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Iraqi militants accidentally set off bomb, 21 dead
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Posted on 02/10/2014 3:41:03 PM PST by smokingfrog
BAGHDAD (AP) An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 of them in a huge blast that alerted authorities to the existence of the rural training camp in an orchard north of Baghdad. Nearly two dozen people were arrested, including wounded insurgents trying to hobble away from the scene.
The fatal goof by the al-Qaida breakaway group that dominates the Sunni insurgency in Iraq happened on the same day that the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, a prominent Sunni whom the militants consider a traitor, escaped unhurt from a roadside bomb attack on his motorcade in the northern city of Mosul.
Nevertheless, the events underscored the determination of the insurgents to rebuild and regain the strength they enjoyed in Iraq at the height of the war until U.S.-backed Sunni tribesmen turned against them. The militants are currently battling for control of mainly Sunni areas of western Iraq in a key test of the Shiite-led government's ability to maintain security more than two years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
While the Iraqi army has been attacking insurgent training camps in the vast desert of western Anbar province near the Syrian border, it is unusual to find such a camp in the center of the country, just 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdad; bang; carbomb; explosion
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To: smokingfrog
I, for one, ain’t mourning these fanatics. There are a lot of people who would surely have died if these men had lived to do their worst.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:00:17 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: smokingfrog
Ahmed, put the ad in the paper. We need more bomb testers!
To: Paladin2
It’s the will of Allah that his followers are dumb as a box of rocks.They ever hear of using dummy ordinance when training?
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:03:08 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Doogle
You’ll get your eye poked out by flying bone fragments.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:04:26 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: smokingfrog
" ... a huge blast that alerted authorities to the existence of the rural training camp in an orchard north of Baghdad."ACHMED !
Sir!
What's this about a secret training camp out the road?
Sir ... I had no idea ... really ... y'gutt'a BELIEVE me.
OK ... is the soccer game on ?
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:06:12 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: smokingfrog
Good.. a few billion more and we’ll be able to take a break.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:07:19 PM PST
by
maddog55
To: smokingfrog
Well, they are supposed to be suicide bombers aren’t they? Mission accomplished!!
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:08:01 PM PST
by
JimSEA
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:09:49 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:11:28 PM PST
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: smokingfrog
I wish Gary Larson was still alive to put out cartoons about this bunch!!
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:13:41 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
To: smokingfrog
And people are afraid these guys are going to take over the world.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:16:14 PM PST
by
ex-snook
(God is Love)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:17:59 PM PST
by
MuttTheHoople
(Nothing is more savage and brutal than justifiably angry Americans. DonÂ’t believe me? Ask the Germa)
To: ex-snook
Just wait until they accidentally set off a nuke.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:18:55 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
I don’t care who you are...That’s funny!
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:19:00 PM PST
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux)
To: smokingfrog
I hate when that happens.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:20:43 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: tet68
I would be willing to bet there are Muslim training camps that close to OUR capital. There's one in the White House, is that close enough to the Capitol?
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:21:26 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Former Fetus
Come on. I know its funny, well deserved, and long overdue, but 4 or 5 threads should be enough, doncha think?
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:23:43 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(If you like your freedom, you can keep your freedom. Period.)
To: smokingfrog
Darwin Award nominee... And, current favorite for the title.
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:27:51 PM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:28:51 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: tet68
I would be willing to bet there are muslim training camps that close to OUR capital....and funded by US taxpayers...
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posted on
02/10/2014 4:33:26 PM PST
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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