I'm glad the war in Iraq ended yesterday.

[rug]

08/19/10 Reuters: Body found in Mosul
Police said they found the body of a man with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in a village near the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.

08/19/10 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 people in eastern Baghdad
A roadside bomb wounded two people when it went off in eastern Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.

08/19/10 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 4 policemen in Mosul
Four policemen were wounded when three roadside bombs went off in the centre of Mosul, police said.

08/19/10 : Gunmen kill 1 policeman and civilian in seperate incidents in Mosul
A civilian was killed in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, by unknown gunmen, police said...Gunmen killed a policeman near a gas station in western Mosul, police said.

08/19/10 Reuters: Policeman killed in Kirkuk
Armed men killed an off-duty Iraqi soldier in the centre of Kirkuk, police said.

08/19/10 Reuters: Armed men attack car in Kirkuk
Armed men in a car attacked the headquarters of the Kurdish intelligence services in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, wounding one guard. Guards returned fire, killing one attacker and wounding a second, police said.

http://icasualties.org/Iraq/index.aspx

[babylonsister]

1. I recall being told there will be a lot

of internal fighting and violence as the different factions in Iraq vie for supremacy, so are you surprised? I'm not.

[sandnsea]

2. So we should have stayed?

Make up your damn minds.

[jaxx]

3. Do you think we should stay for another 7-10 years?

I don't understand your OP.

[rug]

4. Despite the hoopla about ending the combat mission, nothing has changed.

Iraq has a failed government and those 56,000 still there will swell by another 100,000 as it collapses.

Unless this foreign policy and military policy are reversed.

This myopic reverie about promises kept is bullshit.

[scheming daemons]

5. Similar headlines in every big city in America..... your point?

[kenny blankenship]

7. Rush...Is that you?

Iraq Has a Lower Violent Death Rate Than Washington, Baltimore or Atlanta
The Rush Limbaugh Show | may 16, 2006 | Rush Lumbaugh

Posted on Tue 16 May 2006 08:46:34 PM EST by Retain Mike

Iraq Has a Lower Violent Death Rate Than Washington, Baltimore or Atlanta

May 16, 2006

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Interesting story today in the New York Sun:

"It's that time of year when New Yorkers start making their summer vacation plans. Renting a place in the Hamptons? Nah, been there, done that. How about a Parisian jaunt? Noooo. Too many riots. Well, how about visiting a country that's ancient, historic, beautiful and exotic - Iraq? Sure, there's a little war going on there, but when you look at the violent death statistics in the world, safer than a number of other popular travel destinations. Believe it or not. I happened to catch Rep. Steve King, a Republican of Iowa, on C-span last week and he rattled off some startling figures that demonstrate how off-base journalists are when it comes to reporting on the war in Iraq.

"According to Mr. King, the violent death rate in Iraq is 25.71 per 100,000. That may sound high, but not when you compare it to places like Colombia 61.7" per 100,000 death rate, violent death rate. South Africa, has a higher violent death rate per 100,000: 49.6 per 100,000. Even Jamaica has a higher violent death rate than does Iraq: 32.4, and Venezuela comes in at 31.6 violent deaths per 100,000. "How about the violent death rates in American cities? New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina was 53.1," violent death rate per 100,000. "FBI statistics for 2004-05 have Washington" DC's violent death rate at 45.9 per 100,000; Baltimore at 37.7 per 100,000, and Atlanta at 34.9 per 100,000. The figure again from Iraq, 25.71 per 100,000, and that includes the war.

So Iraq, I mean, if you're just going to roll the dice and take your chances, Iraq's a much safer place to go than Washington...

Scraped third hand via teh google from Frei Republik, where such rhetoric has its natural home.

[frylock]

8. roadside bomb wounds 4 policemen in duluth..

yeah right.

[johnnie]

6. So...they are still at war with themselves?

After all these centuries of fighting with themselves there doesn't seem to be any peace in sight.