Iraq Story Form

Reporting on Iraq is a very difficult and dangerous job, so I'm offering this form story for anyone who wishes to cover Iraq without actually going there. Here it goes.

Today in ---Insert City Here---, a car bomb exploded killing ---Insert Number of Dead Here---, and wounding ---Insert Number of Wounded Here---. The bombing is the latest in a string of sectarian related bombings by ---Insert Bombers Sect Here--- against ---Insert Victims Sect Here---. This brings the total number of dead since ---Insert Recent Event Here--- to ---Insert Number of Recently Killed Here---.

In the wake of this bombing, ---Insert Prominent Cleric Here--- has called for calm and a period of mourning to last ---Insert Duration Here---.

That should cover most of your day to day reporting in Iraq.