.The See-Saw that is Baghdad
"(Abdullah Mohammed, who was wounded in a suicide bombing in Baghdad yesterday, receives treatment at a hospital. (AP) [taken from Asharq Al Awsat Newspaper, 11 Nov])
If Baghdad is symptomatic of a nation, Iraq is a paranoid schizophrenic. Today was the third straight day of bombings in Baghdad according to the AP. The news agency also reported that in the first nine days of November there have been 19 bomings in the capital, whereas there were 28 bomb attacks in all of October. One of these bombings two days ago, which struck during morning rush hour that backs up for miles as cars are checked at checkpoints one by one, making them virtual sitting ducks if a suicide car rams in, such as this one did killing 28 and wounding.
Yet if we are to believe other news from local and international news agencies, the outlook in Baghdad is still optimistic- Al Sadr's forces continue to be disbanding themselves and are even shaving their distinctive beards off out of fear of the Iraqi Army spotting them as wanted men, the Status of Forces of Agreement with the U.S. is grindingly building to a consensus in the back rooms of Shia power brokers, and there are even signs that the government is slowly acting to give the Sons of Iraq a place at the table of legitimacy."
IN-iraq
If Baghdad is symptomatic of a nation, Iraq is a paranoid schizophrenic. Today was the third straight day of bombings in Baghdad according to the AP. The news agency also reported that in the first nine days of November there have been 19 bomings in the capital, whereas there were 28 bomb attacks in all of October. One of these bombings two days ago, which struck during morning rush hour that backs up for miles as cars are checked at checkpoints one by one, making them virtual sitting ducks if a suicide car rams in, such as this one did killing 28 and wounding.
Yet if we are to believe other news from local and international news agencies, the outlook in Baghdad is still optimistic- Al Sadr's forces continue to be disbanding themselves and are even shaving their distinctive beards off out of fear of the Iraqi Army spotting them as wanted men, the Status of Forces of Agreement with the U.S. is grindingly building to a consensus in the back rooms of Shia power brokers, and there are even signs that the government is slowly acting to give the Sons of Iraq a place at the table of legitimacy."
IN-iraq
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