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  • Another Day in Free Iraq

    April 19, 2012

    Tags: Out of Mind, Out of Touch
    Posted in: Democracy, Iraq

    Here’s the weather report from Iraq today:

    18 persons wounded in several attacks in Diala
    4/19/2012 12:22 PM

    IED injures 2 cops in southern Kirkuk
    4/19/2012 12:22 PM

    2 civilians killed, 4 injured in armed attack in Falluja
    4/19/2012 12:13 PM

    8 people wounded as car bomb exploded in central Ramadi
    4/19/2012 12:09 PM

    Suicide attack kills 5, wounds 9 in northern Baghdad
    4/19/2012 12:02 PM

    Car bomb kills soldier, wounds 2 north of Baghdad
    4/19/2012 12:01 PM

    2 car bombs in Kirkuk leave 28 casualties
    4/19/2012 11:49 AM

    5 persons killed, 6 injured west of Kirkuk
    4/19/2012 11:49 AM


    Meanwhile, over at the US Embassy Baghdad website, the news is all good, with these top items:

    We congratulate Iraq’s Council of Representatives on its historic decision to nominate the first members of the Iraqi Commission for Human Rights.

    U.S. Embassy Spokesman, Michael McClellan, stated, “U.S. policy on supporting the unity of Iraq, as anchored in numerous UN resolutions and U.S. policy statements, is unwavering.”




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