never-ending violence in Iraq

Iraq Bomber Targets Bus; Up to 30 Killed
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber who jumped on a bus after security checks had been completed detonated an explosives belt among passengers heading to a Shiite city Thursday, killing up to 30 people and wounding nearly 40, officials said.
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Several other explosions rumbled through the heart of the capital Thursday morning, including one that struck an American convoy killing a U.S. soldier, the military said. The latest death raised the number of U.S. service members who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003 to at least 2,131, according to an Associated Press count.
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Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Thursday appealed again for communication from a previously unknown group holding four peace activists.

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I'm glad that we're not having this type of "progress" in the US! And people can't understand why the media focuses on the violence in Iraq - maybe because it is so pervasive! Painting a school doesn't mean a whole helluva lot if you get blown up trying to get to it!