McClatchy reports:
BaghdadJuan Cole posts:
Two civilians were injured in an IED explosion that targeted an American convoy in Palestine Street east Baghdad around 12:00 pm.
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Three officers in the Iraqi army were killed by gunmen in three different neighborhoods ...
The Turkish air force bombed 70 targetsMeanwhile, the horse race sucks all of the air out of every other story.
inside Iraq in Kurdistan, which they allege are bases for the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group. The PKK has killed scores of Turks in recent months, before retreating to safe haven in Iraq.
The US military on Monday mistakenly bombed a home in Iskandariya
south of Baghdad, killing 13 persons including women and a child, according to Iraq police. They blamed indirect and faulty communication with the local Awakening Council. There will be more outrage about this incident in Iraq than will be reported in the US press....
If you don't get the pop culture reference, in the first season of Fox's reactionary-minded thrill show "24" had all of its secret dealings while the clock was ticking "between x am and y am on the day of the California presidential primary."
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