Three Lawmakers Killed in Bomb Attack on Iraq's Parliament Building

[Rhapsody1447]

Attack on Iraqi Parliament

A news video camera captured the moment of the blast — a flash and an orange ball of fire causing a startled Muslim imam who was being interviewed to duck, and then the smoky, dust-filled aftermath of confusion and shouting. The video was shot by Alhurra, a U.S. government-funded Arabic-language channel.

The blast came hours after a truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars tumbling into the Tigris River, police and witnesses said. At least 10 people were killed.

The parliament bombing was believed to be the deadliest attack in the Green Zone, the enclave that houses Iraq's leadership as well as the U.S. Embassy, and is secured by American and Iraqi checkpoints.

Security officials at parliament, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information, said they believed the bomber was a bodyguard of a Sunni member of parliament who was not among the dead. They would not name the member of parliament.

FOXNews.com - Three Lawmakers Killed in Bomb Attack on Iraq's Parliament Building - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

I just came up with a great solution to this problem. Let's withdraw entirely and let the Iraqi people handle this themselves.

 

[Ikari]

We should have taken that approach prior to invasion and occupation.

 

[Napoleon's Nightingale]

Let's withdraw entirely and let the Iraqi people handle this themselves.

From what I hear, the Iraqi's are responsible for security in the Green Zone and especially the Parliament Building. They're blaming it on a "broken scanner machine". IMO, this speaks MUCH less about the competancy of our troops than it does about the Iraqi security forces. Of course, our troops don't have the luxury of blaming the destruction of a bridge today in Baghdad on a "broken scanner machine."