Islamophobic Suicide Attacker

Islamophobic suicide attacker kills 39 near Karbala mosque -- no, wait...

What's that? It wasn't an Islamophobe? It was a Muslim, laying claim of the promise of Paradise to those who "kill and are killed" for Allah (Qur'an 9:111)? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe?

"Suicide bomber kills at least 39 in Karbala," from MSNBC (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist):

BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber blew herself up Monday amid a group of Shiite worshippers near a mosque in Karbala, killing at least 39 people and wounding 54, officials said.

UPDATE: Powerline with results of a new survey for the MSM BBC. Here's part of their analysis of it:

Respondents' answers are most reliable, I think, when they are talking about their own experience and observation. Thus, the single most important question, in my view, is number 9, "Would you rate today’s security situation in the village/neighbourhood where you live as very good, quite good, quite bad, or very bad?" Currently, 62% rate conditions either "very good" (20%) or "quite good" (42%). This represents a significant increase from February 2007 (47%) and August 2007 (43%). It's almost exactly the same as in 2005 (61%). This appears to be more confirmation of the success of the surge.

This is supported further by Question No. 10, which asks, "In the past six months has the security situation in this neighbourhood/ village become better, become worse, or stayed about the same?" 46% say "better," compared with only 17% who say "worse."