June 17, 2005

Makin' progress
Over Memorial Day, Vice President Dick "dick" Cheney said the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes." Let's see...

  • The US death toll in Iraq has climbed above 1,713.
  • 'A relentless wave of suicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings has killed at least 1,070' just since the new government was announced April 28.
  • Car bomber attacks Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad.
  • US. launches major operation in west Iraq
  • "Insurgents have taken over much of the Iraqi city of Ramadi and used it to launch attacks against US forces while terrorising the population with public beheadings."

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