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Iraq: Foreigners threatening mosque
CNN ^ | 8/15/04 | CNN

Posted on 08/15/2004 4:31:56 PM PDT by wagglebee

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Twenty-five heavily armed foreigners holed up inside the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf have rigged it with explosives and are threatening to blow up the building if attacked, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday in a written statement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; islam; najaf
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To: wagglebee

Expect the Mosque to blow up. This is the purpose of the operation by these "foreigners". Objectives:

1) engage the Shi'ia into a full conflict
2) make sure that Najaf (in Iraq) will not take over the role of Qom (in Iran) as the center of Shi'ia interpretation.

This points to the Revolutionary Guards as the source.
However, the destruction would as well fit into the plan of the Salafists/Wahhabis to destroy all "polytheistic" shrines.

I think that the Revolutionary Guards accept the loss of the Mosque if they obtain 1) and 2) above. Blame it on al Qaeda and the West


81 posted on 08/16/2004 12:09:41 AM PDT by AdmSmith
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82 posted on 08/16/2004 1:24:12 AM PDT by devolve (TERRY KERRY: http://pro.lookingat.us/ShoveIt.html http://pro.lookingat.us/KerryCambodia.html)
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To: Happy2BMe
R.O.P.M.A. bump!

83 posted on 08/16/2004 6:30:46 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Happy2BMe
LOL !!

84 posted on 08/16/2004 8:00:32 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Happy2BMe

LOL, good thing I backtracked on this thread, I was getting ready to post this picture!!


85 posted on 08/16/2004 6:57:47 PM PDT by potlatch (Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
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To: Smartass

Truer words na'er were spoken!!


86 posted on 08/16/2004 6:58:34 PM PDT by potlatch (Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
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To: devolve
He just makes me SHIVER!!


87 posted on 08/16/2004 7:01:36 PM PDT by potlatch (Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
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