For more on Reid's writing style and unabashed propaganda, please read: AP on Iraq: News Reports or Editorials?
That will give you the context you need to decipher today's bullshit:
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Moqtada al-Sadr's political movement yesterday, raising fears of new internal Shi'ite bloodshed ahead of regional elections expected in January.
The victim's allies blamed US and Iraqi forces for the blast. Suspicion also fell on Shi'ite splinter groups - some with suspected links to Iran, which has sheltered Sadr for nearly 18 months.
PFFFFFTTT!
How many times to I have to repost these links, readers?
See:
Occupation Iraq: Israelis Killing U.S. Troops
Occupation Iraq: Israeli-Trained Death Squads
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh and the OSI
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
Prop 102: Iraq and Government Lies
Al-CIA-Duh
Who Invented "Al-CIA-Duh?"
"Al-CIA-Duhs" Catch-and-Release Program
Asymmetrical Warfare Group
Operation Gladio
Operation Northwoods
Occupation Iraq: British Bombers
Occupation Iraq: America's Roadside Bombs
Salvador Option
Special Police Commandos
Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group
Prop 201 tutorial
FRU
Islam's 9/11
How much more evidence do you need?
Final fart bleat: New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
With poot: Operation Mockingbird
Oh, about that sectarianism: Memory Hole: The Dream Vacation
Memory Hole: The Uniters of Islam
Occupation Iraq: Sectarian Saviors
Are we CLEAR, readers?
Saleh al-Auqaeili, considered a moderate within Sadr's movement, was traveling in a convoy with other Shi'ite lawmakers when the bombing occurred about 200 yards from an Iraqi Army checkpoint in mostly Shi'ite eastern Baghdad, a colleague said.
Why do I smell a SHIT STENCH, readers?
The US commander in charge of southern Iraq warned yesterday that he expects "nefarious" Iranian meddling in the provincial balloting - including bombings and "assassinating prominent candidates" as the elections approach.
FUCK YOU, "general!"
Yeah, it's not like the U.S ever RIGGED ELECTIONS, 'eh?
"There's no doubt that Iran influences Iraq," Major General Michael Oates told reporters. "The risk would come if they seek to influence the election using some nefarious operations or surrogates or they raise the level of violence in the country." Several followers of Sadr have been targeted in past attacks, but yesterday's bombing was notable because it occurred in an area that is considered relatively secure. --more--"
A-HA!!!!!
Update:
"Thousands of supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who opposes an accord to extend the U.S. presence beyond the end of the year, marched through eastern Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker. In southern Baghdad, a car bomb killed 13 people and wounded 27 in a market in a Shiite enclave, Iraqi officials said.
In Baghdad, thousands of Sadrists walked through the sprawling Shiite slum of Sadr City behind a car carrying the casket of politician Saleh al-Auqaeili, killed by a roadside bomb Thursday. The body was then taken to Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, for burial."
