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A deadly truck bombing in a busy market in northern Iraq has killed 105 people and injured 240, police said.
The morning blast destroyed the market in the small town of Amirli, south of Kirkuk, killing many people instantly and trapping dozens in the rubble.

It was the most deadly single attack in Iraq since April, correspondents say.


(article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6279864.stm); it's the top story on the BBC news website right now)

The attacks in England and Scotland may have failed, but this one definitely didn't. :(

Terrorist attack in IraqWhat else is new?

It puts things into perspective doesn't it? We're beginning to lose our heads about a couple of guys crashing a car into an airport terminal door, and then this happens.

It's actually why I was a little embarrassed after the 7/7 attacks, (It's the anniversary today) when several countries political leaders where offering thier support to Britain. It hadn't escaped me that something like the 7/7 bombings is a monthly occurance in Baghdad. It's so bloody tragic...

I can't muster up much emotion for this, if any at all. It just happens too often

It puts things into perspective doesn't it? We're beginning to lose our heads about a couple of guys crashing a car into an airport terminal door, and then this happens.

It's actually why I was a little embarrassed after the 7/7 attacks, (It's the anniversary today) when several countries political leaders where offering thier support to Britain. It hadn't escaped me that something like the 7/7 bombings is a monthly occurance in Baghdad. It's so bloody tragic...

That was my point, yes. The Iraqis are facing every few days disasters that we talk about for years when they happen just once in the US or the UK. :(

What else is new?

QFT

That was my point, yes. The Iraqis are facing every few days disasters that we talk about for years when they happen just once in the US or the UK. :(

Yeah it is very sad. Although, I guess I can never understand what it must be like. The area I live in has never had a war or regular terrorist attacks knocking at it's door.

I suppose that could be part of the motivation for bringing terrorist attacks to areas like mine. How can anyone really understand what it's like living in constant threat of death, unless you have or are currently going through it.

It hadn't escaped me that something like the 7/7 bombings is a monthly occurance in Baghdad. It's so bloody tragic...

I bet something as small as the 7/7 attack happens more like weekly in Baghdad.

(article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6279864.stm); it's the top story on the BBC news website right now)

The attacks in England and Scotland may have failed, but this one definitely didn't. :(

Jeez. Don't they know enough is enough?

The two latest attacks in Iraq just show people what we are up against.
One attack was on an open-air market where it was mostly women and children. The second attack was at a funeral. Attacks like this should increase support for the War on Terrorism, but for some reason it doesn't. I think that its pretty sad that the terrorists use media that the West came up with better than we can. The terrorists job in Iraq right now is to
1) Kill Westerners

2) Make them look bad through media

It makes me so mad when you hear all these stories of Americans killing Iraqi kids, what should really be on tv is what the terrorists do. They often kill children, then stage the bodies, so it looks as if Americans killed them. Then they call up al jazeera and its all over the news. When I goto Iraq, I'm going to tape as much as I can, so I can get the message out. So more people will support the war against these horrible people.

It makes me so mad when you hear all these stories of Americans killing Iraqi kids, what should really be on tv is what the terrorists do.

What the terrorists do is constantly in the newspapers and on TV (and rightly so). Are you seriously saying that when American soldiers kill Iraqi children, the media should be forbidden to report about it?

What the terrorists do is constantly in the newspapers and on TV (and rightly so). Are you seriously saying that when American soldiers kill Iraqi children, the media should be forbidden to report about it?

No, if and when Americans do kill Iraqi children, it should be on the tv and newspapers and they should be punished under the UCMJ. Which the punishment for murder is death. What makes me mad is that the terrorists are far better at playing the media than the Americans are. They kill children, then after an IED goes off drag the bodies to the area and say that we killed them. Then the media reports that, they belive the terrorists not the Americans. Even when they bodies show they were shot in the back of the head, they don't report that. Many media companies are so vested in an American defeat in Iraq, they lose sight of who were fighting there.

What makes me mad is that the terrorists are far better at playing the media than the Americans are. They kill children, then after an IED goes off drag the bodies to the area and say that we killed them. Then the media reports that, they belive the terrorists not the Americans. Even when they bodies show they were shot in the back of the head, they don't report that. Many media companies are so vested in an American defeat in Iraq, they lose sight of who were fighting there.

Can you prove that even a significant minority of cases reported as US accidental killing of civilians are as you describe?

What you are describing sounds more like what was happening in Lebanon last year than any significant amount of use in Iraq or Afghanistan.

I suppose that could be part of the motivation for bringing terrorist attacks to areas like mine. How can anyone really understand what it's like living in constant threat of death, unless you have or are currently going through it.could be part indeed.

I can't muster up much emotion for this, if any at all. It just happens too often

Same.
I actually feel pretty ashamed that I just didn't care when I saw the title "Terrorist Attack in Iraq."

This is a serious question. Why can't US or Iraqi troops secure the markets?

I don't follow events in Iraq on a daily basis (too sad) but I've never heard of a foiled market-bombing. A truck or barrow filled with explosives being found before it explodes?

Sure, it would be a huge hassle with all the local markets there. Traders would have to get up earlier to get a full day's trading after having their goods searched. There'd need to be crash barriers around the markets. Individual bombers would probably still kill a few market-goers. But surely hardening these soft targets against big bombs should be a priority?

This is a serious question. Why can't US or Iraqi troops secure the markets?

I don't follow events in Iraq on a daily basis (too sad) but I've never heard of a foiled market-bombing. A truck or barrow filled with explosives being found before it explodes?

Sure, it would be a huge hassle with all the local markets there. Traders would have to get up earlier to get a full day's trading after having their goods searched. There'd need to be crash barriers around the markets. Individual bombers would probably still kill a few market-goers. But surely hardening these soft targets against big bombs should be a priority?

In many cities this is done. You don't hear about failed bombings because the news doesn't like to report news that makes Bush seem like his policy is working there. The main reason this attack happened is because the village it happened in didn't have hardly any US troops. In many cities that have US troops there you can't go into or leave the city with out going through a VCP(Vehicle Control Point). The terrorists are having a hard time attacking in cities they once did because of the increase in US troops, so they are moving to smaller cities. Think of the task the Troops have there; a country of 25 million and 160,000 of them have to provide security for them all. With the number we have there now, we can't destroy all the terrorists, we can keep them from taking over.