When you buy a gun you may have a background check, depending on where you buy it from. Go to a local gun show and buy one from some fellow enthusiast there and chances are you won’t receive a background check, unless that person is registered as a federal dealer. That’s the extent of it. […]
While everyone focuses on Blago, there are still serious problems in the world: A suicide bomber struck Thursday inside a popular restaurant in northern Iraq where Kurdish officials were meeting with Arab tribal leaders, killing at least 55 people and wounding about 120, police said. Police Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir, who gave the casualty figures, […]
That’s what the Republicans love to say about Iraq. Here’s a fact – 28 Iraqi army recruits were killed by a suicide bomber.
Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber today. The war McCain loves!
Things are still going great in Iraq: A suicide bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 40 people, police and medical officials told AFP. At least 60 people were wounded in the blast, said Karim Al-Tamimi, a police lieutenant from Babil province where Iskandiriyah […]
Suicide bomber kills north Iraq police chief Roadside bomb kills 2 in Baghdad Death toll in Iraq blast rises to 18: police Yup things are going great over there.
Because Iran is the big threat: An explosion and several rounds of gunfire went off Monday at a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners, and a Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber and three militants with grenades and guns were responsible for the attack. An American who was exercising in the hotel gym said she heard […]
I’m sure the White House will spin this as being progress: Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in two days of fighting, the military announced on Thursday, as US-led troops continued to press simultaneous offensives in and around Baghdad. The news came hours after a suicide bomber exploded an oil tanker south of Iraq’s oil-rich […]
Think Progress brings us this little gem: On Monday, Republican lawmakers visiting Iraq tried to argue that President Bush’s escalation in Iraq has made Baghdad — especially the Shorja market — safer. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) told reporters that Shorja — where a suicide bomber killed 88 people in January — is now “like a […]