New PM, same old cycle of violence in Iraq. Reuters.co.uk reports,

Iraqi police found the bodies of six young men, bound and with bullet holes in their heads, on Sunday in Baghdad's violent Sunni district of Adhamiya, where sectarian tensions sparked fierce gun battles last week.

And CNN is reporting

Six Iraqi civilians were killed and two wounded early Sunday when a Katyusha rocket landed at the entrance to Iraq's Defense Ministry, located inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, police said.

Oh, and

Five U.S. soldiers were killed south of Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

And,

five bodies were found in Baghdad on Saturday, their hands tied behind their backs, shot in their heads. The bodies of a woman and two men were found in southern Baghdad, and the others were found in a western Baghdad neighborhood.

President Bush on hearing the news of the new PM had this to say,

This historic achievement by determined Iraqis will make America more secure.

Same old tired spin. I guess George missed all the other news coming of Iraq, but that's bound to happen if you're not reading the liberal press that only focuses on the bad news. Never mind that there's clear evidence of death squads operating with impunity in and around Baghdad, we need to focus on the positive. After all, focusing on the negative will mean we've lost and then the death squads might be operating with impunity in American cities.

I'm sure most Iraqis would settle for just making Iraq more secure. I'm also almost sure that when Bush says "make America more secure" he really means that if the Iraqi government takes shape in the next six months or so it will help make the re-election of the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress more of a sure thing. Otherwise, George Bush might have to take some drastic measures to ensure that he's not impeached and convicted by Congress.
posted by Idle Crank at 4/23/2006 05:40:00 AM