Meanwhile, in Iraq......

AP, via HuffPost:



At least 16 killed in bombings, shootings in Iraq
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | September 13, 2008 09:49 AM EST |


BAGHDAD — Bombs and shootings killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, including four employees of an Iraqi television station who were abducted while filming a program about the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

A bomb concealed in a kiosk used to sell ice killed four security personnel and wounded nine people at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraqi officials said. Northeast of the capital, six Kurdish soldiers died in a roadside bombing that reflected how ethnic tensions remain dangerously high.

The attacks underscored the persistent threat in Iraq despite significant security gains since last year.

Al-Sharqiya television said its employees were seized at noon in the northern city of Mosul as they filmed an episode for a daily program about Iftar, the evening meal at which Muslims break their sunrise-to-sunset fast during Ramadan, which began this month.

The dead included Mussab Mahmoud al-Azawi, head of the station's office in Mosul, two cameramen and a driver. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/13/at-least-16-killed-in-bom_n_126158.html

:-(

(to the grave) is working swimmingly!!!