Oh man, the killing just goes on and on over there . . . and we want folks to feel good here at home

[bigtree]

but, it just goes on and on . . .

US forces fire on Iraq minibus, kill 4 - witnesses

23 Nov 2006 06:14:26 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (Reuters) - U.S. troops opened fire on a minibus, killing four passengers, during a raid on Baghdad's Sadr City district on Thursday, police and witnesses said.

Local residents told Reuters the passengers were workers and not militants.

Eight people were also wounded when the vehicle was hit by a burst of machinegun fire, they said.


http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23775414.htm


from yesterday:


U.S. and Iraqi Military Bust Into Shiite Slum, Capture 7, Air Cover Kills 3 Including Boy

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters swept into Baghdad's Sadr City Shiite slum in a dark-of-night raid Tuesday that netted seven militiamen, including one believed to know the whereabouts of an American soldier kidnapped nearly a month ago.

Angry Shiites denounced the raid, and a lawmaker from the district stood outside the Imam Ali hospital holding the body of a boy killed in the attack and vowing he would not return to parliament until all American forces were out of Iraq.

Police said three Iraqis, including the boy, were killed and 15 wounded. No soldiers were hurt, the military said.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16069884.htm


and, from the day before:


US air strike kills three in Baghdad: officials

Nov 21, 2006 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike in Baghdad's Sadr City district killed at least three people on Tuesday when U.S.-led forces mounted their latest raid in the hunt for death squads and a kidnapped U.S. soldier, Iraqi officials said.

Iraqi Health Ministry spokesman Abdul Ahdi said the dead included a six-month-old infant and that up to 50 people had been wounded. Other Iraqi officials put the number of wounded at 15.

The Interior Ministry said U.S. and Iraqi forces raided the sprawling slum suburb of about 2 million at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), sparking clashes with militiamen loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

The U.S. military said it was checking the reports.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2669537



and this:


Three US Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province

23 Nov 2006 05:27:36 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Three U.S. Marines died on Wednesday from wounds sustained in combat in Iraq's volatile western Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

The military's statement gave no details of the fighting.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23259472.htm


what are we doing?



http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bigtree

[bigtree]

1. dropped without a word

doesn't look like the troops took a day off . . .

[Karenina]

3. 3,700 Iraqis dead in October...

[opihimoimoi]

2. The Bush Administration only knows WAR...nothing of PEACE

and while they want WAR...they know not how to win....

They think Peace is IMPOSSIBLE

But Peace is more likey than the Military victory they wish...They have not a clue...Look at them Floundering around trying to convince themselves and everyone else they are competent...

But, reality tells us, the GOPers are NOOBS....just guessing while they rob us blind...

[bigtree]

5. true. they know nothing of peace . . .

the latest plan from the generals would send 30,000 more of our soldiers over there to speed up the training of Iraqis to kill their fellow Iraqis more efficiently. It's really not surprising as our State Dept. is nothing more than a PR agency hawking for more killing, more conflict.

I saw a general today who said we need to pump more money into Iraq to 'win' something or another. He suggested a "war fund," separate from the regular budget. $8 billion a month to Iraq alone isn't enough for this greedy bunch. Building nations unto themselves abroad is expensive.

[opihimoimoi]

6. The Good Answers are there....ignored...laid off to the side, rejected...

but the GOP handlers are blind to them...they know only of simple war shit...

Sun Tzu wrote how to wage war / peace...these fellas know not how to implement the wisdom of 2300 years ago....such are the GOP and The BushMaster....Ignorant....to the bone....

[leftchick]

4. the deaths will be in the millions

before this bloodbath ends. :cry: