Bush Escalation " Surges " Onward

BAGHDAD - Four large bombs exploded across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 127 people and wounding scores as violence climbed toward levels seen before the U.S.-Iraqi campaign to pacify the capital began two months ago. AP

   A car bomb parked at a market in Sadriyah killed 82 and wounded 94.

    Another car bomber hit an Iraqi police checkpoint at one of the entrances to Sadr City, killing 30 and wounding 45.

Earlier, a parked car exploded near a private hospital in the central neighborhood of Karradah, killing 11 people and wounding 13, police said. The blast damaged the Abdul-Majid hospital and other nearby buildings.

The fourth explosion was from a bomb left on a minibus in the northwestern Risafi area, killing four people and wounding six others, police said.

Also in Baghdad, four policemen were killed Wednesday afternoon when gunmen ambushed their patrol south of the city center, police said. Six pedestrians were wounded in the gunfire.

     West of Baghdad, five insurgents were killed by U.S. troops and another 30 captured in an Anbar province raid.

   Tags: Iraq U.S. troops escalation Sadr City death  Bush surge

 

White House Attempting Obstruction of Justice

   There is no other way to say it. Bush and company are attempting to control the flow of evidence ( emails ) that the House Judiciary Committee is asking for concerning the attorney purge ( illegal firings ).

    The White House sent a letter to the RNC telling them that they must pass all materials to the White house for clearance before going to the committee. "Clearance"  should be called exactly what the White house would be doing and that would be changing and/or deleting more criminal evidence against themselves. Karl Rove in particular.

    Read the letter HERE at TPM

  

Tags: White House Bush Congress Karl Rove