like we know that President Bush's approval rating isn't really 35% because we KNOW we're living in a divided nation, and the polls aren't showing it, so they must be wrong.

david