Just another day in the life and death of Iraq LXXXVI

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Yes, so far it's been a bloody 2009 in Iraq.

On Friday there was this (anti-Sunni). And yesterday there was this (anti-Shiite):

A suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims and blew himself up, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 79 at a Shi'ite shrine in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi officials said.

Words fail me at the moment.