Here is the news, but now that Obamation is POTUS, you don't see this on the evening news or above the fold in your Sunday paper. Imagine how big the headlines if this were still 'W's war!!
April deadliest month for US in Iraq in 7 months
May 1, By KIM GAMEL
In the latest violence, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant on the reservoir of Iraq's largest dam near the northern city of Mosul. At least five people were killed and 10 wounded, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.
The spike in attacks has raised concerns that insurgents are stepping up their efforts to re-ignite sectarian bloodshed as well as questions about the readiness of the Iraqis to take over responsibility for their own security as U.S. troops begin to withdraw.
U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. David Perkins blamed the recent bombings on al-Qaida in Iraq, saying the terror network is making a push to regain influence, particularly in Baghdad.
"We have had some increase in the number of these high-profile attacks, but nowhere near what we were seeing a year or a year and half ago," he said Friday in a briefing for reporters.
They would have killed a lot of trees to trumpet this headline - count on it!!
For the whole article - go to:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090502/D97TQAA80.html
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