A few days ago someone drove a dump truck loaded with a bomb into Habbinniyah and exploded it near the town's police station, killing thirty-four people and injuring about sixty, most of them women and children.  Initial news reports said that the bomb was detonated near the town's mosque.  But I talked to a Marine sergeant who saw the immediate aftermath and he was surprised that the first news of it off the wires could be so inaccurate in terms of where the bomb exploded and how many were killed. The bigger point is that the terrorists out here are beginning to wake up after a cold winter.  Of course they want to concentrate a lot of attention on the country's main city.  And Baghdad is a big draw.  But shooting mortars and rockets at Americans is still a big part of the game, and I hear it pays well, too.  Several days ago the camp near us was mortared at night and then again during the day.  The...(Read Full Post)