Tuesday, April 03, 2007

McCain Wrong on Iraq Security, Merchants Say



quote[“What are they talking about?” Ali Jassim Faiyad, the owner of an electrical appliances shop in the market, said Monday. “The security procedures were abnormal!”

The delegation arrived at the market, which is called Shorja, on Sunday with more than 100 soldiers in armored Humvees — the equivalent of an entire company — and attack helicopters circled overhead, a senior American military official in Baghdad said. The soldiers redirected traffic from the area and restricted access to the Americans, witnesses said, and sharpshooters were posted on the roofs. The congressmen wore bulletproof vests throughout their hourlong visit.]


Honestly? I'd feel safe taking a stroll just about anywhere, given that security contigent.

MEANWHILE: The six-day death toll until April 01 was “at least 507 people.”

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