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September 23, 2004
In Case You Missed It
We're bombing Baghdad, from the air, with warplanes. And it's not even news. You won't even notice the story unless you look for it. That's Baghdad, as in Baghdad the capital of Iraq.
And why are we bombing it?
“The intent is to provide security for the people of Thawra so we can get back to the business of reconstruction,” said 1st Cavalry Division commanding general Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli in a Wednesday statement. Thawra is an old name for Sadr City. The district is now named for Muqtada al-Sadr’s father, a revered cleric killed under Saddam Hussein’s regime.
So far, "U.S. military officers monitoring the fighting" put the Iraqi death toll at 40. All this sacrifice we're making just to get back to the the business of reconstructing the place we won't even call by the name used by the actual residents. Guess they should be grateful we aren't calling it Myanmar.
Posted by zeynep at September 23, 2004 05:39 PM
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