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35 children killed in Baghdad bombings
AP ^ | September 30, 2:17 pm PDT | ALEXANDRA ZAVIS

Posted on 09/30/2004 2:54:10 PM PDT by Former Military Chick

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1 posted on 09/30/2004 2:54:10 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
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To: Former Military Chick

Now here is the question, how did the enemy know soldiers would be passing out candy? I can understand the car bomb, I don't understand the bomb planted under the road at that exact location thing.


2 posted on 09/30/2004 3:01:26 PM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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Please God, damn them to Hell if You haven't already. Prayers for the children, their families, and our soldiers who witnessed this.


3 posted on 09/30/2004 3:06:04 PM PDT by daybreakcoming
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To: Former Military Chick

It's kind of strange too, the article seems to sort of imply that US soldiers are using children as human shields, with the sweets offering.

Or maybe I'm just a bit paranoid of the MSM, who knows. I can say for sure that someone will make that claim.


4 posted on 09/30/2004 3:09:52 PM PDT by krakath
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Or maybe I'm just a bit paranoid of the MSM, who knows. I can say for sure that someone will make that claim.

Its not paranoid to observe reality. The headline would more accurately be 'Terrorist Bombs Kill 35 Children in Baghdad".

The MSM is being intentionally vague, and they should burn for it.

5 posted on 09/30/2004 3:13:09 PM PDT by skeeter
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I like the latest from the Stalinist media. When it's in their interest to do so, they mention dead children endlessly. When it isn't, they ignore them.

And, since everything is politics to these fanatics, you can bet they will mention loads of dead children if it means that Kerry gets to be "right" about Iraq.

6 posted on 09/30/2004 3:17:08 PM PDT by Reactionary
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If Kerry had his way we'd leave the Iraqis to fend for themselves against these monsters. He wants to go back to September 10th, before there was a war on.


7 posted on 09/30/2004 3:17:48 PM PDT by Caged in Canuckistan
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To: Former Military Chick
It was the largest death toll of children in any insurgent attack since the start of the Iraq conflict.

And yet the media still won't call these beasts what they are, TERRORISTS, stupid!!!!

8 posted on 09/30/2004 3:18:51 PM PDT by ladyinred ("John Kerry reporting for spitball and typewriter duty.")
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To: Former Military Chick

Well, muslims, where is your voice?
Is this not enough to make you speak out?


9 posted on 09/30/2004 3:19:13 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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And, since everything is politics to these fanatics, you can bet they will mention loads of dead children if it means that Kerry gets to be "right" about Iraq.

Kerry would be a fool to mention this incident.

Bush would seize on it as the reason we must fight these terrorists in Iraq and beat them there, or they would be blowing up kids over here.

In fact, it would surprise me if Bush doesn't mention this incident and Beslan.

10 posted on 09/30/2004 3:19:49 PM PDT by sinkspur ("John Kerry's gonna win on his juices. "--Cardinal Fanfani)
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There is NO doubt in my mind now that they WILL COME AFTER OUR CHILDREN.
I wish I wasn't too old to sign up to go fight!


11 posted on 09/30/2004 3:19:57 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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"Kerry would be a fool to mention this incident."

He isn't going to because he doesn't need to. After all, his rhetoric dovetails quite nicely with the "dead children" mantra the media has suddenly embraced.

Kerry's spouts off about "escalating violence," "more and more violence in Iraq," about the fact that "things are going wrong in Iraq." The media has now established the dead children meme to drive the point home.

12 posted on 09/30/2004 3:29:34 PM PDT by Reactionary
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To: skeeter; krakath; Former Military Chick
It freakin is EVIL -- not Political Correctness, not journalistic license, not another telling, NOT ANYTHING, but EVIL, the DEVIL, the DARK SIDE... call it what you will -- It is nothing but EVIL that puts the word insurgent in a report when it should say "MUSLIM TERRORIST".

God has a special place in hell for these "journalists" reporting such insurgent Bullshit. That place is right next to MUSLIM TERRORISTS!!!

