DEFINING SUCCESS DOWNWARD

The British are on their way out of Southern Iraq and despite what Hannity & Limbaugh may tell you, that means more of this:

Iraq bombs kill 20, wound 25: interior ministry
12/12/2007 09h48

BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 20 people were killed and 25 wounded in car bomb attacks in the southern Iraqi city of Amara on Wednesday, the interior ministry's operation director Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf told AFP.

Lieutenant Ali Kadhim Hassan from the Amara police earlier said three car bombs exploded within minutes of each other and the first bomb went off at 10:30 am (0730 GMT).
British military spokesman Major Mike Shearer confirmed one bomb attack, saying the device exploded in a market in Amara.

British forces handed the security control of Maysan to Iraqi forces in April but the province and Amara in particular has witnessed intense Shiite infighting, often leading to street battles between militias and police.

The latest bomb attacks in Amara came amid a series of such attacks in Iraq in the past few days after an Al-Qaeda linked group warned it would unleash a bombing campaign in the country.

UPDATE:

Reuters reports that there are more casualties:

Triple car bombing kills 40 in southern Iraq
Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:18am EST

By Aref Mohammed
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Forty people were killed and more than 125 wounded when three car bombs exploded in quick succession in a southern Iraqi Shi'ite city on Wednesday, police said.

One police official said 40 people had been killed in Amara. A health official said 39 were killed and more than 125 wounded.

...southern Iraq is also witnessing a turf war between rival Shi'ite groups, including supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia, and its chief rival the powerful Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council.