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| Iraq |
| US troops suffer worst week this year |
| 2008-04-12 |
| "Quagmire Editing 101" Could the Lede be any more biased or less perspective? "worst" in that the remainder of the year's been pretty damn good, and this "uprising" was only to derail the Petraeus testimony and give the MSM and Donk whores talking points... A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashes persisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought to rein in its fighters. At least 13 Shiite militants were killed in the latest clashes in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City, the U.S. military said. Iraqi police said seven civilians also died in fighting, which erupted Friday night and tapered off Saturday. The U.S. military said the American soldier was killed in a blast Saturday morning in northwestern Baghdad but did not say whether Shiite militiamen were responsible. The death raised to at least 19 the number of American troopers killed in Iraq since last Sunday. Not a single one shouldn't be mourned but that's not how you measure progress, except when you've bet big on defeat American casualties have risen with an outbreak of fighting in Baghdad between U.S. and Iraqi forces and the largest Shiite militia - the Mahdi Army of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr "Army" as in Iranian-funded and supplied |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 AP, huh? Guess we'll hold onto Bilal for another week... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-12 20:29 |
| #1 They did suffer the worst week this year... watching a fine commander and leader bringing victory to them be put in front of poo-flinging surrender monkeys that only want to expand their power. Yep, worst week this year. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-12 19:39 |