Saturday, August 22, 2009

Iraq War News Updates -- August 22, 2009

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in central Baghdad. Photo AFP

Iraq Violence Persists Despite Pledge for Increased Security -- Wall Street Journal/AP

BAGHDAD -- A bomb attached to a small truck exploded Friday at the entrance of a wholesale vegetable market, an Iraqi police official said, a day after Iraq's prime minister promised increased security at checkpoints near government buildings and markets.

The truck passed through an Iraqi police checkpoint in southern Baghdad but wasn't searched minutes before exploding at the front gate of the market, killing two and wounding 20, said the official.

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More News On Iraq

Iraqis begin restoring concrete walls in Baghdad -- AP
Iraq's Maliki pledges victory amid criticism -- Washington Post
Maliki assures Iraq its forces will defeat terror -- Reuters
Iraq Officials Scramble to Respond to Deadly Blasts -- Wall Street Journal
After the Bombs, Iraqi Leaders Play a Blame-Game -- Time Magazine
After Blasts, Iraqi Officials Point Fingers -- New York Times
Inside job suspected in Baghdad bombings -- L.A. Times
Baghdad blasts 'were inside job' -- BBC
Security officials held for questioning in Iraq bombings -- CNN
Iraq arrests 'group behind truck bombs' -- The Age
Baghdad security shakeup possible in wake of deadly bombings
-- McClatchy News
Iraqis facing more deadly attacks says foreign minister -- AFP
Three soldiers killed in Iraq attacks -- AFP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 22 -- Reuters
Top Marine visits US troops in two war zones -- AP
Iraq: Leaving Too Soon? -- New York Times opinion
US troops are still needed in Iraq -- The Guardian opinion
Civil war in Iraq is still a real possibility -- Sunday Herald
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,334 -- AP

My Comment: The Iraqi Government is restoring the concrete barriers that separates the different ethnic communities in Baghdad. I guess that says it all .... an admission that Iraq is not ready for peace at the present time.

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