Thursday, March 15, 2007

Oy

Let's see if this one hits the press hard or not:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb exploded Thursday in eastern Baghdad, killing four U.S. soldiers and wounding two others, the U.S. military said.

The attack began when a bomb went off as a U.S. unit was returning from a search operation in the mostly Shiite area, the military said. Moments later, a second bomb exploded, killing and wounding the soldiers.

A demolition team that searched the site after the attack found an explosively formed projectile, a type of high-tech bomb that the U.S. military believes comes from Iran. The device was detonated by the team.
Shiite area, check
EFP, check
Iran, check

UPDATE: Almost two hours later, the story is not on the front page of any of the MSM news sites (NYT, WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, LA Times) I check regularly. They're probably still working under the 'surge is working' directive, in other words, no bad news from Baghdad. Let's see if and when things change.

MORNING UPDATE: No front page coverage, the WaPo had a subtitle yesterday night below a 'surge is working' article. That article is still there, the EFP report is gone. The surge rules! Just as well, I don't think I could handle drums of war with Iran today.

1 Comments:

Blogger ziz said...

You don't get it do you.

The surge is like the tsunami wave, it just rolls a long un - noticed. The only trouble is that when, say, the Green Zone gets to look like Dien Bien Phu - you have to be ready to say WTF ? where did that come from?

Shit is a fairly coherent mass, it just becomes a mess, when it hits the fan.

Tx for link to Bryce.

3/18/2007 12:37 PM  

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