Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq â??Stable,â?? Just â??One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody

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Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is â??Stable,â?? Thereâ??s Just â??One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybodyâ??

Tonight on Larry King Live, First Lady Laura Bush said she understands â??how the American people feelâ?� when they express frustration over Iraq, but insisted that â??to leave now would be a serious mistake.â?� She said of Iraqis, â??This is their opportunity to seize the moment, to build a really good and stable country.â?�
As AmericaBlog first noted, Bush added, â??[M]any parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody.â?� Watch it:

According to the latest Brookings Institution Iraq Index, as of November 2006, there were approximately 185 insurgent and militia attacks every day.
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Transcript:

KING: Has the war worn you down? I mean, the public, obviously, is â?? more people disapprove than approve. Itâ??s hurt the standing of the presidency. What has it done to you?

BUSH: Well, of course, itâ??s wearing, wearying. Thereâ??s no doubt about it. I understand how the American people feel, and that they feel like things are not going like we want them to there. On the other hand, I know how important it is for us to continue to help the Iraqis. And to leave now would be a serious mistake. And I really agree with the president on that, that the Iraqi government needs to get up and running as fast as they can. And, of course, we want our troops to come home. Nobody wants war. No one is pro-war. We want the â?? to be able to have a democracy there, to have the people in Iraq who have been oppressed by a dictatorship for all of these years to be able to build a good government that represents everyone. And I think it will happen. Is it going to be fast? No. we never expected it to be fast.

KING: So itâ??s going to be going on when you leave office.

BUSH: Probably. I mean, I have no idea and thereâ??s no way I can predict. But I hope not. I hope that they can build their government and reconcile with each other and build a country. This is their opportunity to seize the moment, to build a really good and stable country. And many parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day this discourages everybody.

pisshead Reviewed by pisshead on 02-27-2007. Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq â??Stable,â?? Just â??One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is â??Stable,â?? Thereâ??s Just â??One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybodyâ?? Tonight on Larry King Live, First Lady Laura Bush said she understands â??how the American people feelâ?� when they express frustration over Iraq, but insisted that â??to leave now would be a serious mistake.â?� She said of Iraqis, â??This is their opportunity to seize the moment, to build a really good and stable country.â?� As AmericaBlog first noted, Bush added, â??any parts of Rating: 5

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Much of Iraq IS stable......the Jawah resistance is in isolated pockets. I have 3 relatives and a neighbor walking around there right now......I'll tell them you said hi, 3 out of 4 of them are smokers.

When was the last time you went? So instead of blindly following opinion 'A' you should blindly follow opinion 'B'.

Flame away mother fuckers...............

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She has them "Crazy Eyes"...................plus there's more then one bombing a day.

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I have kins in iraq as well they dont say its all fine n dandy.i even have a cousin whos cripple from the war.. shame shame on all who buy this war on terror crap.. i guess all them bombings are nothing, how many people died this week in Iraq i bet over 200

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WoW I guess Iraqis are not people...

Confusion over Iraq soccer explosion - US carried out blast - 18 children dead
Last Updated: Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 22:12 GMT

Confusion over Iraq soccer blast

There are confusing reports about at least one explosion in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi.

Iraqi officials said 18 people, most of them children, had been killed in a blast near a football pitch.

Later a US spokesman told Reuters news agency that US forces had carried out a controlled explosion in Ramadi, also close to a football field.

The official said there were injuries, but no deaths. It was not clear if both reports referred to the same incident.

However, the chief American military spokesman in Iraq, Lt Colonel Christopher Garver, later said he thought there had been "two separate incidents" in Ramadi.

Iraqi Prime minister Nouri Maliki appeared to confirm the killings, calling them a "cowardly act" by "terrorist bands".

Iraqi police said most of the victims were aged 10 to 15 and had gathered to play football when a bomb went off.

Football attacks

Ramadi is the capital of Anbar province - the centre of Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgency.

