Posted on 02/12/2007 5:19:14 AM PST by TexKat
Iraqi firemen work in front of a burning building after a car bomb blast in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 12, 2007. Thunderous explosions and dense black smoke swirled through the center of Baghdad on Monday when at least one car bomb blew up, setting off dozens of secondary explosions and killing at least 71 people, and injuring another 165, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )
Bombs kill at least 80 people in Iraq.
I fear the surge will be like peeing on those flames.
"We call on the believers to express their emotions but to be cautious and act disciplined, and not to do anything to hurt our brothers the Sunnis, as they are not responsible for this awful crime," he said.
About 16,000 demonstrators flooded the main street of the southern city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, marching toward two Shiite shrines there. Participants rallied with placards reading, "No to terrorism" and "Iraqis are one people, whether Shiite or Sunni."
Hundreds of policemen guarded the area, and no violence was reported.
That's hopeful.
More hopeful than anything I've read in quite awhile really.
So, what ELSE is new?
Obama seems to prefer the pre-War era, when Saddma and his sons raped, tortured and murdered Iraqis, especially Shi'ites.
They just clean up and just move on with their lives. Don't these people EVER get MAD as HELL, and say they are NOT going to take it any more? Where are the PATRIOT voices in Iraq, other than the US Military?
Supplies and encouragement compliments of Iran incorporated?
Iran rejects allegations it armed Iraq insurgents
Iran wants no conflict: Ahmadinejad
"47 Americans died on January 11, 1951 because they fought for Korean freedom.
I wonder how many of them were drafted? How many were teenagers?"
SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN VIEWING CLINT EASTWOOD'S LATEST ANTI-AMERICAN SPIN FILMS. Let's do it your way and not fight any more wars. I guess being on your knees and bowing to Mecca 5 times a day is okay by you! Better to live on your knees than die on your feet (A.H.!)
Would you stand up and say that in the middle of all this shiite.
What leads you to believe that these militias don't believe that they are acting in the best interest of Iraq?
I'm sure that both sides sleep the untroubled sleep of the righteous, firmly convinced they are building a better Iraq. One body at a time.
Remember the Civil War did not look good for the Union the first couple of years but it took a Grant and a Sherman to get things done.
lol, good points. Also linking the Koreans with this conflict isn't the brightest idea. FYI, the anti Americanism of South Korea has exploded in the past decade. They're in denial about the North and prefer to blame us and spit on those who sacrificed for them.
This image provided by the U.S. military on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 shows what officials call 'explosively formed penetrators,'or EFPs. U.S. military officials on Sunday accused the highest levels of the Iranian leadership of arming Shiite militants in Iraq with the sophisticated armor-piercing roadside bombs that have killed more than 170 American forces. (AP Photo/U.S. military)
Excerpt:
Security sweep to shut down 10 areas of Baghdad
The plan to secure Iraq's capital will move to a higher level this week when Iraqi army and police forces close down 10 areas of Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Sunday.
Those areas will be shut down to root out terrorists and their weapons, the prime minister said, and to secure homes and buildings that people have been forced to leave.
Al-Maliki expressed confidence in the security plan, which will be supported by U.S. forces, and repeated the operation will deal with all outlaws in the same manner, regardless of their affiliation.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/
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