A female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 33 people and wounded at least 50 in Karbala on Monday, according to an Interior Ministry official.
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Also Monday, two American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, officials said.
The incident occurred about 12:20 p.m. as the soldiers were "conducting a route-clearance combat operation north of Baghdad," according to a news release.
The names of the soldiers were not immediately released.
Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in the Iraqi capital Monday on an unannounced visit.
Cheney told reporters that the five years in Iraq since the war's start has been "well worth the effort."
I'm sure Cheney's financial advisor would be happy to confirm that.
The Straight Talk Express also paid a surprise visit, because nothing says "success" like having to skulk in unannounced.
McCain traveled there with Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Joseph Lieberman, I-Connecticut, both of whom serve on the Armed Services Committee with McCain, the committee's ranking member.
You have to give these people credit -- at least you know exactly where they stand. There is no room for any confusion on this, and the harmonic convergence of Cheney and the Straight Talk posse says it all. Any bullshit about disaffected apostate Democrats not clearly understanding that POST openly promises more of the same should be slapped down instantly. Your wittle feelings about Clinton or Obama, distasteful as either or both may seem at times, do not matter. Either you want to prolong the current regime's efforts, or you don't. It's that simple.
In a fucked-up ironical sense, this invasion has been a success--only not for the right people. Remember when Ahmadinejad came to visit Iraq, a few weeks ago or something? He didn't have to sneak in unannounced, and loiter inside the Green Zone for photo ops. The Iranians let the Iraqi gov't (and the world) know in advance they were gonna come, visited and were seen on the streets of Baghdad, and left rubbing their hands in satisfaction at the deals they had concluded. If that's not success, I don't know what is.
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