I SUPPOSE THIS DID REDUCE THE VIOLENCE...

mainly because it destroyed a neighborhood. Here's a pic of the aftermath of the explosion in Mosul:



Mosul Attack Points to Insurgent Shift
By CHRISTOPHER CHESTER and STEVEN R. HURST – 8 hours ago


BAGHDAD (AP) — The abandoned apartment block known as the Pepsi building vanished in seconds, leaving a 30-foot-deep blast crater and a ring of destruction for a quarter mile in every direction through a shanty district in Mosul.


Then on Thursday — even before the final death count was tallied — came more bloodshed: A suicide bomber killed a police chief and two other officers as they toured the devastation from the previous day. Residents with insurgent sympathies taunted the chief moments before the attack.