Another dispatch from the "Last Throes" of the insurgency. But, alas, this is "old news." Everyone knew this would happen, so why even report on it?
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq
Iraq Car Bombs Kill 23; Ex-Judge Slain
By FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of car bombs exploded after dusk Wednesday in Baghdad, killing at least 23 people and wounding about 56, police said. Separate attacks earlier in the day killed seven others. Meanwhile, three U.S. soldiers were killed Tuesday by small-arms fire during combat operations west of Baghdad near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, the military said. At least 1,727 members of the U.S. military have died since the war began in 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Gunmen also killed a former judge whose name once was on a list of Sunni Arabs joining a parliamentary committee to draftIraq's new constitution. Separately, a Filipino hostage was released after almost eight months in captivity. Three additional explosions caused by roadside bombs in western and eastern Baghdad killed three insurgents planting the devices, police said.