Baghdad, yesterday: The Secular "Iraqya" bloc walked out of the Iraqi parliament as other factions formed a nominal government and reappointed Prime Minister Maliki for another term. Many Sunni residents fear he is too close to Iran and that they may have to take up arms again.
Baghdad, Wednesday: Eleven roadside bombs detonated within an hour of each other in three predominantly Christian areas of central Baghdad early Wednesday. Four of the blasts hit houses belonging to Christians, and two mortar rounds also struck Christian enclaves of the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Dora in south Baghdad.
Baghdad, Wednesday: Eight people were wounded Wednesday in a rocket attack against the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, according to a security source reporting to Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The rockets scored direct hits in the "residential" section of the occupied Green Zone.
Kirkuk, Thursday: Unknown resistance fighters attacked a US military airbase in North Eastern Iraq, according to Iraqi security officials. The base, located near Kirkuk, was hit by mortar fire and two Katusha rockets early on Thursday, police chief Sarhad Ghader told Fars news agency.
Mr Barrack Obama, does this sound to you like the surge worked? Does this sound like a viable plan to copy in Afghanistan? Three more NATO soldiers dies there Wednesday and Thursday. Now is the time to get off this treadmill of death-bring all the troops home TODAY!
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