During a news brief at the top of the 7am hour on Friday’s CBS "Early Show," CBS Correspondent Mark Strassmann reported on a suicide bombing in Baghdad:
So these twin attacks are devastating here, and not just to the families of the killed and wounded. To many people here, this morning's a frightening reminder that Baghdad may feel safer but is still a long way from safe. Mayhem and misery are back in Baghdad after a pair of similar mid-morning attacks.
Strassmann later concluded his report by proclaiming:
The attacks are the deadliest here since last spring when thousands of U.S. troops began a security surge in Baghdad. The city grew much quieter and safer. But today, at least, the new Baghdad feels a lot like the old Baghdad. For today's attackers, this morning was perfect, a sunny Friday, the holy day here, lots of people out and about feeling confident. Apparently the attacks are back.
In a later segment, left wing editor of "The Nation," Katrina Vanden Heuvel, cited this report to Harry Smith, "Yeah, I mean, you have a surge that isn't working. Look at the piece you just did."
Here is a full transcript of the news brief:
7:01AM TEASER:
HARRY SMITH: But also, disturbing news this morning out of Baghdad. Two female suicide bombers have blown up popular marketplaces. Dozens were killed. We'll get more on that in just a second.
7:04AM SEGMENT:
RUSS MITCHELL: There is breaking news in central Baghdad today. Dual attacks by female suicide bombers. At least 64 people were killed, the deadliest attack on the capital since the U.S. troop surge. CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann is in Baghdad with more. Mark good morning.
MARK STRASSMANN: Good morning, Russ. So these twin attacks are devastating here, and not just to the families of the killed and wounded. To many people here, this morning's a frightening reminder that Baghdad may feel safer but is still a long way from safe. Mayhem and misery are back in Baghdad after a pair of similar mid-morning attacks. The Razzle Market, packed with hundreds of people buying and selling pets, was blown apart. A female suicide bomber killed at least 50 people and probably more. Many of the victims, teenage boys. But also suddenly shattered was a hard-won emerging sense of confidence here that this capital city was safe again, especially 20 minutes later. Another blast ripped through another pet bazaar. Again, the killer, a female suicide bomber. Iraqi police say 18 people were killed here, dozens more wounded. The attacks are the deadliest here since last spring when thousands of U.S. troops began a security surge in Baghdad. The city grew much quieter and safer. But today, at least, the new Baghdad feels a lot like the old Baghdad. For today's attackers, this morning was perfect, a sunny Friday, the holy day here, lots of people out and about feeling confident. Apparently the attacks are back. Russ?
MITCHELL: Mark Strassmann in Baghdad, thank you.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
















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So Very Happy
February 1, 2008 - 15:19 ET by allanfTwo mentally incompetent women were strapped with explosives and blown up by remote control. They may have had little idea of what they were doing.
Sounds like Strassman is giddy about it. No mention of the absolute depravity of these animals.
No words that mention the enemy
February 1, 2008 - 15:52 ET by ThisnThatWhy didn't this discussion talk about the brutality of Al Queda and the rest of the so-called "religion of peace" advocates? Why didn't the discussion center around methods to isolate, find, and destroy those people? Why didn't these people talk about how we need to rally to continue the surge's success and win this thing once and for all?
Why? Because these people hate America and our President more than they fear death itself. They have sold their souls, and they believe there are no consequences to anything they say from now on. And, they have the backing of their producers, editors, and the rest of the MSM muck that forms our so-called national news networks these days. I, for one, am very tired of this back-stabbing bunch of losers.
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Unfortunately this makes
February 1, 2008 - 15:22 ET by bigtimerUnfortunately this makes the enemy within from the msm to some in congress ecstatic.
What a sad world this is at times.
Woo hoo!
February 1, 2008 - 15:26 ET by KC Mulville<sarcasm>Our soldiers are getting killed, isn't that great news! Proves the Democrats talking point. Woo hoo!</sarcasm> All it really proves is that when the media is looking for an excuse, all the terrorists have to do is manufacture violence, and the media will fall for it.
Petraeus and his staff have been saying that this isn't over, by a long shot. They've all been saying that, even when the surge started working. Vanden Heuvel simply proves that she can be manipulated, and is willing for it to happen.
at least NBC did mention how
February 1, 2008 - 23:04 ET by Conservative in the Artsat least NBC did mention how terrible is was that they used two women with possible Down Syndrome, that it shows they're so desperate to have to use people that didn't even know they were about to explode. The pool of foreign fighters has dried up, so now they're recruiting at mental hospitals. just deplorable
I am honestly sick to my
February 1, 2008 - 16:46 ET by jezebelleI am honestly sick to my stomache that this happened to those women and the people in the market. What sickens me more is that the left refuses to believe we are at war with these people and that we can "negotiate" with madmen who strap bombs to mentally disabled women.
I generally don't wish harm on people but i trully wish god strikes them down dead in the most prolonged painfull way...AQ not liberals.
News that you will never
February 1, 2008 - 17:02 ET by jdhawkNews that you will never ever read or see in the drive by media:
"Good morning, Russ. So these murders are devastating here, and not just to the families of the killed. To many people here, these frightening reminders that America may feel safer but is still a long way from safe. Mayhem and misery are back in America after never having left.
Yes, over 3,000 babies, which amounts to one in four babies born in America, were murdered . . . er . . . aborted today. The new America feels a lot like the old America.
The leftwing editor of the "Nation," Katrina Vanden Awful, was speechless . . . for once in her life."
"I certainly think the free market has failed. We're going to take things away from you for the common good." - Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinnton
Strassmann and CBS walked
February 1, 2008 - 17:13 ET by drillanwrStrassmann and CBS walked right into that one (the AQ/terrorist media trap) ...
But HEY! At least they're reporting on the Iraq War again, huh?
autistic, robo bombers #3
February 1, 2008 - 21:08 ET by upcountrywater#1)KISS my C-4 BABY
#2) Duck tape my hands to the steering wheel, remote control, car bomb.
#3) No one is too STUPID to wear a BURKA.
#4) NOT BLOWING UP THE C-4 FACTORIES IN IRAN?????!!!
iranian uranium; iranian uranium, iranian uranium..
Cha, cha, change, it's a comming. <all computer screens are now blank & black> screw YOUR change