Bombs kill 35 and Injure 60

   A truck blast blew up in Iraq while worshippers were leaving a Sunni mosque killing 35 people and injuring 60 or more.

   There were also massive protest over the detention of Amar al-Hakim on Friday by around 8,000 people near the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf.

   I often wonder if Bush orders the U.S. military to do these stupid things just so he can incite the Iraqis to more violence. It would be in George's favor, after all.

AP 

"The detention of al-Hakim represents an insult to the Iraqi people," said Hassan al-Shebli, a 45-year-old store owner who was among the protesters. "The Americans should avoid such irresponsible acts if they want to establish stability in the country."

Hundreds also took to the streets in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City and the southern Shiite cities of Karbala and Basra to protest the detention and call for an investigation.

But the protests were relatively small considering the influence of the al-Hakim family, indicating they were mainly aimed at sending a warning to the Americans.

"What happened is unacceptable," Shiite lawmaker Hamid Majid Moussa told Al-Forat television. "The Iraqi government and the American forces must put an end to such transgressions," Shiite lawmaker Hamid Majid Moussa told Al-Forat television.

 

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U.S. Attorney Resignation Number Eight From Michigan

U.S. attorney resignation number eight has come upon us this week as Margaret M. Chiara, 63, the first female U.S. attorney in the state of Michigan, has handed in her resignation effective March 16,2007. she did not specify as to why she was stepping down but we all know that this is more of George Bush changing people in an attempt to cover his ass with the criminal activities that this administration has taken part in.

Yahoo News 

Seven other U.S. attorneys have been forced to resign in recent months. Democrats have accused the Bush administration of forcing the resignations to make way for political allies.

Sen. Charles Schumer ( voting record), D-N.Y., said Chiara's resignation "could well be one of them. Now that this shoe has dropped, we'll be continuing to seek better explanations than those we've been given."

Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty told senators earlier this month that one of the seven prosecutors was forced out to give his post to a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove. The others were fired for "performance-related" reasons, he said.

Federal prosecutors serve at the pleasure of the president, subject to Senate confirmation. U.S. attorneys can be fired for any reason.

   The Justice Department didn't answer to whether she was forced from her post. to me, that pretty much says that she was indeed.

   It's funny how all of these attorney's have spectacular records an most were appointed by Bush in the first place. Bush is definitely up to something with these firings.

 

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