ANOTHER DAY OF VIOLENCE ALL ACROSS IRAQ

The mainstream media and the Bush administration keep telling the American public that all is well in Iraq, but Iraqwarnewstoday http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/ reports an entirely different picture.

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Reported Security IncidentsBaghdadUpdate: U.S. soldier killed by explosively formed penetrator in northeast Baghdad.

No further details at this time.Car bomb near the Iranian embassy kills 2 civilians, injures 5. Note: There have been attacks in this vicinity previously. Not clear whether the embassy is the target. -- C And indeed, al Jazeera reports that the incident actually occurred in a parking lot used by the Iraqi Defense Ministry. This would seem to be the actual target.

U.S. Army says a helicopter crash "south of Baghdad" has injured two soldiers. The cause is under investigation. As they say 100% of the time, mechanical failure is suspected. That is just a ritual incantation which gives no indication of what may actually have happened. --

CFour civilians injured by car bomb in al-Tashria neighborhood, western Baghdad.Roadside bomb attack on police patrol in al-Ghazali, central Baghdad, injures four police officers.

Hit (Anbar Province)Suicide bomb attack on a police checkpoint kills 14, including 4 police, injures 10. The dead include a senior officer. The U.S. says it has sent reinforcements to the area. Reuters says 9 police were killed, identifies the "senior officer" as the city's Chief of Police. Also says11 police and 7 civilians injured.

Authorities have imposed a curfew on the city.al-Mafraq, near BaqubaFighting erupts between police and Sahwa council fighters. One child is killed and 3 civilians injured. Now this is fairly ominous. Many people have been concerned that by arming local Sunni militias, the U.S. created a potential for eventual armed conflict with government forces. Evidently so. --

CBaqubaRoadside bomb kills a woman.

KirkukRoadside bomb attack on a police patrol injures 6 police and 2 civilians.

Shurqat (near Mosul)After their patrol is attacked, Iraq police arrest 70 "suspected gunmen. Uh huh. How about they went out and grabbed everybody they could find?