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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
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08/16/2004 12:09:41 AM PDT
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AdmSmith
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08/16/2004 1:24:12 AM PDT
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To: Happy2BMe
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08/16/2004 6:30:46 AM PDT
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MeekOneGOP
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MeekOneGOP
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To: Happy2BMe
LOL, good thing I backtracked on this thread, I was getting ready to post this picture!!
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08/16/2004 6:57:47 PM PDT
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To: Smartass
Truer words na'er were spoken!!
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08/16/2004 6:58:34 PM PDT
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potlatch
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To: devolve
He just makes me SHIVER!!
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