Reuters
Updated: 10:30 a.m. ET April 27, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen shot an Iraqi woman member of parliament on
Wednesday in a fresh shock to politicians whose failure to form
a government three months after elections has allowed violence
to thrive unchecked



so if there was a government all the problems would go away?
and what do >100000 US troops do about this violence anyway?

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