Sunday, March 12, 2006
59 - 9 - 55 - 300+
Has anyone noticed that the bodycount news from the war in Iraq has become very low key this year? Did you have any idea that 59 military died in February and 9 have died so far in March? That's a helluva lot of bodies for someplace that is supposed to be improving. These figures come from Antiwar.com but I don't see any reason to believe it's being faked.
On a similar note, according to the BBC News, "At least 36 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks in Baghdad, bringing the total killed in the day [Sunday] to more than 55, Iraqi officials say." and I've heard that the number of wounded for today is over 300.
It's nice to know that India's nuclear weapon program has gotten Bush's blessings. I'm sure Pakistan is thrilled to hear that. However, I'm sure we're more interested in China's thinking about India's nukes. But of course, unlike warmongering Iraq and Iran and their real and imagined nukes, India, Pakistan and China are just peaceful Asians that are on the best of terms.
