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Thursday, April 21, 2005

The Wheels Turn

Talabani is saying that a formalized government could be formed today, Reuters reports. Of course, this good news must be repelled with accounts of violence.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq may finally get a new government on Thursday, its president said, offering an end to nearly three months of stalemate since an election.

But the shooting of 19 Iraqi soldiers at a soccer stadium and President Jalal Talabani’s account of 50 bodies being hauled from a river near Baghdad showed that violence persists despite a relative lull perceived after the Jan. 30 vote.

California is about the same size as Iraq. I wonder how many murders are committed there each day- without a war, even.

Posted on April 21, 2005 11:18 AM. Permalink