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"24 Iraqi tribal leaders killed at reconciliation gathering" by Timothy Williams and Riyadh Mohammed, New York Times | January 3, 2009
BAGHDAD - At least 24 tribal leaders who were meeting at the house of an influential Sunni sheik to discuss national reconciliation efforts were killed and as many as 42 others were wounded yesterday after a member of the tribe detonated explosives in his vest, government officials said.
Reports of fatalities among the approximately 1,000 members of the Qaraghul tribe gathered for the meeting have ranged as high as 30 killed and 110 wounded, but those numbers could not be confirmed by last evening.
The bombing occurred in the town of Yusufiya, about 25 miles southwest of Baghdad in an area once referred to as the "triangle of death" because it had been one of the centers of the insurgency against US forces in Iraq. It is a region where Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a homegrown Sunni extremist group that US intelligence agencies say is led by foreigners, has been active.
During the past year and a half, violence in Yusufiya had been tempered after local tribal leaders turned against the insurgents and began to support the US military and Iraqi government. Yet, some of the town's neighborhoods have never won complete freedom from Qaeda operatives, who have sought to lure tribal members back to the insurgency with gifts of money and cars, a local sheik said....
Cars and money, huh? That sounds like one of OUR TACTICS, not "theirs!"
Of course, once you realize (from links) that Al Qaeda is "Al-CIA-Duh" everything becomes QUITE CLEAR, doesn't it?
And CUI BONO?
Btw, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED in IRAQ, yesterday?
Just ONE MORE REASON I'm getting set to renew my New Year's resolution, because in addition to promulgating lies and bullshit, they DON'T TELL YOU ANYTHING!
The AmeriKan newspapers are simply NOT WORTH BUYING or READING ANYMORE -- and that is from a DECADES-LONG PURCHASER and CONSUMER!
