Violence Explodes in Baghdad
Baghdad is a mess today as violence explodes throughout the city:
Insurgents attacked a U.S. patrol and a police station, assassinated four government employees and detonated several bombs. One American soldier was killed and nine were wounded during clashes that also left three Iraqi troops and a police officer dead.
Some of the heaviest violence came in Azamiyah, a largely Sunni Arab district of Baghdad where a day earlier U.S. troops raided the capital's main Sunni mosque. Shops were in flames, and a U.S. Humvee burned, with the body of what appeared to be its driver inside.
In other news, Germany and the U.S. have agreed to forgive 80% of Iraq's foreign debt. Does this oil rich country really need such a big reduction?
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