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Bombing in Green Zone Kills 3 Iraqi Lawmakers, 5 Others
Washington Post
Thursday, April 12, 2007; 2:50 PM

BAGHDAD, April 12 -- A bomb at the Iraqi parliament building in the well-protected Green Zone today killed eight people, including three lawmakers, demonstrating the vulnerability of even heavily guarded targets despite increased American efforts to secure the capital.
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Three of the dead have been identified as members of the Iraqi legislature, according to wire service reports and local officials: Mohammed Awad, a member of the Sunni National Dialogue Front, Taha al-Liheibi of the Sunni Accordance Front and Niamah al-Mayahi, a member of the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance bloc.

The blast targeted an area meant to serve as a secure haven for Iraqi officials, diplomats, journalists and others to carry out their work.
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President Bush said the explosion was a direct attack on Iraq's elected government and "reminds us there is an enemy . . . willing to bomb innocent people in a symbol of democracy.

Sources: YahooNEWS/ Washington Post /OcceanNEWS.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/12/AR2007041200265.html?hpid=topnews ...
"W" Bush first 2 lines are kinda weird..
How can killing people be a symbol of Democracy?

Wait I forgot.. this is "W" we are talking about.

I guess you're celebrating then?

I guess you're celebrating then?its your birthday?

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"W" Bush first 2 lines are kinda weird..
How can killing people be a symbol of Democracy?

Wait I forgot.. this is "W" we are talking about.

He's saying the insurgents are willing to kill people who are standing in a symbol of democracy (a legislative building).

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"W" Bush first 2 lines are kinda weird..
How can killing people be a symbol of Democracy?

Wait I forgot.. this is "W" we are talking about.

You have 0 reading comprehension as proven by your idiotic interpretation of the quote.

He's saying the insurgents are willing to kill people who are standing in a symbol of democracy (a legislative building).oh.. my mistake.

oh.. my mistake.

I'm sure if you stop making martinis out of paint thinner, this sort of thing will clear up.

He's saying the insurgents are willing to kill people who are standing in a symbol of democracy (a legislative building).You are rigth, but..

That is something I would expect WBush to say..

You are rigth, but..

Who do we know? who is always saying we need to keep killing Iraqis in the name of Democracy? who??

OD, you need to stop grasping at straws. Nobody is saying anything like what you're saying.

Nobody is saying anything like what you're saying.Its OK.
I walk alone.
I am pretty independent. ;)

Its OK.
I walk alone.
I am pretty independent. ;)

No, no, no. What I said is that nobody is saying "We need to kill Iraqi's for democracy" like you're accusing.

Even Shrub isn't that crazy.

To OD's defense, it is rather oddly worded. Not sure if the "..." is a pause, or omitting the previous words, which could change the context.

However, as worded, is definately a "Bushism". I mean, the point of "Bushisms" is that you know what he meant to say, just that the words got fangled up in such a way as to convey a different idea. Not the greatest one, really, or the most obvious, but it has some odd wording(Depending on the context, of course).

I wonder what McCain's gonna say about this if anything at all? Kinda blows up the whole "You can walk safely in the streets of Baghdad" rhetoric.

Legislator: Hey, I think we should make another law regarding Green Zone security, someone could easily get a bomb insi..... BOOOM!!

Legislator: Hey, I think we should make another law regarding Green Zone security, someone could easily get a bomb insi..... BOOOM!!the CNN, FOX, BBC are all playing the same tape from exclusive from AL_HURRA.. I find that TV network name weird.

IMO how come Al_Jazzera did not get it?
are they banned from Iraq?

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sorry it had to be done:)