Where is the OUTCRY over using a mosque as a base when it comes to the STATE SECURITY, 'eh, America?
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CUI BONO, Maliki?!!!!
"Bombs at 5 Shi’ite mosques in Iraq kill at least 29; Despite attacks on sect, July’s casualties low" by Kim Gamel, Associated Press | August 1, 2009
BAGHDAD - A string of bombings targeted Shi’ite worshipers in the Baghdad area during prayers yesterday, killing at least 29 people in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of a sect that has been blamed for some of Iraq’s worst sectarian violence.
Stink!
The blasts in a former stronghold of Moqtada al-Sadr shattered a recent calm and underscored warnings that suspected Sunni insurgents would step up efforts to stoke sectarian violence as the Americans draw down their forces. Despite the violence, July was one of the calmest months for Iraqis and was the least deadly for American forces since the US invasion in 2003.
Please see Tortured Logic and follow the links for who is REALLY RESPONSIBLE for VIOLENCE in IRAQ! And you thin k I believe anything they say? Then why aint we leaving?
The largest blast was a car bombing near the al-Shoroufi mosque that killed at least 24 people and wounded nearly 30 in the northern neighborhood of Shaab, a former stronghold of the militia led by Sadr, whose forces were accused of being behind sectarian bloodshed and were routed last year in a US-backed government offensive.
The mosque was seized by Iraqi security forces more than a year ago, and they used it as a base after explosives and ammunition were found inside. But worshipers continued to hold weekly Friday prayer services on the street outside. Yesterday, bloodied prayer rugs and sandals were strewn around the area after the explosion.
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Nearly simultaneous explosions struck four other Shi’ite mosques in Baghdad and south of the capital. Four people were killed and 17 wounded near the al-Rasoul mosque in the village of Jisr Diyala, and one person died and six were wounded at the al-Sadrain mosque in the southeastern Zafaraniyah neighborhood. The details and casualty tolls were reported by police and hospital officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
All the mosques were Sadrist except the al-Hakim mosque in Kamaliyah, which belongs to a rival Shi’ite party. A Sadr aide, Amir al-Kenani, called it a coordinated attack against the cleric’s loyalists, blaming Al Qaeda in Iraq and political parties trying to undermine the movement. Sadr, who is believed to live in Iran, has ordered a cease-fire and is seeking to position himself as a political force before national elections in January....
Yeah, if you say so, lying MSM.
In the past, bombings blamed on Sunni insurgents would be followed by mortar attacks and execution-style killings that analysts described as retaliation by Shi’ite extremists. US military commanders have said they are optimistic the Shi’ites will continue to show restraint.
And they can say that because "terrorism" is a WESTERN-BACKED OPERATION and they can call off the ops!!
Ever notice the decline and spikes of violence always play to the ocupiers demnads? People been LIVING TOGETHER, WORSHIPING TOGETHER, and INTERMARRYING peacefully until WE GET THERE?
Use that Zionist-soaked turd you call a brain for once, AmeriKan!
The blasts shattered a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital, raising to at least 308 the number of Iraqis killed in July, according to an Associated Press count. There were 225 deaths in May, the least deadly month for Iraqis in four years.
And they are telling the truth this time because....
Occupation Iraq: Undercounting the Dead
Seven US troop deaths were reported for July - the lowest monthly total since the war started in March 2003, according to the AP tally.
Then why can't we leave?
Rockets struck a US base outside Iraq’s second largest city of Basra, but no casualties were reported....
Oh.
Why would insurgents fire at us when we are leaving -- and with such bad aim?
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BAGHDAD - A bomb hidden in a toilet struck a Sunni mosque south of Baghdad yesterday, injuring two people, according to Iraqi police, the latest in a wave of attacks against Islamic sites of worship.
A series of bombings targeted Shi’ite mosques a day earlier during Friday prayers in Baghdad, killing at least 29 people. US officials have warned they expect insurgents to try to reignite sectarian violence, which nearly pushed the country to the brink of civil two years ago.
Violence has dropped sharply over the past two years after a US troop surge in 2007, a Sunni revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq, and a Shi’ite militia cease-fire.
Yup, Bush won Iraq. Sigh. I can't eat the shit propaganda anymore, readers, I'm sorry. It's so rank.
The continuing incidents, however, have raised concerns about the capabilities of Iraqi forces, which assumed responsibility for security in cities a month ago as American troops pulled back to bases outside urban areas....
I mean, you SEE the AGENDA that is being ADVANCED, right?
Wouldn't the insurgents hold their fire until we are gone?
"28 killed in bombings at five Baghdad mosques
The upsurge in violence came a day after news organizations obtained an internal memo from a senior advisor to U.S. forces recommending that the U.S. military should leave Iraq sooner than planned.
Col. Timothy R. Reese, chief of the Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team, wrote in an e-mail that U.S. forces should "declare victory and go home," by August 2010:
"As the old saying goes, 'guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.' Since the signing of the 2009 security agreement, we are guests in Iraq, and after six years in Iraq, we now smell bad to the Iraqi nose."
We SMELLED BAD the minute we put a foot in there; however, BETTER LATE than NEVER!!!
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So why did the Globe censor that, readers?
