Finally! Good news out of Iraq. If we look at yesterday's Reuters Factbox for Iraq, we see the country awash in just freakin' awesome news! In Baghdad:-Nine people were killed and 95 others wounded in clashes between Iraqi security forces and Mehdi Army members in different parts of Baghdad.
-Two soldiers were wounded in clashes with Mehdi Army fighters in Zaafaraniya district.
-One person was killed and four others wounded when two mortar rounds landed on an Interior Ministry prison.
-Gunmen kidnapped Tahseen al-Sheikhli, a civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security plan, designed to make the capital safer, from his home in Baghdad.
-The Green Zone diplomatic and government compound in central Baghdad was hit by repeated rocket and mortar fire in some of the worst barrages in months.
-Shi'ite militants clashed with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Washash, Iskan, Shurta, Hurriya, Kamiliya, Fudhailiya, Ur, Shula, Mashtal and Sadr City districts.
-Eight soldiers were wounded in clashes with Mahdi Army fighters in Talabiya in eastern Baghdad.
-Three people were killed and 15 wounded by a mortar attack on a bus terminal in central Baghdad.
-Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Sadr City district of northeastern Baghdad, wounding four soldiers.
-Thousands of supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad to protest against a three-day-old crackdown against his followers in the southern city of Basra and to call for the downfall of the U.S.-backed government.
Violence was also reported in Hamza, Diwaniya, Basra, Kut, Daquq, Al-Rifai, Kirkik, and Baquba. Oh happy day! Why, today's missile attack on the office of Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi is just gravy.
Yes-sir-ee Bob, everything's just freakin' great!...
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