"Iraqi karate coach is slain; Killing highlights dangers in city" by Kim Gamel, Associated Press | June 20, 2009
BAGHDAD - Also yesterday, the US military said an American soldier died as the result of a non-combat related incident. A statement said the Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier died Friday but it doesn’t give more details pending an investigation.
Have you had enough military bullshit, America?
See: Occupation Iraq: AmeriKa's Greatest Enemy
A rose, by any other name.... they would never be over there were it not for the MSM and government lies -- and they continue with them!
The death means at least 4,316 members of the US military have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
I mean, is it just me because the last time they mentioned U.S. dead was on a Saturday!?
Related: Occupation Iraq: Sunday Globe Special
Also see: AmeriKan MSM Continues to Ignore American War Dead
Btw, HOW MANY IRAQIS have DIED?
The top US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, said earlier this week that American combat soldiers would pull back from the center of Mosul by the end of this month as scheduled, despite the continued violence.
Earlier this year, he said Mosul might be one of the cities where combat troops might remain. But he said Monday that violence and tensions in Iraq’s third-largest city have declined. “I feel much more comfortable with the situation in Mosul now,’’ Odierno told reporters....
Whatever, general: Occupation Iraq: Non-Combat Combat
Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq’s national karate team yesterday in Mosul, underscoring the dangers still facing this northern city less than two weeks before a deadline for US troops to withdraw from urban areas.
Gee, who would want to kill Iraq's professionals?
Certainly not Iraqis!
Izzat Abdullah, a 45-year-old Sunni, was shot to death near his house in an eastern section of Mosul, according to police and sports officials. The head of the local Olympic committee, Khalid Mahmoud, said he attended a funeral for the 45-year-old former karate champion later yesterday.
A spokesman for the National Olympic Committee, Saif al-Maliki, said Abdullah spent his time training youths as well as coaching the national team. Abdullah moved to Mosul from Baghdad after the US ouster of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, Maliki said.
Iraqi sports figures have frequently been kidnapped and killed, most in 2006 during the height of sectarian slayings.
Also a Zionist crock of shit! It's tortured logic, folks!
The attacks have been less frequent with security gains over the past two years, but insurgents remain active in Mosul, which the US military has dubbed the last urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq.
And because the lyin' Zion MSM says it I'm supposed to believe it?
The FINAL STRONGHOLD of "Al-CIA-Duh," huh?
Athletes and sports officials have been targeted in kidnappings and assassination attempts either as part of tit-for-tat violence between Shiites and Sunnis or for ransom.
What a CROCK of SHIT!!
They WERE NOT DOING THAT until WE GOT THERE, stink!!!
FLASHBACK:
"Lawmakers decry slaying of Sunni
BAGHDAD - The government blamed Al Qaeda in Iraq yesterday for the killing of a prominent Sunni lawmaker, as political figures came together across sectarian lines in a show of solidarity against a return to violence. Sunni and Shi'ite lawmakers called the slaying of Harith al-Obeidi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in Parliament, an attack against moderation, as they took turns at the podium to call for a united front against terrorism (AP)."
Need I type more?
See: Memory Hole: The Dream Vacation
Memory Hole: The Uniters of Islam
Occupation Iraq: Sectarian Saviors
Are we CLEAR, readers?
Four members of the previous Iraqi National Olympic Committee, including its Sunni chairman, Ahmed al-Sammarai, were kidnapped in July 2006 and their fates remain unknown. Members of the Iraqi tae kwon do team were kidnapped while driving to a training camp in May 2006 and their remains were found a year later.
Others who have fallen victim to Iraq’s violence included the Olympic cycling coach, national wrestling coach, a soccer federation member and a prominent volleyball player.
You know whom I'M SUSPECTING, don't you?
--more--"Update:
"Truck bomb kills more than 60 in northern Iraq" by Kim Gamel, Associated Press Writer | June 20, 2009
Medics treat three children who were wounded by a truck bomb attack near a Shiite mosque, at a hospital in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday June 20 2009 . Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qader says Saturday's explosion occurred following noon prayers south of the disputed city. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
BAGHDAD --A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 63 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing in nearly two months.
Yup, JUST as we were getting ready to LEAVE!
What a CUI BONO STENCH!!!!
The blast near Kirkuk -- a city rife with ethnic tensions -- came hours after the prime minister insisted U.S. troops will leave Iraqi cities by the end of this month "no matter what happens," but acknowledged more violence was likely.
Related: Occupation Iraq: Maliki's Punch Line
The Americans already have begun withdrawing combat troops from inner-city outposts in Baghdad, Mosul and other urban areas ahead of the June 30 deadline. But continued assassinations and high-profile explosions have heightened concerns that Iraqi forces are not ready to take over their own security.
