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Well four years after ordinary Iraqis spontaneously enlisted American help to topple the statue of their brutal dictator, look what the Yanks have accomplised. 10 GIs dead today, and who knows how many Iraqis because who cares - the only thing that matters is that they have democracy. Just look at the news headlines from just one day:

04/08/07 AP: Cost of Iraq war filtering down to states and cities
The cost of the Iraq war is filtering down to state and local budgets, forcing cuts in transportation funding, Medicaid, education and other federally subsidized programs, according to analysts and lawmakers.
04/08/07 NPR; Maps of Iraq Symbolize Unity Call
Weary of sectarian bloodshed, some Baghdad residents have taken to wearing small gold maps of Iraq around their necks to express their loyalty to a unified nation.
04/08/07 NPR: Kurdistan Feels Pressure of Iraqi Influx
Fulbright scholar Bilal Wahab recently left Washington, D.C., to return home to Erbil, in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq. Wahab says waves of people seeking the relative safety of the north put economic and social pressure on Kurdistan.
04/08/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)
Staff Sgt. Jerry C. Burge, 39, of Carriere, Miss...assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division...died from wounds suffered Apr. 4 in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device...
04/08/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1)
Cpl. Joseph H. Cantrell IV, 23, of Ashland, Ky...assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division...died from wounds suffered Apr. 4 in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device...
04/08/07 Reuters: 5 bodies found in Baquba, 6 in Kerbala
The bodies of five people were found shot in Baquba, 65 Km (40 miles) north of Baghdad...Bodies of six goat-herders were found shot west of Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, police said
04/08/07 AP: Guns, TNT found at Sunni lawmaker's home
U.S. and Iraqi troops found a huge stash of weapons in a raid on the home of a Sunni lawmaker and detained at least a dozen men for questioning, officials said Sunday.
04/08/07 NYTimes: U.S. Army prosecutions of desertion rise sharply
U.S. Army prosecutions of desertion and other unauthorized absences have risen sharply in the past four years, resulting in thousands more negative discharges and prison time for junior soldiers and combat-tested veterans of the wars in Iraq...
04/08/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Jay S. Cajimat, 20, of Lahaina, Hawaii, died April 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment...
04/08/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Forrest D. Cauthorn, 22, of Midlothian, Va., died April 5 in Hawijah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came into contact with enemy forces using small arms and grenades during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion...
04/08/07 MNF: Indirect fire targets MND-B Soldiers - 1 killed, 3 wounded
One MND-B Soldier died and three others were wounded when an indirect fire attack targeted units operating south of the Iraqi capital April 8.
04/08/07 MNF: MND-C patrol hit by IED - 3 killed, 1 wounded
Three Multi-National Division � Center Soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device during a patrol south of Baghdad April 8. One Soldier was also wounded in the incident.
04/08/07 MNF: Indirect fire targets MND-B Soldiers - 1 killed, 3 wounded
One MND-B Soldier died and three others were wounded when an indirect fire attack targeted units operating south of the Iraqi capital April 8.
04/08/07 MNF: Task Force Lightning attacked - 4 killed, 1 wounded
Four Task Force Lightning Soldiers were killed Saturday as a result of an explosion near their vehicle in Diyala Province. One other Soldier was also wounded in the attack and was taken to a Coalition Forces� medical treatment facility.
04/08/07 AP: Cleric calls for Iraqis to end cooperation with the U.S.
The renegade cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraqi forces to stop cooperating with the United States and told his guerrilla fighters to concentrate their attacks on American troops rather than Iraqis, according to a statement issued Sunday.
04/08/07 Reuters: Iraqis flock to Najaf for anti-U.S. protest
Thousands of Iraqis flocked to the holy city of Najaf on Sunday for a big demonstration called by radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr against the U.S. presence in Iraq. Sadr has urged Iraqis to protest in Najaf on Monday...
04/08/07 belfasttelegraph: Iran shuns meeting with US at Iraq conference
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has said that Iran has no plans to meet with US officials on the sidelines of the forthcoming conference on Iraq. Mohammad Ali Hosseini has told Iran's state news agency that talks with the US are not on the agenda.
04/08/07 smh: Suspect 'chained like a dog' in Iraq for three months
