No news yet today (must be late afternoon in Baghdad) of bombs,

[pampango]

car or suicide, or "collateral damage". I guess both sides have to take a day, or at least a few hours, off every once in a while. Got to wonder who will be the first to break this little lull and attack the evil Iraqi civilians who are occupying Baghdad. One side kills civilians to prove that Americans are evil or just for the sake of killing - it is hard to tell which at times. The other side kills civilians "by mistake" because they are believed to be "insurgents" who kill civilians, in huge numbers, and American soldiers, in much smaller numbers.

If you are a shopper, student, or job-seeker in Baghdad, it does not matter whether you die as the result of being an intentional target or as collateral damage. Either way you are dead.

[Rose Siding]

1. Bombs in Baghdad and Kirkuk, kidnappings and body dumps reported-

02/06/07 Reuters: Gunmen kidnap 11 people from one house in Sadr city
Gunmen in four cars kidnapped 11 people from one house in the Shi'ite district of Sadr city overnight, police sources said.
02/06/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 in Baghdad's Zaafaraniya district
A roadside bomb exploded in the Zaafaraniya district, wounding two civilians, police said.
02/06/07 Reuters: Police clash with gunmen in Mosul - 1 policeman killed
Police clashed with gunmen in eastern Mosul. One policeman was killed and three wounded, police said.
02/06/07 Reuters: 25 bodies found in Baghdad
Police said they retrieved the bodies of 25 people from various parts of Baghdad with gunshot wounds and signs of torture over the past 24 hours.
02/06/07 Reuters: Bombs wound 8 in Kirkuk
Two bombs detonated in quick succession in southern Kirkuk on Monday evening, wounding eight people, police said

http://icasualties.org/oif/

In the past, when the US concentrates its ops the insurgents focus attacks elsewhere and wait for the op to die down. Since ethnic attacks have grown so intense, that pattern could shift.

[pampango]

2. Thanks for the link.

I guess that bombings and shootings have to kill, not just wound, large numbers to make the news. The bodies found every day don't seem to make the news, unless it is added to a story about a big bombing.

Don't see any "collateral damage" figures, so that part of my question has at least a temporary answer. Ha, tomorrow is always another day.

You are right. I shouldn't just focus on Baghdad, since the civilian occupiers of Iraq are attacked all over the country, either intentionally or "accidentally."