DOD: "a very bad day in Iraq." - 4 Bombs Kill 178 People in Baghdad

Republicans come out and stay the course is still their talking points

continued funding of the war seems to be a lot of the Dems talking point, as well! :spank:

The current situation as of April, 2007 is that the U.S. House of Representatives and the
U.S. Senate have each passed versions of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill that
provide funding for President Bush to continue the U.S. military occupation of Iraq. The
House and Senate Leadership will select a “Conference Committee” that will hammer out a
compromise bill. That bill will then be voted on by the full House and Senate, and sent to
President Bush. At this point President Bush is saying he will veto any bill that has any
kind of timeline or deadline for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, even if the
timeline/deadline is non-enforceable.

On March 23, 2007 the U.S. House of Representatives passed their version of the
Supplemental Appropriations bill, called the “U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and
Iraq Accountability Act.” The bill provides the President with $124.3 billion for a number
of issues, including the funding President Bush requested to continue the war in Iraq.

Claim: Date Certain for U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: combat troops out of Iraq by August, 2008 at the latest

Reality: With three U.S troops dying each day the war continues, August, 2008 is not an acceptable
deadline for withdrawal of US troops. It is not bringing our troops home now. Furthermore, the bill
allows U.S. troops to remain in Iraq after the August, 2008 withdrawal date if they are “engaging
in targeted special actions limited in duration and scope to killing or capturing members of al-Qaeda
and other terrorist organizations with global reach” are undefined in the bill];
and/or if they are “training members of the Iraqi Security Forces”.
This provision could be used to keep tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq for years to come.

Thanks for the 'cartoon'.

It's (* attitude) sickening.

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Gandhi

he'll be leaving ASAP to lead them in a 'convocation of prayer'! :sarcasm:

:sarcasm:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

:(

:puke: :grr:

Bombs kill nearly 200 in Baghdad after PM's pledge

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The bombs killed a total of 191 people and wounded 250, police said. The worst combined bomb attacks in Baghdad since the war were when six car bombs killed 202 people in November.

"The street was transformed into a swimming pool of blood," said Ahmed Hameed, a shopkeeper near the carnage in Sadriya.

One witness described scenes of mayhem at an intersection where the bomb exploded near a market. Many of the dead were women and children, said the witness, who declined to be named.

"Some people were burned alive inside minibuses. Nobody could reach them after the explosion," said the witness. "Women were screaming and shouting for their loved ones who died."

more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18255866.htm

I'm with you, I'm :sad:, :mad: and :puke:

You go right ahead, sir.

Well said! What an lying asshole he is!

"Nearly 200 people have been killed in a string of attacks in Iraq's capital, Baghdad - the worst day of violence since a US security operation began.
In one of the deadliest attacks of the last four years, some 140 people were killed in a car bombing in a food market in Sadriya district.

A witness said the area had been turned into "a swimming pool of blood".

The attacks came as PM Nouri Maliki said Iraqi forces would take control of security across Iraq by the year's end."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6567329.stm

It's horrible.