Well, Americans have begun to sit down in Iraq. Can we start wondering when the Iraqis are going to begin standing up?Sam Dagher of the New York Times has the story of a huge series of bombs that went off around public buildings in Baghdad, killing at least 75 people:Taken together, the attacks were among the most devastating in Baghdad since the withdrawal of American forces from street patrols at the end of June.The explosions, at least one of them close to the heavily fortified Green Zone security area, sent plumes of dark smoke billowing over the capital, ripped a gaping hole in a compound wall and set cars ablaze, trapping their drivers inside. The blasts were so intense that parts of a main highway near the Finance Ministry collapsed, the officials said, speaking in return for anonymity under ministry rules. At roughly the same time, three roadside bombs exploded in other parts of the city, wounding 10 people, they said. In response to the chaos, the police and the Iraqi Army...(Read Full Post)