That's all the MSM ever gives you on an out-of-control war.
Never mind the 35 people killed every day -- on the rise over the summer -- and the number of Iraqis killed by the surge is around 300 per day, 10,000 per month by U.S. operations in that country, with over 1.2 million Iraqis dead since the invasion.
Not including the 1,654 killed in September -- a so-called reduction in violence.
Nor does it include any reports from the U.S. military's 75 air raids a day.
Furthermore, the U.S has the Asymmetrical Warfare Group operating in country.
Or such programs such as Operation Gladio, Operation Northwoods, the Salvador Option, and the Pentagon's "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group."
And what about the British agents who are the stars of the Prop 201 tutorial?
Did I also mention the FRU?
Oh, O.K.
"Despite US gains, terror attacks persist in Iraq" by Kim Gamel/Associated Press October 17, 2007
[WTF? They just told us yesterday that "Al-CIA-Duh" in Iraq was broken.
Why you gotta keep lying to me, MSM?]
BAGHDAD - An explosives-laden sewage truck blew up near a police station and a car bomb struck an Iraqi Army checkpoint yesterday in attacks that bore the hallmarks of Al Qaeda and showed extremists can still hit hard despite recent gains by US-led forces.
[Remember what I said about "hallmarks," reader?
That's right, "Al-CIA-Duh!!!!"
Guess we better STAY THEN, huh?]
A US military spokesman said the terror network is on the run in some areas, but it "obviously remains very lethal."
The bombings and a series of shootings mainly targeted Iraqi security forces and tribal leaders facing internal rivalries, but bystanders also were struck. At least 25 people were killed or found dead nationwide.
The deadliest attack occurred when a car blew up near a gas station across the street from an Iraqi Army checkpoint, killing four civilians and two Iraqi soldiers and wounding 25 others.
Flames shot out from a military pickup as ambulances raced to the scene, driving past a long concrete barrier that recently was decorated with murals by local artists in an attempt to beautify the city.
It was the latest in a series of car bombings in the capital despite stringent security measures put in place as part of a US-Iraqi military operation - now in its ninth month - and celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber in a sewage pump truck detonated his payload as he approached a police station that was recently rebuilt after four previous attacks, police said.
The blast collapsed most of the building, killing at least four policemen, including the station chief, and wounding 75 people, police said. A police spokesman, Brigadier General Mohammed al-Waqqa, said several nearby shops and cars were damaged.
Mosul has seen a rise in violence that many blame in part on an influx of militants who fled the Baghdad security crackdown.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, but both bombings bore the hallmarks of Sunni Arab insurgents, particularly Al Qaeda in Iraq.
[Second time she's mentioned the "hallmarks" and "Al-CIA-Duh."
Oh, STINK!!!!!]
The terror group had promised to step up attacks during Ramadan, which ended over the weekend with the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Gunmen also killed a Sunni tribal leader who recently turned against Al Qaeda in an ambush west of Baghdad that also left his son and another relative dead, police said.
A Shi'ite tribal chieftain was killed in a drive-by shooting in the southern city of Nasiriyah, the latest victim in violence between Shi'ite groups jockeying for power in the oil-rich region.
US commanders have said the increase in troops ordered by President Bush in January, and the increased operations that followed, have left Al Qaeda fractured and pushed militants into remote parts of the north and south. Additional operations have been going after those pockets of fighters.
Officials have cited a drop in suicide bombings, from more than 60 in January to about 30 a month since July, along with a decrease in the flow of foreign fighters across the borders. But they acknowledge they have been unable to stop the car bombings and suicide attacks usually blamed on Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Al Qaeda in Iraq "obviously remains very lethal," said Colonel Steven Boylan, a spokesman for the top US commander, General David Petraeus.
Another US spokesman in Baghdad, Rear Admiral Greg Smith, said the numbers of car bombs have dropped significantly and are causing fewer casualties since the security operation began.
"We have certainly taken a great deal of the network down, a lot of leaders, facilitators, financiers," he said. "But it's clear out here we've got an enemy that's got a lot of fight left in him."
[Which is GREAT for Bush and his position of STAYING, right?
CUI BONO from this fucking bullshit "Al-CIA-Duh" farce they are shitting down the Amurkn public's throat?]
"Truck Bomb Kills Up to 16 Iraqis in Mosul" by RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and MUDHAFER al-HUSAINI
BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 — A suicide truck bomb killed as many as 16 people and wounded more than 50 others when it destroyed a police station in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, according to a Health Ministry official there.
It was not clear how many Iraqi policemen were among the dead and wounded. Some news reports quoted officials as saying that the police death toll was four.
One witness, Ali Mishal, said the bomber evaded blast walls and other defenses near the police station by approaching on side streets. “The explosion was huge, and the windows of all the houses in the neighborhood were blown out by the huge power” of the blast, he said.
The attack followed a bombing in central Baghdad on Tuesday that an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said killed at least four people, including two Iraqi policemen, and wounded 20 others. Witnesses offered differing accounts of whether the bomb was detonated during a suicide attack or had been stowed in a parked car, but they agreed that it struck an Iraqi police patrol.
[That immediately makes me suspicious!]
One worker who narrowly survived the blast and gave his name as Khalid said he had just bought a pack of cigarettes from a sidewalk vendor in front of the car containing the bomb. He then walked back toward the travel company where he works. “As soon as I got into the company, the huge blast struck, breaking all the glass into pieces,” he said.
In Kut, south of Baghdad, 56 Iranian prisoners were released and delivered to Iranian diplomats on Monday, according to the Kut governor’s office. All had been charged with illegal entry into Iraq and sentenced to one year in prison."
[Gee, I never heard about all those Iranians being held!
Gee whiz, why would the stink Zionist press want to hide that?
Imagine if the shoe were on the other foot, and Iran had 56 U.S. citizens detained.
Heck, we'd be CALLING IT A CRISIS!!!!!!
The TV networks would probably start a "Nightline" or something, with a day count for the HOSTAGES!
Gee, I'm having a bit of a deja-vu, people, wait a minute. Woah.
O.K., where was I?
The Iranians never made a peep about this, huh?
Or was I JUST NOT TOLD by my shitty Amurkn MSM?]
