Meanwhile, Over There

Things seem to be heating up a bit:

In a further sign of a determined new year's counter-attack by the radical Salafis and/or neo-Baathists, a wave of bombings and kidnappings swept Iraq on Monday, leaving 24 dead, dozens wounded.

Don't expect to hear about it in our media until/unless a lot of Americans start to die. They're too busy watching Britney, Hillary and (fill in the blank with Republican).