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• The Raw Story | A rational voice - Alternative news: ... 'invalid' UN sanctions (0) Bombs claim 26 in Baghdad, north Iraq (0) ...
• The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by Steve Benen (#): ... | Permalink Today’s edition of quick hits. * Bloodshed in Baghdad : “Two bombs exploded hours apart Friday in a central Baghdad pet market and a police checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing 26 people and wounding dozens, officials said…. The blast in the capital’s popular weekly ...
• Democratic Underground (#): ... in violence since a U.S.-Iraqi security plan began in mid-February. The blast in the capital's popular weekly al-G Discuss (1 post) | AP
• Eschaton (#): Over there. BAGHDAD - Two bombs exploded hours apart Friday in a central Baghdad pet market and a police checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing 26 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The attacks were among ...
• Oh!pinion (#): ... commanders and even one of the architects of the “surge” that boosted US troop numbers in the country this year, according to figures gathered by the US. Evidently, some people in Iraq didn’t get the memo . Bombers struck a pet market in central Baghdad and a police checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing 28 people in two of the deadliest attacks in weeks. The first blast ...
• D-Day (#): using body counts as a measure to define success in Iraq is that it only takes a couple bad events to ruin their narrative and make them look foolish. That's why nobody interested in success in Iraq would actually peg it to casualty rates. A political settlement is a long-lasting solution. Ephemeral security benchmarks can be upset by a lone ...
• The Newshoggers (#): ... as always, overly optimistic in breaking out their victory champagne and parades. Meanwhile, yesterday 20 shells fell on the Green Zone and today bombs exploded in Mosul and a Baghdad market. Non-violent killers, directly attendant on the lack of infrastructure reconstruction, are just as much of a threat as bombs ...