surge update - five soldiers killed in roadside bomb -

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breaking news CNN

www.cnn.com

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1. That's seven in the last two days, including two in Baghdad yesterday

Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

[sam sarrha]

3. the surge is working... terrorist bombings are down to 48 a day in Iraq, lots of other people are

dying to, but because they are _______* ,they doent get counted, in a totally devastated country 85% unemployment, sewage ankle deep in the streets, no clean drinking water, with non functional hospitals, people just take their wounded/dismembered/burned children/wife/husband/parents/family/neighbors home and watch/hear/smell them die a white knuckled death from gangrene.

this needs to end..!!

*fill in the blank. naomi klein can give you some suggestions in her book 'Shock Doctrine:the rise of disaster capitalism', cheap used at amazon and on sale at many bookstores

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2. oh hey, ya know... McCain is right, the surge is working!

why are you confusing us with facts!

Bet the MSM doesn't even comment on this. :puke:

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4. in addition 60 killed & 280 wounded in mosul

BAGHDAD — Five American soldiers were killed in the northern city of Mosul on Monday when militants attacked them with a roadside bomb and then fired on their patrol from a nearby mosque with machine guns, military officials said. The troops returned fire and Iraqi forces raided the mosque, but the gunmen had fled, they said.

It was the second catastrophic attack on United States forces this month, after a house rigged with explosives killed six soldiers in Diyala three weeks ago. The attack underscored the grim situation in Mosul, Iraq’s northern hub, which remains a stronghold for Sunni extremist fighters.

(OH, AND BY THE WAY)

In addition, as many as 60 people were killed and 280 wounded in a huge blast in Mosul on Wednesday as Iraqi soldiers entered a building packed with thousands of pounds of explosives. The following day the provincial police chief was assassinated after he visited the site of the blast and an angry crowd of people gathered around him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print