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Politicians to Iraqis: Arm Yourselves
A bombing casualty from the village of Armili is treated in a hospital in Kirkuk, Saturday, July 7, 2007. A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives in an outdoor market Saturday, killing at least 23 people and wounding at least 86 others in a village of Shiite ethnic Turkomen, Armili, 165 kilometers (100 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
Attacks on Baghdad Green Zone
WHAT'S THE GREEN ZONE? Also called the International Zone, it's the heavily protected area in central Baghdad that holds the U.S. and British embassies, the Iraqi parliament and prime minister's office.
OPEN TO ATTACK: A U.N. report in June said insurgents had bombarded the area with rockets and mortar fire more than 80 times since March.
CASUALTIES: Nearly 30 people have been reportedly killed in the barrages.
U.S. Announces Major al-Qaida Arrest
THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured July 4 and told interrogators that Osama bin Laden's inner circle wields considerable influence over the Iraqi group.
WHY NOW: The White House is stepping up efforts to link the war in Iraq to Sept. 11, with a growing number of Americans opposing the Iraq conflict. Some independent analysts question the extent of al-Qaida's role in Iraq.
THE LINK: The U.S. says the captured man carried messages from Osama bin Laden and his deputy to the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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I would comment that the killing spree would continue even if the US forces are withdrawn tomorrow. It will make no difference. For every Iraqi killed by the Allied Troops, more than 50 are killed by an assortment of misfits from the disgraced Baath pro-Saddam thugs, and the Al-Qaeda insurgents. In other words more Iraqis are killed by Arab and Muslim terrorists than by Americans.
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