The senior officer who met with reporters in Baghdad said there had been 21 car bombings in the capital in May, and 126 in the past 80 days. All last year, he said, there were only about 25 car bombings in Baghdad.
Meaning of the quote
This quote is about the number of car bombings that happened in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq. In May, there were 21 car bombings. In the 80 days before that, there were 126 car bombings. But in all of last year, there were only around 25 car bombings in Baghdad. This shows that the number of car bombings in Baghdad has increased a lot in a short period of time.
About Rich Lowry
Rich Lowry is a renowned writer and editor-in-chief of the National Review, an American conservative news and opinion magazine. He has written four books, is a syndicated columnist, and a frequent political analyst on NBC News and Meet the Press.
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