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For nearly six years, President George W. Bush bragged about freeing 25 million Iraqis from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein and giving them a US imposed democracy. Bush never mentioned the millions of Iraqis that were killed, wounded or forced to flee their homes, neighborhoods or country altogether to gain this US sponsored import. The carnage and chaos that accompanied Bush's gift to the Iraqis is cleverly hidden from a US populous struggling to find work in a broken economy; broken in large part from our bankrupting and senseless wars.

A snapshot of just one day, Monday, October 11, should give us pause and revulsion over Bush's and America's legacy in Iraq:


Assailants wearing military uniforms stormed the homes of several Awakening Council members near Yusufiya in Haswa before dawn this morning. They dragged the men out of the homes, killing four and wounding two of them before fleeing.
In Baghdad, a bomb targeting a senior Iraqi official killed his driver and wounded three others, including the official. Five people were killed and three more were wounded during a robbery at a money exchange on Rashid Street. A bomb wounded four people near al-Shabb Stadium. A bomb in Karrada left no casualties.

Eight people were wounded when a bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in Abu Ghraib. A sticky bomb wounded a photographer. No casualties were reported when bombs demolished a home.

In Fallujah, a bomb killed a man and wounded his wife. A security official was killed during a home invasion.

A car bomb in Garma killed a police officer and wounded two others.

A policeman was killed and another was wounded in a blast in Saqlawiya.

In Mosul, a bystander was wounded during clashes. A blast at a Ninewa Electoral Commission officer’s home left no casualties.

A bomb wounded four policemen in Qaim.

A physician was wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Kirkuk. He was driving to work in an ambulance to conceal his identity as a doctor.


Meanwhile back in Texas, former President Bush is back in the public eye - enjoying his former team and World Series contender Texas Rangers from his front row seats. Life after launching murderous, criminal war sure is good.