MAKING THE DISTINCTION

Let me explain things.

When bodies were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, that proved Clinton was a miserable failure. (That was, of course, one of the more polite comments made about our last elected president.)

But when it happens in Iraq, it's merely a sign that things are on the upswing.

Jubilant Iraqis dragged the burned body of what appeared to be a foreigner through the streets of Falluja on Wednesday, and doused another with petrol as it lay burning in the road.

At least three people were killed, and parts of their charred bodies hung from a pole near their burning cars. Iraqis threw stones at a corpse still inside one of two cars engulfed in flames in the volatile town.

In a separate incident also west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said five of its coalition soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb on Wednesday morning.

Reuters Television footage from Falluja showed two civilian cars ablaze. Residents shouted "Long Live Islam" and "Allahu Akbar" ("God is Greatest") as they danced around waving their arms in the air and making the victory sign.

Two burned bodies still lay in the street several hours after the attacks. Some witnesses said four people were killed, but it was not possible to confirm.

Pictures showed at least one person kicking a burned corpse and stamping on its head. A dead man with fair hair and in civilian clothes lay in the road beside one of the cars, his feet on fire and blood stains on his white shirt.

And this is good news, too.

So who you gonna believe - me, or your own eyes?

Move along, now. Nothing to see here.
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