Celebrating Liberation Iraq Style

"A spate of car bombings rocked Iraq on Tuesday, the ninth anniversary of the U.S. invasion and days before the nation hosts a meeting of Arab leaders.

The violence left at least 41 people dead and 190 wounded, officials said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts that one senior Interior Ministry official described as "coordinated" and blamed on al Qaeda in Iraq.

The official, who did not want to be named because he's not authorized to speak to the media, said the attacks were meant to send a message that the militant group -- despite gains made by Iraqi security forces -- is still able to carry out daily attacks.

Attacks took place in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Karbala, Hilla, Tikrit, Baiji, Ramadi and Falluja."  CNN

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No comment.  pl

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/20/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html

Comments

[tunde]

sir,
maybe the iraqi's are still using the discredited ADE651 'bomb detector' at the checkpoints ? a complete an utter fraud that cost US taxpayers $85M.

[Morocco Bama]

No comment. pl

That's priceless, PL. My sentiments, exactly. Sometimes the facts themselves say everything. Any commentary beyond it just muddies the crystal clear waters.

[William R. Cumming]

Could it be successfully argued that the ISLAMIC world at least in MENA has turned inward on itself and no longer tries to export its violence elsewhere?

[Jose]

How do you say "Game of Thrones" in Arabic?

[stanleyhenning]

Is this really al Queda or mainly the disenfranchised Sunni?

[DanM]

Stanley,

It was never "really" Al Qaeda. Religious whackos are/were supported by Sunni groups seeking protection from the new order.

[Australia farmland investment]

As soon as western troops left, they are back to killing each other. We've spent more money on building Iraq's infrastructure than that of our own country.

[Matthew]

Col: I guess the Gulf Arabs are now paying the "Sons of Iraq."

[mayberrymachiavelli]

This is something I've been wondering myself lately. There used to be talk about how al Qaeda refocused jihadi movements on the "far enemy". I'm sure there are still folks plotting & scheming on that model, but have we seen a greater shift back to the old politics of violence recently? Or was the "global jihad" of the last 15 years just a temporary phenomena that died out with it's practitioners?

[turcopolier]

mayberrymaxhiavelli

I think Sunni revivalism is on a hnudred year sine curve for upsurges and this one has pretty much run its course. pl

[turcopolier]

matthew

Perceptive. Why would they not? pl

[turcopolier]

AFI

Yup. We saw that here from the beginning. pl