Death Toll in Baghdad Wave of Violence Jumps to 57
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Posted: 6:24 AM Dec 22, 2011
Death Toll in Baghdad Wave of Violence Jumps to 57
The spokesman for the Iraqi health ministry says the death toll from a wave of violence sweeping the country's capital has climbed to 57.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ 12/22/2011 -- Ziad Tariq says nearly 200 people were also wounded in the attacks that struck Baghdad on Thursday morning.

The violence is the worst to hit Baghdad in months. It targeted neighborhoods around the city in an apparently coordinated campaign of violence designed to wreak havoc.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 22, 2011 at 09:37 PM

4,000 American lives wasted, because these people don't care about themselves or anyone else. Should have just leveled the place in the first place. I know...."What about the women and children?" My comment to all the people with this mentality would be, would you rather it be us or them? If it's that bad over there then leave. Cubans flea Cuba all the time, figure out a way to get out of the crappy situation that you are in! Our nation has become "nurture" instead of "nature". Survival of the fittest people, let them kill each other until there is none left.
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