Bad and tagic day in Iraq. We are making real progress but again we see the extent of the evil we are up against.
BAGHDAD (AP) - Two mentally retarded women strapped with remote-control explosives—and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers—brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at 73 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring. The coordinated blasts—coming 20 minutes apart in different parts of the city—appeared to reinforce U.S. claims al-Qaida in Iraq may be increasingly desperate and running short of able-bodied men willing or available for such missions. But they also served as a reminder that Iraqi insurgents are constantly shifting their strategies in attempts to unravel recent security gains around the country. Women have been used in ever greater frequency in suicide attacks. The twin attacks at the pet markets, however, could mark a disturbing use of unknowing agents of death. Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, Iraq's chief military spokesman in Baghdad, said the women had Down syndrome and may not have known .
Friday, February 1, 2008
Iraqi Freedom Fighters Using Mentally Challenge Folks Again!!
Posted by James H at 2/01/2008 03:18:00 PM
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