On Saturday, a bomb near a Sunni mosque close to the city killed more than 50 people after the mosque's imam had made a speech criticising al-Qaeda, which correspondents say is entrenched in the area.

Violence continues to kills dozens of Iraqis every day

The BBC's Jane Peel in Baghdad says it would not be the first time children playing football have been caught up in the violence.

Last August at least 12 boys and young men died when a bomb exploded on a football pitch in the capital.

There has been a sharp rise in violence between Iraq's Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in the past year.

Iraqi and US forces have launched an operation aimed at stemming sectarian attacks in the Baghdad area.

The Ramadi attack was reported as other bombings killed at least 18 people across Iraq.

Also on Tuesday, four bombings in the Iraqi capital killed 12 people, including three US soldiers.

Two of the bombings took place in the Karrada commercial area.

Meanwhile, in the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber drove a lorry into a police station, killing six people and wounding 38 others.

Confusion over Iraq soccer explosion - US carried out blast - 18 children dead | Wake Up From Your Slumber

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Car bomb kills dozens; mystery blasts rock Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 39 people were killed Saturday when a car bomb exploded as they left a Sunni mosque in Habbaniya, Iraq, an Interior Ministry official said.

Also Saturday, only hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced "positive results" in Baghdad security, several strong blasts were heard in the capital.

The car bomb, which occurred about 40 miles west of Baghdad, wounded 61 people outside a mosque, a school and an Iraqi police station, according to Multi-National Forces-Iraq.

Medical personnel arrived to help and coalition forces were providing security and helping take the injured to medical facilities.

Local residents told The Associated Press the imam of the mosque had spoken out against extremists.

Also, according to AP, many who live in the neighborhood are employed by Iraqi military and police forces, who are frequently the targets of militant strikes.

The vehicle exploded as worshippers left the mosque's afternoon prayers, AP reported. It was filled with stone and plaster and other building materials. After the blast, U.S. soldiers joined other rescuers who pulled survivors from the rubble, AP reported.

U.S.-Iraqi operations
In Baghdad, the U.S. military attributed the mysterious explosions to "indirect fire," a reference to mortar or artillery fire. "We do not know where it is coming from," the military told CNN.

Gen. Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for Baghdad's ongoing U.S.-Iraqi military security plan, said he didn't know the cause behind the explosions, but confirmed that joint operations were being conducted in the southern part of the capital city.

Earlier Saturday, Prime Minister al-Maliki said the U.S.-Iraqi crackdown has dismantled terrorist cells and yielded the arrests and killing of hundreds of insurgents.

Al-Maliki spoke to reporters after a tour of the security plan command center. The prime minister said 426 suspected insurgents have been detained and roughly the same number killed.

Car bomb kills dozens; mystery blasts rock Baghdad - CNN.com

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Four U.S. Soldiers Killed, Three Wounded in Iraq

Four U.S. Soldiers Killed, Three Wounded in Iraq

By Bill Brubaker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 27, 2007; 12:08 PM

Four American soldiers were killed and three wounded by improvised explosive devices in Iraq, the U.S. military announced today.

Three of the soldiers were killed and one wounded today when an IED exploded southwest of Baghdad, a military statement said.


The soldiers were part of the Multi-National Division-Baghdad unit. Their names were withheld by the military pending notification of next of kin.

Separately, the military said one soldier was killed and two wounded late yesterday when an IED exploded in the southern Shiite city of Diwaniyah.

One of the wounded soldiers was evacuated to a military hospital in Baghdad. The other returned to duty after being treated.

The names of the dead and wounded soldiers were withheld by the military pending notification of next of kin.

More than 3,100 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003.

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Damn i can go all fuckin day with this shit.................

Baghdad.

The source: the MOI operation room

-- Two policemen were killed and a third one was injured in an IED explosion that targeted their patrol in Rustomiya neighborhood south Baghdad at 8:30 a.m.

