And which of these successes are deserving even one dead American soldier??
meanwhile, the only success that really matters, a stable political solution to self governance, hasn't budged.
War News for Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Baghdad:
$1:
A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest targeted mourners at a funeral in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, a police source said. The source said the casualty toll from the blast in the Zayouna
Diyala Prv:
Jalula:
#1:
The bodies of a Sunni policeman and four of his family members were found on the outskirts of a village north of Baghdad early Tuesday, just hours after they were abducted from their home by unknown gunmen, authorities said. Tuesday's attack happened on the northern outskirts of Jalula, a city with mixture of Shiite and Sunni Muslims 80 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Tahwelah:
#1:
Hours later in the same province, a Shiite man and his 16-year-old son where killed in a drive-by shooting, police said. The two were standing outside their home in Tahwelah, about 19 miles east of Baqouba.
Dalouiya:
#1:
Unidentified gunmen attacked a group of shepherds east of Dalouiya, killing one of them and kidnapping three others, a police source said on Tuesday."In the wee hours of the morning, unknown gunmen attacked a group of shepherds in Abu Heleig region, east of Dalouiya, killing one shepherd and kidnapping three," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
Balad:
#1:
One policeman was killed and two others were wounded in clashes with gunmen near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
A source from the Balad police department said on Tuesday that a policeman was killed and six others were injured during clashes between police, security forces and gunmen in east of Balad.
Kirkuk
#1:
A civilian was killed on Tuesday in an armed attack southwest of Kirkuk, said a police source."Unknown armed men opened fire on a civilian in al-Rashad district, southwest of Kirkuk, killing him on the spot," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, south of Kirkuk, a group of gunmen shot dead a civilian in the Rashad area. Also Tuesday, two more civilians were gunned down by unidentified militants in the same vicinity.
Al Zab:
#1:
Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb blew up near their patrol in al-Zab, 35 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
Al Anbar Prv:
Fallujah:
#1:
Police forces found an unknown body in the Sunni Anbar's northern city of Falluja, Iraqi police said on Tuesday.
Monday: 35 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded
At least 134 journalists were killed in 2007, most in Iraq
Democrats have had the Hill for a year and they haven't done squat.
