Female bombers killed at least 57 people and wounded 280 in three attacks yesterday on Shiite pilgrims marching in Baghdad and a fourth on a Kurdish demonstration in Kirkuk.Soooo. Iraq is a success? War over yet?
Twenty-five people were killed in Kirkuk and 178 wounded when a woman blew herself up, police and medical sources said. At least 32 people died and 102 were wounded in Baghdad in attacks by three female bombers.
In northern Iraq, a woman detonated a suicide vest at a Kurdish demonstration in Kirkuk, where Kurdish ambitions to annex the oil-rich territory to their semiautonomous northern region have sparked the ire of the area's Arabs and Turkmen. The fight for Kirkuk has threatened to derail local elections around the country as the sides have feuded in parliament over the city's future and stalled the passage of an election law.
In Baghdad, three female suicide bombers blew themselves up in rapid succession yesterday morning, killing Shiite pilgrims on their way to a shrine in the capital. At least 1 million Shiites were expected in the capital for the event commemorating the death in 799 of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a Shiite saint believed to have been poisoned in prison by the Islamic world's caliph.
This is a gigantic clusterfuck, there is no other way to describe it. The killing and mayhem continues with no end in sight. Meanwhile, the normal citizens of Iraq are without calm, and the basic necessities of life. The black market florishes and real business and job opportunities suffer.
What exactly are we going to do about all of this. I say we, because we, as in our government under Chimpy and Chief made this mess.
Let's do a recap. Bin Laden still on the loose. Check. Iraq in complete chaos. Check. Iran gearing up for confrontation. Check. Taliban still in power. Check. World image ruined. Check. U.S. deficit at record level. Check. U.S. economy in the toilet. Check. Mission accomplished!
