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UPDATE: 30 Bullet Riddled Bodies Found Dumped In Baghdad

Good morning,

Today the US news coverage is almost exclusively about a suicidal man who slaughtered 32 people, mostly students, at Virginia Tech University. Aprox 28 were injured. The man then pointed his gun to his own face and pulled the trigger. The "Disfigurement" of his face, coupled with the fact that he was not carrying identification, has not been able to be identified to this point. This has ended up being the largest slaughter at an American University in our history. We are all sorry and convey our sympathy to families, friends, and people of the University.

While this is a horrendous occurance, and shocking to American's, I ask everyone to consider that this is how the Iraqis live every day. Civilians, students and faculty in Iraq have been a HUGE target. Just this week, a car bomb exploded at the university's entrance, killing five students and wounding 18 others. Since the war in Iraq began in March 2003, at least 70 security guards and employees have been killed and 100 professors have been assassinated, officials said. The death toll from car bombs on campus isn't even known because there have been so many.

Every day on the average, across Iraq approximately 100 innocent civilians are shot to death or blown up.

We have some updated information about yesterdays carnage:

The number of bodies found dumped in Baghdad increased sharply on Sunday to 30 _ from as low as five in recent days _ in a possible sign of the militia's resurgence, even ahead of the six resignations.

The bodies, most of them tortured before they were shot execution-style, are widely believed to be the victims of Shiite death squads associated with the Mahdi Army. Al-Sadr had ordered his fighters hide their weapons and stay off the streets shortly before the U.S. troop surge and security crackdown began on Feb. 14.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 9:54 AM