Well, we will just have to stay then.
Worshippers were leaving the mosque in Taza, 10 miles (20 kilometers) south of Kirkuk, following noon prayers when the truck exploded, demolishing the mosque and several mud-brick houses across the street, according to police and witnesses.
That is ONE HELL of a TRUCK BOMB!!!
What a MOSSAD STINK -- especially considering that THOSE MOSQUES STOOD for CENTURIES befor WE GOT THERE!!!
Rescue teams searched for hours to find people buried under the rubble while women begged police to let them near the site so they could search for loved ones. The U.S. military said it was providing generator lights and water at the site.
O' Iraqis!!!!!!!! There go the waterworks again!!!!!!
Ambulances rushed victims to the overwhelmed hospital in Kirkuk and some victims had to be taken to hospitals in nearby cities. Three babies cried as they were placed on a single hospital bed to be treated.
That's the photo above!!
Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir of the Kirkuk police force said late Saturday that the discovery of bodies beneath the debris had pushed the death toll to 63, while 170 were wounded.
Witnesses said the truck was parked across the street from the mosque and they assumed the driver was praying, although Kirkuk's police chief, Maj. Gen. Jamal Tahir, said investigators were looking into the possibility it was a suicide bombing.
Pffft!
"The truck was parked near our house; therefore most of the victims were found beneath the debris of the houses, mostly women and children," said Ehsan Mushir Shukur, whose sister was seriously wounded and taken to the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah. He said his wife was also wounded while his sister's young son and daughter were killed.
Aaaaaaaahhhh!! I can't take it anymore!!!!
O' Mahdi, PLEASE COME and SET THINGS RIGHT!!!
Please COME QUICK and EXPELL thye INVADERS and EXPOSE their LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yellman Zain-Abideen, who was wounded by shrapnel in his hand and face, cried for his missing son who had been leaving the mosque with him when the blast occurred.
Who wants to kill Shi'ites, readers? Who in the world has a bug up their ass on Iran?
The 43-year-old father of four blamed local authorities for not providing sufficient security in the mainly Turkomen area, which is surrounded by Sunni villages.
WTF? Turkomen are SUNNI!!!!
Of course, it is JUST a COINCIDENCE that MOSSAD TEAMS are ACTIVE in KURDISTAN, 'eh?
"There should have been guards around the mosque, we are living in an area surrounded by enemies," he said.
ANOTHER INSIDE JOB!!!
AP Television News footage later showed men using pickaxes and shovels to dig dozens of graves in the cemetery behind the mosque to bury the victims.
How morbid!
Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack, but it bore the hallmark of al-Qaida in Iraq or other Sunni insurgents who remain active in northern Iraq despite security gains.
Now I KNOW it was a FALSE-FLAG ATTACK!!
Everytime you read "Nobody claimed responsibility.... BUT it bore the HALLMARKS of "Al-CIA-Duh" then YOU KNOW!!!!!
Tensions have risen in the oil-rich area as Kurds seek to incorporate Kirkuk into their semiautonomous region despite opposition from Arabs, Turkomen and other rival ethnic groups.
Oh, so it was the Kurds, huh? Is that what they are trying to say?
Officials also have warned that insurgents are likely to stage more attacks after the withdrawal deadline to try to undermine confidence in the government's ability to protect its people.
Which makes one wonder why they are not WAITING TWO MORE WEEKS!!
I mean, COME ON, CUI BONO!!!!!
That is TORTURED LOGIC!!!!
Saturday's explosion near Kirkuk was the deadliest since April 24 when back-to-back suicide bombings by female attackers killed 71 people outside a Shiite shrine in Baghdad....
The bigger the horse s*** lie.... and if that is the "Al-CIA-Duh" army then how much of a threat can they be?
A suicide car bomber also struck an Iraqi police patrol Saturday in Karmah, a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, killing the three officers, police said....
U.S. troops, meanwhile, continued preparing for the withdrawal.
Whatever: Occupation Iraq: Non-Combat Combat
On Saturday, American commanders turned over control of a key base on the edge of Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City. The sprawling slum was a militia stronghold that saw fierce clashes until a cease-fire following a U.S.-backed government crackdown.
Which had more to do with the "surge success" than Bush's escalation!
The Iraqis also reopened Zaytoun Street, which had been part of Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government headquarters. The Iraqis have begun removing some of the protective blast walls around the Green Zone -- part of a campaign to restore a sense of normalcy as violence has waned.
I would expect a BOMBING THERE in the NEXT FEW DAYS, readers!!!
