A bloody week in Iraq trudges along. News of a stalemate came yesterday, with attacks on US troops stalled at April 2005 levels, though AFP reported overall violence was up 33% last month. 12 US troops have died in this week. Yesterday US troops killed an Iraqi girl. Now AP reports:
The bombing took place off a bridge in Tahrir Square, a district of clothing shops just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy and much of the Iraqi government…
The insurgency shows it can still strike the heart of the capital.
Spencer Platt in Baghdad:
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March 13th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
geesh man, what did the clothing shops ever do to anyone. Is nothing sacred? All kidding aside, hearing about all the innocent (and not so innocent ) deaths of soldiers and civilians alike makes my heart so heavy, like there’s a brick in my stomach. I have anxiety about it day in and day out, and I live in the fuckin burbs. Can you imagine what it’s like for these people to have been living under these conditions for 5 years? Never knowing if today will be the day. It breaks my heart.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Yeah, we can try to ignore it, but we’re still fighting a fucking war. Spencer Platt’s been shooting all week from Baghdad for Getty Images, and his shit has been incredible. Having a hard time buying the plans both Hill and O are selling…how do you rapidly remove from such an ethnic/sectarian tinderbox without establishing security? We’re still in Kosovo for a reason.