Going Swimmingly

Strange way to describe drowning. Iraq continues to self-destruct while our military and civilian leaders assure us that "freedom is on the march." As I've said at least once before in this space:

Orwell was a piker.

Senior Iraqi General Killed in Ambush

BAGHDAD, March 6 -- The top commander of the Iraqi army division in Baghdad was killed Monday when his car came under small-arms fire while traveling through the capital, the U.S. military said.

Maj. Gen. Mubdar Hatim Hazya al-Dulaimi was one of the highest-ranking members of the new Iraqi army to be killed in insurgent violence. Under his leadership, the 6th Iraqi Army Division has been gradually assuming control of parts of the capital from U.S. forces.

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