Iraqi men rush wounded children to a hospital in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2008. The children were injured after two projectiles fell into two separate places in Sadr city on Wednesday morning. According to hospital officials the death toll now is 7 killed, including 3 children and 27 wounded. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
What exactly will any reform bring these people? More love for their chidren? They love their familes as much as we love ours. They don't deserve this. They understand the world differently and their reward for that is having bombs as part of their daily lives and streets littered with the blood of their children. When will this stop? The occupation has gone too far. The occupation has made enemies of the citizens of Iraq. How does Bush expect the people of Iraq, the people of Baghdad to simply 'take it on the chin' when their families are wounded and killed by a war they never welcomed. There is a huge disconnect between the people that wage this war and those that suffer through it.
A rocket blast in Sadr City kills 7 as a curfew locks down the capital amid continued fighting between militiamen and military forces.
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 7:47 AM PDT, April 9, 2008
BAGHDAD -- At least seven Iraqi civilians were killed today when a rocket or mortar shell tore into a residential neighborhood of Baghdad's Sadr City, the site of fierce fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces.Four people died in additional clashes in Sadr City today, and the U.S. military announced the deaths of two soldiers, bringing to 4,028 the number of American troops killed in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003, according to www.icasualties.org "> www.icasualties.org (nhlirl452i43tn45j1vwpa22)/Default.aspx. Today marked the fifth anniversary of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime, but a curfew in the capital prevented gatherings to commemorate the event....
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 7:47 AM PDT, April 9, 2008
BAGHDAD -- At least seven Iraqi civilians were killed today when a rocket or mortar shell tore into a residential neighborhood of Baghdad's Sadr City, the site of fierce fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces.Four people died in additional clashes in Sadr City today, and the U.S. military announced the deaths of two soldiers, bringing to 4,028 the number of American troops killed in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003, according to www.icasualties.org "> www.icasualties.org (nhlirl452i43tn45j1vwpa22)/Default.aspx. Today marked the fifth anniversary of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime, but a curfew in the capital prevented gatherings to commemorate the event....
