Will President Bush and his mouthpiece FOX NEWS continue to lie to the American public that the "surge" in Baghdad has tamed all the violence?
On Friday morning two bombs ripped apart two pet markets in Baghdad killing at least 21 Iraqis and wounding scores of others.
It is incomprehensible how the mainstream media can continue to avoid reporting on events like this breaking news story of chaos and violence in Baghdad.
Bush, Fox News and all the right wing pundits who appear on television are doing the American public a great disservice by not reporting on the true nature of what is taking place on the ground in Baghdad and the rest of Iraq.
It is the job of this blogger, Bill Corcoran, editor of CORKSPHERE, http://corksphere.blogspot.com/ to bring readers of the blog the truth about the war in Iraq and not a sanitized version handed out by Bush surrogates to FOX NEWS and other right wing media outlets.
Bombs at Baghdad pet markets kill at least 21
Dozens wounded in explosions 20 minutes apart in Iraqi capital
BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
updated 2:58 a.m. CT, Fri., Feb. 1, 2008
BAGHDAD - Two bombs 20 minutes apart tore through two separate pet markets Friday morning, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, police said.
The deadliest blast occurred about 10:20 a.m. when a bomb hidden in a bird box exploded at the central al-Ghazl market, killing at least 17 people and wounding 27, police and hospital officials said.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information, said six children and many teenagers were among the victims.
About 20 minutes later, another bomb targeted a bird market in the predominantly Shiite southeastern neighborhood of New Baghdad. Police said four people were killed, including a woman, and nine wounded, including children, in that attack.
The violence, which took place shortly before the weekly Islamic call to prayer resounded across the city, was the latest in a series of attacks chipping away at recent security gains with a U.S. troop building and a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq.
The al-Ghazl market has been struck several times since the war started but it has recently re-emerged as a popular venue as security has improved in recent months and a weekly driving ban was lifted.
A bomb hidden in a box of small birds exploded at the market in late November, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens.
The U.S. military blamed the November attack on Iranian-backed Shiite militants, saying they had hoped al-Qaida in Iraq would be held responsible for the attack so Iraqis would turn to them for protection.
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