Meanwhile over in the sandbox...

[8ballrollin]

Couple of interesting articles:

First ever conviction in death of US troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD — In the first case of its kind, an Iraqi judge on Tuesday convicted an Iraqi man of abducting, torturing and killing two American soldiers in the summer of 2006.

Ibrahim Karim Muhammed Salih al-Qaraghuli was found guilty and sentenced to death, after expert testimony that his fingerprints matched photos of bloody prints found on the front panel of the pickup truck used to drag the soldiers, Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas Tucker.

http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Sto...1&LinkFrom=RSS


Car bombing numbers way down

There were 598 car bombings in the capital between 2006 and 2008: 415 in 2006, 122 in 2007 and 61 in 2008," said Major General Qasim Atta, spokesman for the Baghdad security plan.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081105...d-3cd7efd.html

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by 8ballrollin

Car bombing numbers way down



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081105...d-3cd7efd.html

Isn't that because Baghdad is secure? I thought all the violence was in the north now.