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To: JeffA who wrote (95235)	4/18/2007 11:34:32 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 173976

What, exactly, do you mean when you "call them out?" Are you simply trying to sound like an internet tough guy? All you sound like to me is an idiot. You would turn tail and run and hide and scream if anyone you "called out" actually showed up in person and asked you what you wanted. What a stupid turn of phrase to use when posting on the internet. lol Exactly....stupid phrase from a complete dope....

To: JeffA who wrote (95235)	4/18/2007 12:02:13 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Put a spotlight on Bushie liars and those who try to censor the truth. No more rightwing Bushie lying and smearing. You guys are not going to be able to get away with that crap ever again. From n ow oin you will have to debate real issues with real facts and real solutions. No more cheating, lying, smearing and covering up.

To: JeffA who wrote (95235)	4/18/2007 1:10:27 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 173976

I see the SURGE is going well?.....what a DISASTER At least 178 killed in 4 Baghdad bombings The Associated PressPublished: April 18, 2007 BAGHDAD: Four large bombs exploded in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 178 people and wounding scores - the deadliest day in the city since the start of the U.S.-Iraqi campaign to pacify the capital two months ago. In the deadliest of the attacks, a parked car bomb detonated in a crowd of workers at the Sadriyah market in central Baghdad, killing at least 122 people and wounding 148, said Raad Muhsin, an official at Al-Kindi Hospital where the victims were taken. A police official confirmed the toll, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. Among the dead were several construction workers who had been rebuilding the mostly Shiite marketplace after a bombing destroyed many shops and killed 137 people there in February, the police official said. The laborers typically finish work around 4 p.m. each day. One of those wounded, 28-year-old Salih Mustafa, said he was waiting for a minibus to head home when the blast went off at 4:05 p.m. Related Articles Strain of war causing health crisis in Iraq Hundreds rally for Basra governor to resign Today in Africa & Middle East At least 157 killed in 4 Baghdad bombings U.S. threatens to tighten sanctions on Sudan Egypt arrests nuclear engineer as a spy for Israel "I rushed with others to give a hand and help the victims," he said. "I saw three bodies in a wooden cart, and civilian cars were helping to transfer the victims. It was really a horrible scene." The market is situated on a side street lined with shops and vendors selling produce, meat and other staples. It is also about 500 meters (yards) from a Sunni shrine. About an hour earlier, a suicide car bomber crashed into an Iraqi police checkpoint at an entrance to Sadr City, the capital's biggest Shiite Muslim neighborhood and a stronghold for the militia led by radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The explosion killed at least 41 people, including five Iraqi security officers, and wounded 76, police and hospital officials said. Black smoke billowed from a jumble of at least eight incinerated vehicles that were in a jam of cars stopped at the checkpoint. Bystanders scrambled over twisted metal to drag victims from the smoldering wreckage as Iraqi guards staggered around stunned. 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 central Rusafi area, 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. U.S. officials had cited a slight decrease in sectarian killings in Baghdad since the U.S.-Iraqi crackdown was launched Feb. 14. But the past week has seen several spectacular attacks on the capital, including a suicide bombing inside parliament and a powerful blast that collapsed a landmark bridge across the Tigris River. "We've seen both inspiring progress and too much evidence that we still face many grave challenges," Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S. military spokesman, told reporters Wednesday. "We've always said securing Baghdad would not be easy." Meanwhile, to the west of the city, U.S. troops killed five suspected insurgents and captured 30 others in a raid in Anbar province, a day after police uncovered 17 decomposing corpses beneath two school yards in the provincial capital. The raid took place early Wednesday near Karmah, a town northeast of Fallujah in Anbar, which has been a stronghold for Sunni insurgents. American forces raided a group of buildings suspected of being used by militants and found explosives inside one of them, the military said in a statement. A helicopter was called in and dropped precision-guided bombs on the buildings, it said. The soldiers came under fire and shot back, killing five Iraqis and wounding four others, the statement said. The wounded were taken to a military hospital and remained in U.S. custody. Twenty-six other people were detained as well, the military said. The bodies found a day earlier at school yards in Ramadi, Anbar's provincial capital, were discovered after students and teachers returned to the schools a week ago and noticed an increasingly putrid odor and stray dogs digging in the area, police Maj. Laith al-Dulaimi said. Ramadi had been a stronghold of Sunni insurgents and al-Qaida fighters until recently, when U.S. forces in the region and the Iraqi government successfully negotiated with many local tribal leaders to split them off from the more militant insurgent groups. The U.S. military also reported that a suspected insurgent was killed and eight captured in two raids north of Baghdad on Wednesday. Some of the suspects were believed linked to al-Qaida in Iraq and to a militant cell that has used chlorine in car bombings, the statement said.