Posted on 05/21/2004 10:07:38 PM PDT by HAL9000
An explosion shook an area of eastern Baghdad near the former headquarters of the Iraqi civil security force Saturday, and several vehicles could be seen on fire, witnesses said.It appeared the blast occurred in a parking lot but no further details were available.
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BBC News - Senior Iraqi interior ministry official injured in Baghdad car bomb. More soon.
Blast reported near former headquarters of Iraqi civil security force
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An explosion shook an area of eastern Baghdad near the former headquarters of the Iraqi civil security force Saturday, and several vehicles could be seen on fire, witnesses said.
It appeared the blast occurred in a parking lot but no further details were available.
Al-Jazeera television reported the blast was caused by a car bomb and that six Iraqis were killed and 20 injured.
At Least Five Dead in Baghdad Car Bombing-Witness
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in a car bomb blast near Iraq's former intelligence headquarters in eastern Baghdad Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
"The bodies are lying in the garden of a house next to where the bomb went off, covered with blankets," Reuters correspondent Michael Georgy said, adding that several more people were wounded. Locals said they had seen the deputy interior minister, who lived in a house next to the blast, among the wounded.
Thank you for posting this; I can't find it on the TV news.
Please keep us posted.
It was unclear whether he was hurt, the official said.
Looks like the terrorist are going after the Iraqis that will be running Iraq after the turnover of power. Typical terrorist activities "See what happens if we don't get what we want?"
HALLL Sky News has coverage NOW
OH OH another bomb blast NOT COOL
Another? The bastards.
On the Google page news it says that it was at the home of an Iraqi governing council member, and he or his family are "wounded."
This is the second blast at them in a week.
Today a explosion shook my toilet, later on it was discovered that it was a simple misfired turd that landed sideways.
Is it just me or are you guys tired of hearing about explosians that rock baghdad yet end up being nothing?
My bad should have read further down in the thread
is it the Amish again?
"THE RELIGION OF PEACES STRIKES AGAIN and AGAIN !"
War is hell. People die and things are destroyed. We don't need to destroy our collective will to prevail along the way.
Some one has way too much time of their hands.
Car Bomb Kills 5, Injures Iraqi Minister ( deputy minister in charge of security )
A helpful reminder when good Iraqis are killed by terrorists:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_freedomstruth_archive.html#108139388252604217
Why they resist, and why we must fight them
"What are they resisting, by the way? The rebuilding of Iraq? America had hoped to be finished with any fighting by now and could concentrate on the reconstruction effort."
The resistance is really those elements of Arab and Islamic world that want to face the western world with violence and hostility, and want to rule the Arab world with violence. Defeating this resistence is necessary to changing the political culture in the region. This is the "draining the swamp" aspect of the war on terror that is one reason for the US to undertake this project after 9/11.
Take the Shia - some are more moderate (Sistani) and dont want theocracy imposed; others like Sadr are more adament for Iranian style theocracy. In Iraq, the more moderate wing is the greater and more influential. Sadr is allied with Hezbollah and Iran. This is part of the "swamp" that created terrorist threat to us. Not only has Hezbollah attacked Israel, but they were attacking the US in the 1980s. Since Saddam repressed Shia, the only leadership in the Arab world for them came from Tehran, which since 1980 has been pro-terrorist and anti-American. A new more moderate set of Shia leaders in the Arab could change the culture dramatically for the better.
And of course the baathists are of a different party but the same mindset as the theocrats (how else could Iran and Iraq have a pointless 8 year war and kill a million people over nothing!): Use violence to gain power and threaten others. They are fascists/Saddam-supporters basically, who would follow a dictatorship model and kill opponents to their strong-man regime.
If Iraq democracy is to win, it cant win having one election that imposes either style of dictatorship (baathist or Iranian theocracy) on Iraq. The people of Iraq who dont already desire freedom and democracy will need to be educated and learn that peaceful political evolution and human rights is the right way to go. This process will work, so long as the people of Iraq support it (most do, check the polls), and the institutions put in place are strong enough to withstand challenges (of the kind you see Sadr trying to mount).
The resistance is the resistance of the enemies of this process and this new Iraq. They must be very desperate to openly fight now. Maybe they realize that once June 30 handover happens, it will be too late and the path towards Iraqi democracy will be secure. So they make their move now, hoping to derail the political process.
The 'end up being nothing' thing is OK by us, believe me.
You'd rather it were a little more exciting? We get enough excitement.
The 'end up being nothing' thing is OK by us, believe me.
You'd rather it were a little more exciting? We get enough excitement.
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No I would rather it not be reported at all if nobody dies, otherwise its just bad news fluff that ends up nothing. Continued reporting of bombs that rock baghdad that cause no damage and death only continue to pass a shadow that evrythings going horrible over there when its not.
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