Iraq blasts kill 63, send grim message

Ya get a sense the SURGE™ ain't working? Just asking.

Militants struck back Sunday in their first major blow against a U.S.-led security clampdown in Baghdad with car bombings that killed at least 63 people, left scores injured and sent a grim message to officials boasting that extremist factions were on the run.

So maybe the crackdown isn't quite the "brilliant success" al-Maliki claimed?

I've said before and will repeat here. The...US...will...not...win. The...US...can...not...win.

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