Because the world could use some good news today, I bring you this snippet of happiness and sunshine plucked right from the front page of my.yahoo.com (but, quite possibly not your.yahoo.com).

Gunbattles erupted out in the streets of the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Doura, where militants wearing black hoods and riding in three cars opened fire on people shopping on a main street. Shopkeepers and residents returned fire, killing three assailants. A man, woman and child were injured and taken to a hospital. 

Looks to me like Michael Moore’s “freedom fighters” aren’t quite as popular as some people might have you believe.

Don’t get me wrong: that they oppose the terrorists who increasingly target Iraqi citizens instead of Americans doesn’t mean that the “shopkeepers and residents” are die-hard supporters of America. We don’t really have enough information to make that judgment. We can say, though, that they would rather the terrorists went away and left them to their businesses, their lives, and their newfound voice in government.

Every time a terrorist dies an angel gets his wings. I heard that somewhere once…

Read the story.

Update: Ace joins in the happiness.

Updated Update: Yes, indeed, more like this, please.