-- Two civilians were killed and four were wounded when a mortar shell fell in Al Nidhal St. downtown Baghdad at 10:00

-- At 11:00 am, insurgents attacked today a center of civil defense unit in Al Mansour neighborhood in western Baghdad. the insurgents used machineguns and grenades in their attack. The attack claimed the lives of three policemen in the center wounding another three of them.

-- The Iraqi vice president Adil Abdul Mahdi (the Shiite vice from SCIRI) survived today an assassination attempt targeted him while he was inside the building of the labors and municipalities in Al Mansour neighborhood in western Baghdad. The explosion which was implemented by an IED took place near the door of the meeting room where Abdul Mahdi was meeting with the minister of municipalities Reyadh Ghareeb. The explosion happened at 11:30 am, claiming the lives of 5 civilians, four of them are directors, a general director, three women directors, the director of accounting, the director of auditing and a director a department in addition to an employee. 31 others were injured. A statement by the presidency council issued after the incident confirmed that Adil Abdul Mahdi was injured lightly and he returned to work.

-- 18 anonymous bodies were found today in baghdad. 15 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad, in the following neighborhoods: 3 bodies in Hurriya, 2 bodies each in Baiyaa, Saidiya and Hay Al Amil. One body was found in each of Abo Disheer, Mansour, Kadhimiya, Dora, Al Shorta Al Rabi’aa and Salhiya. Three bodies were found in Rosafa, the eastern part of Baghdad, one body each in of Ubaidi neighborhood, Al Ameen, and near Al Sinak bridge.


Diyala province

-- A military source in the 5th Iraqi army division revealed last night late that 20 insurgents were killed and 9 IEDs were defused during the first day of the military operation in Al Tahreer neighborhood south Baquba city. The operation is implemented by the 5th division supported by the MNF helicopters. The source talked about clashes inside the area because some insurgents used the houses as safe houses. Some guided missiles were launched towards some locations used by the snipers who tried to stop the military forces.


Basra

-- The spokesman of the MNF in the south of Iraq Katy Brown said that 15 insurgents clashed with a British patrol north of Alk Hussein neighborhood (9 KMs west of Basra). According to the spokesman, 3 of them were injured. The spokesman added that a British vehicle was damaged when it crashed into a fuel tank south Basra. The spokesman also said that two British bases were attacked, Sa’ie base and Shat Al Arab hotel base were attacked last night without recording any casualties.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 02/26/2007 | Roundup of Violence in Iraq - Feb. 26, 2007

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Woman bomber kills 41 at Baghdad college

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A female suicide bomber triggered a ball bearing-packed charge Sunday, killing at least 41 people at a mostly Shiite college whose main gate was left littered with blood-soaked student notebooks and papers amid the bodies.


Witnesses said a woman carried out the attack at the business school annex to Mustansiriyah University. Interior Ministry officials said they were still investigating those reports. The school's main campus was hit by a string of bombings last month that killed 70 people.

The attack came as the powerful Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr said an ongoing security crackdown in Baghdad was doomed to fail because of U.S. involvement and suggested he was rethinking his cooperation. He bitterly complained that "car bombs continue to explode" in the capital despite the new security push.

The political situation in Iraq was further thrown into question after President Jalal Talabani, a 73-year-old Kurd, was taken to Jordan for medical tests after feeling ill. Talabani's son, Qubad Talabani, said his father was suffering from fatigue and exhaustion. "He did not have a heart attack" or a stroke, he told CNN.

The statement issued in the name of the radical cleric al-Sadr put increased strains on the U.S.-Iraqi security sweeps aimed at restoring order in the capital.

Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia pulled its fighters off the streets under intense government pressure to let the 12-day-old security plan proceed. But a relentless wave of Sunni attacks — six alone in the Baghdad area Sunday — has apparently tested the patience of al-Sadr as well as many ordinary Shiites.

