"Sunni Arab Bloc Quits Iraqi Government"

[GreenPartyVoter]

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced its withdrawal from the government Wednesday, undermining efforts to seek reconciliation among the country's rival factions, and two bombing attacks in Baghdad killed at least 67 people.

In one attack, 50 people were killed and 60 wounded when a suicide attacker exploded a fuel truck near a gas station in western Baghdad. Another 17 died in a separate car bomb attack in central Baghdad.

The U.S. military announced the deaths of four American soldiers, three of whom were killed by a sophisticated, armor-piercing bomb. Britain also announced the death of one of its soldiers, by a roadside bomb in Basra.

Rafaa al-Issawi, a leading member of the Front, said at a news conference that the bloc's six Cabinet ministers would submit their resignations later in the day.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070801/D8QO82000.html

[Atman]

1. Just a minor setback. Simple solution...

BOMB IRAN!

:woohoo:















:sarcasm:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. That won't help. There are very few Sunnis there. But then

logic is not the forte of this misadmin.

[jmp]

3. Guess we'll just have to ...

Bomb them until they change their minds. That always seems to work with al-Sadr on the Shiite side.

[ellenfl]

4. i think this is significant and predict that more rethugs

will back away from dubya because of it. there is no government if only 1-1/2 of the 3 factions are represented. if the country is not split into thirds soon, iran will have won.

can't wait to see what the talking heads have to say about this.

ellen fl

[gratuitous]

5. The talking heads will be completely puzzled by it

"Sunni? Shiite? Kurds? Gee, aren't they all Iraqis? We don't understand what the significance of this might be. Here's an administration mouthpiece to tell us it's all right, completely in accord with their grand plan for Iraq, and how it actually represents progress."

[ellenfl]

6. apparently we were both wrong . . . a bridge fell down. eom