Why didn't the N.Y. Times carry this?
Because this is the result of the surge (graphic pictures; crimes worse than any language I could ever use).
"Car bomb kills seven near Baghdad shrine; Security raised for religious observances" by Robert H. Reid/Associated Press August 26, 2007
BAGHDAD -- A car bomb exploded yesterday near Baghdad's most important Shi'ite shrine, killing seven people and wounding dozens.
The blast occurred around noon in busy Oruba Square, a major commercial area in the Kazimiyah district of Baghdad about 500 yards from the twin-domed shrine of Imam Musa Kadhim, an eighth-century Shi'ite religious leader who is buried there.
A hospital official said seven people were killed and 30 wounded, including two children. No group claimed responsibility.
The blast gouged a small hole in the street, shattered windows in nearby shops and restaurants and set three cars ablaze.
Hussein Abdul-Rahman, shop owner who suffered minor shrapnel wounds:
"It was a big explosion. I rushed to the scene and saw some dead and injured. Then I felt blood oozing from my back. Then rescuers took me to the hospital for treatment."
Despite the force of the blast, casualties were relatively low because many people were indoors during the broiling noontime heat or had left for the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles to the south, to attend ceremonies marking the birth of Mohammed al-Mahdi, the 12th and last Shi'ite imam who disappeared in the 9th century.
Religious Shi'ites refer to Mahdi as the "Hidden Imam," believing he was spared death and will return to earth to bring peace and justice.
[Yes, and he will smite the Anti-Christ George W. Bush!
Isn't that special? Christ is going to return, and HE IS GOING TO BE A MUSLIM!!!
Ooooops! Sorry, Christians, but would you clothe and feed a Muslim, or would you throw them into torture gulags?
Case closed, reader, case closed!!!]
More than 1 million pilgrims from throughout the Shi'ite world are expected to converge on Karbala for the celebrations, which reach their high point late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
[And they are BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATIONS, too!
Colorful, happy, festive, America could learn something.]
Iraqi authorities yesterday banned motorcycles, bicycles, and horse-drawn carriages from the streets of Baghdad indefinitely. Earlier in the day, state television announced that the ban applied to all vehicles, including cars and trucks.
Elsewhere, US forces killed three insurgent suspects and captured 17 others in a series of raids against Al Qaeda operatives, the military said.
[Grain of salt. Whatever they call it, it is still MURDER!]
And that's progress to the dipshit dictator:
"Bush says Iraqis stepping forward... President Bush said US armed forces, working with local leaders in Iraq, are making military gains necessary for political success and stability.
Bush in his radio address: "As security improves, more Iraqis are stepping forward to defend their democracy. Young Iraqi men are signing up for the army, and coalition and Iraqi forces have doubled the number of joint operations."
[Yeah, by segregating the society!]
Bush continued making the case for his troop "surge" ahead of a report to Congress on Sept. 11 from the US commander in Iraq and the ambassador there on the effects of the additional 30,000 troops he ordered there earlier this year (Bloomberg)."
Gee, gonna have to STAY and ESCALATE, huh?
Been hearing the SAME LIES for the last five fucking years!!!]
