Cafes Shut, Sports Fields Empty As War Returns To Iraq -- Reuters
(Reuters) - In an evening in late June, Yasir al-Nuaimi draped an Iraqi flag over his shoulder and headed out to watch a soccer match being shown on television at a cafe in western Baghdad. The 20-year-old told his mother to pray for his team to win.
Later that night a bomb hidden inside a grocery bag tore through the cafe where he and other football fans had gathered to watch the Iraqi national youth team play against Egypt.
One minute the men were cheering for their team and the next screaming in terror and pain, witnesses said.
"Why did they kill my young son?" Yasir's father Ahmed said. In tears, he sat in the family home holding Yasir's Iraqi flag, stiff with his son's dried blood.
"He was only watching a game! They killed me and his mother too, not just him. They broke our hearts."
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My Comment: It is obvious to all by now that Iraq's army is too weak to confront a well-organised al-Qaeda organization that is determined to spread mayhem and murder throughout the country.The future for Iraq clearly looks very ominous.
Update: A must read analysis on how al Qaeda broke hundreds of bad guys out of the world’s most notorious jail -- and what it means for America.
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