19 December 2006: Morning By The Morning News — 19 Dec 2006 Pentagon opposes increasing forces in Iraq--says more troops mean more targets, and probably the arrival of more foreign jihadis. The rate of violent crimes surged in the U.S. this year. Spin: New York is "the safest big city in America"--except for a rise in murders at eight times the national rate. Mr. Wahid views the situation as dire, while Western officials in Baghdad are generally more optimistic. Insurgents now control electricity in Baghdad--somehow, this isn't a concern. Police in Britain hold second suspect in Suffolk prostitute murders. In Libya, six medics have been sentenced to death for "knowingly" injecting children with HIV--the defendants say the outbreak was due to unhygienic hospitals. A generation of ADD kids off their meds, and this article is way too long. Eli Lilly to those who insist there's a connection between its schizophrenia medication and diabetes: You're crazy. Somewhere, a copy writer moans: Time magazine may have named "you" Person of the Year, but Chrysler's marketing department sure didn't know that. How India helped Iran build the bomb, and the other top news stories you missed this year. George W. Bush could have at least put out the cigarette for the family's circa-1976 Christmas card. Hint: "Boomeritis" means "complaining."
