The 24-hour coverage of the shooting spree at Virginia Tech might give you the impression that this is the worst thing to recently happen in the world. Although the massacre of 32 people is painful, pointless and heartrending, it is not nearly as bad as a typical day in Baghdad. NNE is the newsroom phrase applied to deaths far from home: Not Nearly Enough to warrant special attention.
Car bombs kill at least 172 in Baghdad
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles TimesBAGHDAD -- Five car bombs exploded in and around Iraq's capital Wednesday, killing at least 172 people and injuring more than 220 in the deadliest day since U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a much-publicized security crackdown two months ago.
The deadliest attack killed 140 people in Baghdad's Sadriya district, which was still recovering from a February car bombing that killed at least 130 people in a busy marketplace. The attacks could be a setback for U.S. and Iraqi security forces, which on Feb. 13 announced an aggressive plan to deploy thousands of additional personnel in and around Baghdad.
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