Deadliest Day In Iraq Since 2006

By The Associated Press
© 2007 The Associated Press

— Some of the deadliest days in Iraq since January 2006:

_Nov. 23, 2006: Mortar rounds and five car bombs kill 215 people in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.

_March 27, 2007: Truck bombs hit markets in the northwestern city of Tal Afar, killing at least 152 people and wounding more than 150. At least 46 other Iraqis are also killed or found dead, for a total of 198.

_March 6, 2007: Officials report 194 deaths, including 120 by two suicide bombers in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

_March 29, 2007: At least 179 people are killed, including 104 by multiple suicide bombers in the town of Khalis and in predominantly Shiite markets in Baghdad.

_Feb. 3, 2007: Officials report 167 deaths, including 137 by a suicide truck bomber at a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad.

_April 18, 2007: At least 164 people are killed when four large bombs explode in mostly Shiite locations of Baghdad.

_Nov. 12, 2006: Sectarian violence across the country claims at least 159 lives, including 35 men blown apart while waiting to join Iraq's police force.

_Jan. 16, 2007: Violence throughout Iraq kills 142 people, including 70 in bombings at a university in Baghdad.

_Jan. 22, 2007: Officials report 138 deaths, including 88 by a parked car bomb followed immediately by a suicide car bomber in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad. _Feb. 1, 2007: Officials say 138 people are killed nationwide, including 73 who die in two suicide bombers in a crowded market in Hillah.

_Jan. 5, 2006: Suicide bombers infiltrate a line of police recruits and a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad as insurgents kill 125 civilians and five U.S. soldiers.

_Dec. 12, 2006: A suicide bomber strikes a crowd of mostly poor Shiites in Baghdad, killing at least 63 people and wounding more than 200. At least 59 other Iraqis are killed or found dead.

_Dec. 2, 2006: A triple car bombing strikes a food market in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad, killing at least 51 and wounding 90.

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outfuckingrageous:mad: I get so mad and so fucking sick of it all. So many people, so many lives taken away from them.

As a race of thinking beings I had hoped we would have learned SOMETHING by now. Wars are never the answer:cry:

They're pretty busy with another story right now.

"Unfortunately, VP Dickie 'Five Military Deferments' and I have suffered
a few paper cuts while counting up our war profits, but we will be okay.

"Oh yeah, almost forgot the talking point of the day:
too bad about your kids in uniform, and the Eye-rakis and all that
compassionate conservative shit. Where are those WMDs?

- Commander AWOL