A return to the streets by the Mahdi Army forces could effectively block the security effort and raise the chances of Baghdad falling into sectarian street battles — the apparent aim of Sunni extremists seeking any way to destroy the U.S.-backed government.

"Here we are, watching car bombs continue to explode to harvest thousands of innocent lives from our beloved people in the middle of a security plan controlled by an occupier," said a statement read to hundreds of cheering supporters by an al-Sadr aide in Baghdad.

The cleric was highly critical of the U.S. role and urged leaders to "make your own Iraqi (security) plans." He said "no security plan will work" with direct U.S. involvement.

Al-Sadr — who has not appeared in public in more than a month — is no friend of Washington and his forces fought fierce battles with U.S. troops in 2004. But he has largely cooperated in the Iraqi political process to avoid strains with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Shiite leadership.

The statement was the first public word from al-Sadr since U.S. assertions earlier this month that he fled to neighboring Iran to avoid arrest. Al-Sadr's aides and other loyalists insist he never left Iraq.

Shiite anger at the United States is running high since American soldiers on Friday detained the son of the most powerful Shiite political leader for nearly 12 hours after he crossed from Iran. U.S. officials claim Shiite groups, including the Mahdi Army, receive weapons and aid from Iran. Iran denies the charges.

"To my Shiite and Sunni brothers, I say, `Let us scorn sectarianism and hoist the banner of unity,'" said the statement from al-Sadr, whose militia is blamed for frequent execution-style slayings of Sunni rivals.

Since the security crackdown began, the number of bodies thought to be victims of Shiite death squads has gone down dramatically in Baghdad, but there has been no respite from violence blamed on Sunni insurgents.

In other developments, Talabani's office said he had fallen ill due to "continuing hard work over the past few days."

A doctor said Talabani was being treated at the heart center at King Hussein Medical City in Amman because the facility has modern equipment, not necessarily because the president suffers from a heart ailment.

The president's son said he was "up and about" and able to communicate.

Under Iraq's constitution, the president serves as the country's titular head of state. The prime minister runs the government.

Besides the college blast, at least 18 people were killed — mostly in Shiite districts — in bombings and rocket attacks in the Baghdad area.

Security guards at the Mustansiriyah University annex scuffled with the bomber before the blast, witnesses said. Most of the victims were students, including at least 46 injured, said police

Suicide bombings by women are unusual but not unprecedented in Iraq's chaos. The main campus at Mustansiriyah, about 1 1/2 miles away, was the target of twin car bombs and a suicide blast last month that killed 70 people.

The students at the business college were returning to midterm exams after the Iraqi weekend.

A 22-year-old student, Muhanad Nasir, said he saw a commotion at the gate.

"Then there was an explosion. I did not feel anything for 15 minutes and when I returned to consciousness, I found myself in the hospital," said Nasir, who was wounded in the head and chest.

The blast flung blood-soaked notebooks and backpacks among the lifeless bodies and wounded. Cement walls were pockmarked by the hail of ball bearings. Parents rushed to the site and some collapsed in tears after learning their children were killed or injured. Students used rags and towels to try to mop up the blood.

The school is located in a mostly Shiite district of northeast Baghdad, but does not limit enrollment to that group.

In the northern city of Mosul, U.S. troops killed two gunmen in a raid and captured a suspected local leader of the insurgent group al-Qaida in Iraq, the military said. Additional details were not immediately available.

Iraq's Interior Ministry, meanwhile, raised the toll from a suicide truck bombing in the violence-wracked Anbar province on Saturday to 52 dead and 74 injured.

The attack on worshippers leaving a mosque in Habbaniyah, about 50 miles west of Baghdad, was believed linked to escalating internal Sunni battles between insurgents and those who oppose them.

"This cowardly act of violence underscores that the terrorists are the enemies of all Iraqis, regardless of sect," the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said in a statement. "They want Iraq to fail. Now is the time for the Iraqis to come together against these terrorists."

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