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Clashes and Churches...

300+ dead in a matter of days in Najaf and Al Sadir City. Of course, they are all being called �insurgents�. The woman on tv wrapped in the abaya, lying sprawled in the middle of the street must have been one of them too. Several explosions rocked Baghdad today- some government employees were told not to go to work tomorrow.

So is this a part of the reconstruction effort promised to the Shi�a in the south of the country? Najaf is considered the holiest city in Iraq. It is visited by Shi�a from all over the world, and yet, during the last two days, it has seen a rain of bombs and shells from none other than the �saviors� of the oppressed Shi�a- the Americans. So is this the �Sunni Triangle� too? It�s d�j� vu- corpses in the streets, people mourning their dead and dying and buildings up in flames. The images flash by on the television screen and it�s Falluja all over again. Twenty years from now who will be blamed for the mass graves being dug today?

Baghdad Burning