At least nine killed in car bomb blast in Iraqi Shiite holy city

Tom Yossarian Joad

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:27 AM
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At least nine killed in car bomb blast in Iraqi Shiite holy city

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20030829/wl_afp/iraq_najaf_blast_toll&e=1&ncid=1473

NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - A car bomb explosion killed at least nine people and wounded 15 others outside one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, an AFP correspondent witnessed.
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w13rd0

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:31 AM
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1. Gee, a couple neocons...

...had just commented on how they'd like to see a civil war. Oh boy, looks like their wish is coming true. Yeah, masterful planning Bush...

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greatauntoftriplets

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:36 AM
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2. And on the Moslem holy day,

that mosque was probably packed.

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xchrom

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:39 AM
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3. ugly, uglier

and when will it get ''ugliest''? oh yes we have brought these folk the best america has to offer.

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bfusco

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Fri Aug-29-03 07:21 AM
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8. It will get ugliest

when the whole region descends into a full scale ethnic cival war, the US decides it has finally had enough and leaves, then the region erupts into anarchy and chaos, possibly bringing the intrusion of Turkey, Iran or Syria to stabalize the violence and seize the spoils. Eventually another strong man will emerge to violently supress the chaos and resotre order and we will have another dictatorship, possibly far worse then Hussein.

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lanlady

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:43 AM
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4. this is al Hakim's mosque

At this point it looks as though al Sadr's people are getting serious. Hakim survived this attempt--again. His brother is a member of the CPA, isn't that right?

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lanlady

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Fri Aug-29-03 07:24 AM
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9. update: Hakim reported dead

Thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=88470

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Tom Yossarian Joad

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Fri Aug-29-03 07:29 AM
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11. Redacted by author

Edited on Fri Aug-29-03 07:38 AM by Billy_Pilgrim

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Kellanved

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:52 AM
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5. Now it's more than 20 dead; several hundred wounded.

And cnn is still showing the weather forecast...

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bowens43

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Fri Aug-29-03 07:06 AM
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7. CNN now says

at least 100 dead.

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papau

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Fri Aug-29-03 07:42 AM
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12. 100 injured, 20 dead, Hakim in his car when car bomb went off

Seems having the US choose you and your family for the Governing Council is not a good thing.- at least not for a long life.

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Kellanved

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Fri Aug-29-03 12:18 PM
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16. Now 75 dead and 140 wounded

This is really bad.

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Tom Yossarian Joad

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Fri Aug-29-03 06:53 AM
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6. Updated link with a few more details...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030829/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_mosque_bombing&e=3&ncid=1473

Sad.

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Maeve

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Fri Aug-29-03 07:26 AM
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10. Are we going to be occupying a country during a civil war?

:scared::tinfoilhat::scared:

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Plaid Adder

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Fri Aug-29-03 08:57 AM
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13. Looks as if we already are.

And you know what sucks? This was a TOTALLY FORSEEABLE RESULT.

Civil war very often happens after you remove a totalitarian government. All the seconds-in-command who have been toadying to the current regime while building up their own armies in preparation for a future coup rush into the vaccuum, which they eventually blow to bits in their efforts to outgun each other. For crying out loud...where were these people for the breakup of Yugoslavia?

Oh, why even ask any more.

Sigh,

The Plaid Adder

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Robbien

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Fri Aug-29-03 11:39 AM
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14. Just checked Salam Pax's blog to see if he had anything

on this since he was a good resource on the UN bombing. Instead of this bombing, Salam reported on something else:

Our house was searched by the Americans. That happened almost ten days ago. I wasn�t home, but my mother called the next day a bit freaked out.
They came at around 12 midnight they were apparently supposed to do a silent entrance and surprise the criminal Ba�athi cell that was in my parents house

If we lose the heart and mind of Salam, there is no hope for us in Iraq at all. I am so angry this is all being done in the name of my country.

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Tom Yossarian Joad

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Fri Aug-29-03 11:48 AM
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15. Thanks for reminding me abt. Salam Pax's blog!

And it's really saddening to read what is happening there....

Not a good place to be right now.

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