At Least 28 Dead in Bombings In and Around Baghdad
Shi'ites targeted
A wave of bombings mostly targeting Shi'ite areas in and around Baghdad has killed at least 28 people as surging violence spurred concerns Iraq is falling back into all-out conflict.The blasts on Sunday, including half a dozen car bombs, are the latest in a months-long rise in bloodshed that has forced the authorities to appeal for international help just months before the country's first elections in four years.
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We cleaned out the major rat's nests in that freak'n Hell-hole, and it's going right back to the sewer it was 15 years ago. Afghanistan will be the same story.
We'll never learn: There are places that will always remain violent and sick. It's in their culture.