THE GREEN ZONE

Another report details growing anarchy in the protected “Green Zone” in Baghdad. And this WSJ reporter cites chaos and terror throughout the country:

Iraqis like to call this mess ‘the situation.’xa0When asked ‘how are things?’ they reply: ‘the situation is very bad.’ What they mean by ‘situation’ is this: the Iraqi government doesn’txa0control most Iraqi cities, there are several car bombs going off each day around the country killing and injuring scores of innocent people,xa0the country’s roads are becoming impassable and littered by hundredsxa0of landmines and explosive devices aimed to kill American soldiers,xa0there are assassinations, kidnappings and beheadings. The situation,xa0 basically, means a raging barbaric guerilla war. In four days, 110 people died and over 300 got injured in Baghdadxa0alone. The numbers are so shocking that the ministry of health — which was attempting an exercise of public transparency by releasing the numbers — has now stopped disclosing them.

Is this reporter biased? Perhaps. Is it that bad? I sincerely hope not. But are they making all this up? I seriously doubt it.