A SYDNEY spray painter, Ahmed Jamal, was treated like a dog and handcuffed continuously for three months while imprisoned in Iraq as an alleged insurgent, his brother said yesterday. Mr Jamal was held for almost three years in a northern Iraqi jail...
04/08/07 WaPo: U.S. Fights Iraqi Militia in South
American and Iraqi troops engaged in fierce fighting with Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq on Saturday, the second day of clashes that have raised the specter of a resurgence by the Mahdi Army after weeks of lying low.
04/08/07 LATimes: Egypt plans regional conference on Iraq
Egypt will hold a high-level international conference next month to discuss ways to stabilize Iraq and prevent the spread of sectarian violence to its neighbors, Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday.
04/08/07 LATimes: Iraqi insurgents recruit among U.S.-held detainees
U.S.-run detention camps in Iraq have become a breeding ground for extremists where Islamic militants recruit and train supporters, and use violence against perceived foes, say former inmates and Iraqi officials.
04/08/07 AFP: Top Al Qaeda militant seized in Baghdad
United States forces have captured a leading Al Qaeda militant whom they hold responsible for a wave of deadly car bombings in the capital, the military said in a statement. It did not name the suspect...
04/08/07 Reuters: Mortar fire wounds 5, sniper kills woman in Baghdad
Several mortar bombs landed in two districts of Baghdad on Saturday, wounding five people, police said...A sniper killed a woman on Saturday in southwestern Baghdad, police said.
04/08/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 policemen in Hilla
A roadside bomb targeting a police Scorpion Brigade patrol wounded three policemen in the Shi'ite city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Police raided neighbouring districts and arrested two suspected insurgents.
04/08/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills policeman in Baghdad
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded seven in the Adhamiya district in northern Baghdad, police said.
04/08/07 Reuters: 12 Bodies found in Baghdad, 1 in Falluja
The bodies of 12 people were found shot on Saturday in different parts of Baghdad, police said...Police said they found the body of a man shot dead in Falluja.
04/08/07 Reuters: Policeman killed in Falluja by roadside bomb
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded another in the Sunni stronghold of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
04/08/07 Reuters: Suicide car bomber kills 5 in Baghdad
At least five people were killed and 20 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near an intersection in Ilaam district in southern Baghdad, police said.
04/08/07 Reuters: Bomb kills 17 in Iraqi town, destroys shops
A car bomb killed up to 17 people and wounded two dozen in a town south of Baghdad on Sunday, the latest in a spate of attacks outside the Iraqi capital since a new security plan there took effect.
04/08/07 Xinhua: British forces hand over military camp to Iraqi Army
A British soldier lowers his national flag during a handover ceremony in Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, April 8, 2007. British forces handed over a military camp to the Iraqi Army on Sunday
04/08/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Daniel A. Fuentes, 19, of Levittown, N.Y., died April 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when in improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment...
04/08/07 MNF: 4 Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed, 1 wounded
Four Task Force Lightning Soldiers were killed Saturday as a result of an explosion near their vehicle in Diyala Province. One other Soldier was also wounded in the attack and was taken to a Coalition Forces� medical treatment facility.
04/07/07 Reuters: Nine bodies found in Baquba
Police in the town of Baquba, north of Baghdad, said they found nine bodies with gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture. They said another 18 had been spotted in a river running through the town.
04/07/07 AFP: British troops could stay in Iraq until 2012
British troops could be serving in Iraq until as late as 2012, the Sunday Telegraph reported, quoting a confidential planning document. The information comes from the Operational Tour Plot, a confidential planning document drawn...
04/07/07 NYTimes: Iraq Confronts Hussein Legacy Cast in Bronze
He was ousted, captured, tried and executed. But while the dictator may be gone, his legacy visibly lives on. There may be no starker reminder of Saddam Hussein�s tyrannical rule than the potent symbols he left behind: scores of hubristic statues...

Well done, America. Isn't it hard to believe that not everyone wants to be liberated by you?

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I agree...life under Sadam was the best!

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Forced to suffer the bloody consequences of deluded criminal aggression, the whole world loses ...

License To Kill
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Moral barbarism & its bloody "BIG LIE" crimes against humanity