Associated Press Writers ALEXANDRA ZAVIS and Sameer N. Yacoub and Sinan Salaheddin can all go straight to hell for their insurgent lies.   Tell them so here:  1-212-621-1500 or Send an email to info@ap.org and it will be forwarded to the reporter or editor.

And, you may wish to consider finding the friendly 'insurgents' in your neighborhood here: IslamicFinder.com

13 posted on 09/30/2004 3:35:35 PM PDT by FreeRadical (Nuke Mecca. It's not graffiti. It's a way of life.)
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To: Former Military Chick

kerry, kennedy and their disgusting crowd, have consistently emboldened the enemy. kerry can now add the blown up body parts of these babies and other innocent people to his body count.

33 more stinking days and we can be done with these morons!


14 posted on 09/30/2004 3:35:59 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Caged in Canuckistan
He wants to go back to September 10th, before there was a war on.

So do I. The difference is that I recognize we don't have that option.

15 posted on 09/30/2004 3:37:02 PM PDT by Restorer
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To: ladyinred; skeeter
There is AP Contact Info in post 13 if ya wish

I often send evil journalist goons a note about their 'insurgent' B.S. I doubt it does any good except to further polarize good and evil in the USA, but so be it. Given that we are in a world war, easily identifiable targets are a good thing.

16 posted on 09/30/2004 3:55:56 PM PDT by FreeRadical (Tell me again why I have to tolerate Socialists/Progressives on American soil?)
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To: Former Military Chick

Animals.

It's gonna be ugly folks this next 4 months. Brace for it.

The answer is not "MOABing" Fallujah. This is a violent propaganda campaign to create fear, uncertainty and doubt. Let's not take the hook.

That being said: I'd kill Zarqawi with my hands.


17 posted on 09/30/2004 4:10:28 PM PDT by Barlowmaker
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To: MissAmericanPie
Now here is the question, how did the enemy know soldiers would be passing out candy? I can understand the car bomb, I don't understand the bomb planted under the road at that exact location thing.

I'm sure the event was planned and announced in advance. They may have guessed that Americans would be present. The car bombs were probably to take out the responders to the buried bomb blasts, including the Americans present. It's possible that when the Americans showed up, and the kids presented such a "juicy target", they diverted one of the car bombs to them. The article doesn't make it clear which bombs did what damage.

18 posted on 09/30/2004 4:27:15 PM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: GottaLuvAkitas1
There is NO doubt in my mind now that they WILL COME AFTER OUR CHILDREN. I wish I wasn't too old to sign up to go fight!

Yeh, thems the breaks for us old codgers, but we can kill 'em if they come here. I'm all stocked with ammo, but would like to get a full featured military style semi-automatic rifle, but then I'd have to buy more ammo for it, since I don't have anything in 5.56x45 and thus no ammo for it. I've a fair amount of 7.62x51, and .30 Carbine and a little 7.62x39, plus some 00 buck for the serious social purposes shotgun. Maybe need to buy some more of that as well. Still the scoped black gun (H&K) in 7.62NATO is probably the best bet for the old, slow and half blind. :)

19 posted on 09/30/2004 4:33:06 PM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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"Yeh, thems the breaks for us old codgers, but we can kill 'em if they come here. I'm all stocked with ammo, but would like to get a full featured military style semi-automatic rifle, but then I'd have to buy more ammo for it, since I don't have anything in 5.56x45 and thus no ammo for it. I've a fair amount of 7.62x51, and .30 Carbine and a little 7.62x39, plus some 00 buck for the serious social purposes shotgun. Maybe need to buy some more of that as well. Still the scoped black gun (H&K) in 7.62NATO is probably the best bet for the old, slow and half blind. :)"

Dang! Can we come bunk with you if hell comes our way? All we have is a 44-Special Charter Arms.
If Kerry becomes President I'm sure we will all be issued guns that shoot daises.


20 posted on 09/30/2004 4:39:09 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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