Oh, Iraq is in the papers, what with Washington abuzz about the Petraeus "report."
But here is what they give you as an Iraq violence report:
New York Times:
Boston Globe:
"Iraqi blast suspect killed" by Sam Enriquez/Los Angeles Times September 10, 2007
BAGHDAD - A US air strike killed a man suspected of directing the Aug. 14 truck bombings in northern Iraq that caused the deaths of more than 400 people, military officials said yesterday.
The man, Abu Mohammed Afri, was a leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, US officials said, and was responsible for the synchronized bombings that targeted the Yazidi religious sect, a minority that is neither Muslim nor Christian.
The Yazidi bombings, the deadliest single terrorist attack since the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, leveled neighborhoods of crude earthen homes and shops, burying victims and overwhelming local medical facilities in Nineveh province. Hundreds of residents were wounded and hundreds of homes were destroyed.
Afri was reportedly spotted while driving Sept. 3 in a remote area about 70 miles southwest of Mosul in northern Iraq. He and his driver were killed by fixed-wing aircraft. Afri was identified by "close associates and detainees," according to a US military statement, but officials did not detail the evidence linking Afri to the bombings.
Farther south, a mob of masked men attacked the police station in Hajaj, about 25 miles north of Tikrit, early yesterday.
At least three police officers were killed before nearby residents, many of them armed, drove off the attackers, according to police officials in nearby Beiji."
[Yup, we got a PHANTOM "Al-CIA-Duh again, and BLACKWATER GUNMEN staged a raid!
Get it now, reader?
