Another report details growing anarchy in the protected “Green Zone” in Baghdad. And this WSJ reporter cites chaos and terror throughout the country:
Iraqis like to call this mess ‘the situation.’-When asked ‘how are things?’ they reply: ‘the situation is very bad.’ What they mean by ‘situation’ is this: the Iraqi government doesn’t-control most Iraqi cities, there are several car bombs going off each day around the country killing and injuring scores of innocent people,-the country’s roads are becoming impassable and littered by hundreds-of landmines and explosive devices aimed to kill American soldiers,-there are assassinations, kidnappings and beheadings. The situation,- basically, means a raging barbaric guerilla war. In four days, 110 people died and over 300 got injured in Baghdad-alone. The numbers are so shocking that the ministry of health — which was attempting an exercise of public transparency by releasing the numbers — has now stopped disclosing them.
Is this reporter biased? Perhaps. Is it that bad? I sincerely hope not. But are they making all this up? I seriously doubt it.
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