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Chaos, Frustration and Extreme Violence as Iraq Readies for Elections
Violent attacks continue across Iraq just days before the scheduled Jan. 30 elections. We go to Baghdad to speak with independent journalist Dahr Jamail who says, "Most Iraqis feels that this violence and chaos that has become the norm in Iraq will only continue to increase after the lections occur." [includes rush transcript]
37 American soldiers were killed yesterday in the deadliest single day for US forces since the invasion of Iraq almost two years ago. A helicopter crash in western Iraq killed 30 marines and one Navy sailor. Officials in Washington said that bad weather was the most likely cause. Six US troops and at least 22 Iraqis were killed in separate incidents. The losses bring the total number of US soldiers killed in Iraq to over 1,400. As many as 100,000 Iraqis have been killed since the invasion began.
The latest violence come just days before scheduled elections in Iraq. At a news conference in Washington, President Bush called on Iraqis to "defy terrorists" and vote in Sunday's poll even as violent attacks continued across the country.
* Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist currently based in Baghdad. He is one of the only independent, unembedded journalists in Iraq right now. He publishes his reports at DahrJamilIraq.com.
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The latest violence come just days before scheduled elections in Iraq. At a news conference in Washington, President Bush called on Iraqis to "defy terrorists" and vote in Sunday's poll even as violent attacks continued across the country.
* Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist currently based in Baghdad. He is one of the only independent, unembedded journalists in Iraq right now. He publishes his reports at DahrJamilIraq.com.
LISTEN ONLINE
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/27/1359246
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