BAGHDAD - A wide ranging plot to bomb government ministries and other public spaces, to be followed by a wave of political assassinations, was uncovered by Iraqi officials, who responded Tuesday by bringing much of the capital to a virtual standstill while security forces conducted raids that netted large quantities of explosives, officials said.
At least 4 suicide car bombers - and as many as 10 - were apparently on their way to government buildings Tuesday morning when they were stopped by the police and arrested authorties said.
During raids on homes and warehouses in Baghdad that began early in the morning and lasted throughout the day, the authorities arrested 25 people and recovered more than 440 pounds of TNT and C4, about 66 gallons of ammonium nitrate solution and 60 mortar shells, according to a statement from Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, which is responsible for security in the capital.
The American military and the Iraqi government have said they expect violence to increase sharply with the approach of the country's scheduled March 7th national elections as political parties vie for advantage and insurgents seek to spread chaos.
It leaves me feeling sick hearing of all these bombings, deaths, and possible wipe-outs. The fact that we Americans are still in Iraq fighting this point less war truly amazes me; in addition, that they expect there to be much more violence in the near future is absurd. There has got to be a way for the military to keep this violence and chaos under control, since it seems near impossible to end it all complelety. Something seriously needs to be done, before matters get even worse, if that is possible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html?hp
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