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Bombers kill 50 in Iraq, wound nearly 250
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Posted on 07/28/2008 5:22:34 AM PDT by nuconvert

Bombers kill 50 in Iraq, wound nearly 250

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three female suicide bombers killed 28 people and wounded 92 in Baghdad on Monday as Shi'ite pilgrims flooded into the Iraqi capital for a major religious event, police said.

In the northern oil city of Kirkuk a bomb killed at least 22 people and wounded 150 at a protest against a controversial provincial elections law, Iraqi health and security officials said. The U.S. military said initial reports showed the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.

The blasts marked one of the bloodiest days in months and underscored the fragility of recent security gains in Iraq, where violence is at its lowest level since early 2004.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Baghdad blasts, but al Qaeda has often targeted Shi'ite pilgrims taking part in religious events in Iraq. It considers Shi'ism -- the majority Muslim denomination in Iraq -- heretical.

"These blasts that happened today will increase our determination to finalize the ceremony of this visit and defeat terrorism," pilgrim Taher Abd-Noor said.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has urged foreign dignitaries and firms to come to Iraq, citing stronger Iraqi security forces more able to keep the peace with less U.S. military help.

The apparently coordinated explosions in Baghdad shattered a period of relative calm in the city and took place despite a heavy security clampdown before the annual Shi'ite pilgrimage to the Kadhamiya shrine.

At least 1 million people are expected to take part in the pilgrimage, which peaks on Tuesday and marks the death of one of Shi'ite Islam's 12 imams.

The U.S. military said it was possible that three suicide bombers had carried out the attacks in the capital but did not specify if they were women. It

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; homicidebombers; humanbombs; iraq; kirkuk; mohammedanism; shiite; suicidebombers; sunni; wot
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1 posted on 07/28/2008 5:22:34 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert
When will the Left stop attacking the President and the WOT and acknowledge that the one common denominator in most of these sub-human attacks is Islamofascism? Ever?
2 posted on 07/28/2008 5:38:21 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (If Hillary is elected, her legacy will be telling the American people: Better put some ice on that.)
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To: nuconvert

I wonder if Maliki wants to re-think that 16-month timetable? Idiot.


3 posted on 07/28/2008 5:45:32 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Thrownatbirth

Obama Bombs ........

The worse Iraq looks, the better for Husain Obama. Expect his allies in Alqaida to increase activity.


4 posted on 07/28/2008 5:53:34 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Thrownatbirth

Maliki said that that a phased drawdown over a period of 16 months would make sense if the situation continues to improve. There is nothing wrong with that. But obviously the current conditions don’t allow this yet.


5 posted on 07/28/2008 6:01:00 AM PDT by SolidWood (Obamarxislamism, the threat to our Republic!)
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To: nuconvert

Yea, nothing says “I love you and I want to be your leader” like murdering innocent people just going out to get some bread and milk.


6 posted on 07/28/2008 6:07:52 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: nuconvert

Monstrous.


7 posted on 07/28/2008 6:08:10 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: Thrownatbirth

RUSH: Yesterday we had a caller on this program who was all upset that Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister of Iraq, had thrown George W. Bush under the bus by seemingly endorsing Obama’s idiotic plan of troop withdrawal in 16 months. This, as the Washington Post points out today, is not what happened. Well, al-Maliki did, but the point is that al-Maliki has been all over the board on this. Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations has a piece in the Washington Post today. In fact, The Washington Post twice today, in their lead editorial and the Max Boot piece — Max used to be with the Wall Street Journal, by the way — savaged a bunch of premises that prop up Obama. Now, before I share with you some of the detail from Max Boot’s piece, I want to take you back in time, year ago, two years ago, three years ago. Remember, nobody disrespected Nouri al-Maliki more than our left wing and the Drive-By Media. They hated al-Maliki. They thought he was a puppet of Bush. Remember this? They thought he was a tool. In fact, they thought a lot of things. Some people thought he was a stealth Iranian agent. Some people thought he was out to sabotage us. Some people thought he was incompetent. Al-Maliki was not respected by anybody on the left including the Drive-By Media and now all of a sudden they adore him? Come on, al-Maliki’s running for reelection in Iraq. He’s betting on foreign aid in the Middle East. He’s watching the Obama craze in the United States. He’s trying to get some help here.

Now, there’s an Iraqi equivalent of General Shinseki. His name is Brigadier General Bilal al-Dayni, commander of Iraqi troops in Basra. He is saying, “We hope the Americans will stay until 2020.” He’s the commander on the ground. And, by the way, as Max Boot points out today, Nouri al-Maliki lives in a green zone with Americans. He doesn’t travel around the country, doesn’t get in his car and drive home to Baghdad at night. He lives in a green zone. He works in a green zone. The commanders on the ground, the Iraqi commanders on the ground, again Brigadier General Bilal al-Dayni, commander of troops in Basra, say, “We hope the Americans will stay until 2020.” The defense minister, Abdul Qadir, says his forces “cannot assume full responsibility for internal security until 2012 and for external security,” meaning an invasion from Iran, “until 2018.” And yet the Drive By Media is sitting there and they are all excited about this 2010 business because al-Maliki tended to agree with Obama.

Let’s consult Max Boot. He says: “This is part of a pattern for Maliki, who, though he won office and has stayed alive (literally and politically) with American support, has hardly been an unwavering friend of the United States — at least in public. Although he was an opponent of the Saddam Hussein regime, he was not a proponent of the US-led invasion. Having spent long years of exile in Syria and Iran, he has had to overcome deeply ingrained suspicions of the United States.” And then Max Boot makes the point that he lives in a green zone, he doesn’t get out of there. “In May 2006, shortly after becoming prime minister, he claimed, ‘Our forces are capable of taking over the security in all Iraqi provinces within a year and a half.’ In October 2006, when violence was spinning out of control, Maliki declared that it would be ‘only a matter of months’ before his security forces could ‘take over the security portfolio entirely and keep some multinational forces only in a supporting role.’

“President Bush wisely ignored Maliki. Instead of withdrawing US troops, he sent more. The prime minister wasn’t happy. On Dec. 15, 2006, the Wall Street Journal reported, ‘Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has flatly told Gen. George Casey, the top American military commander in Iraq, that he doesn’t want more US personnel deployed to the country, according to US military officials.’ When the surge went ahead anyway, Maliki gave it an endorsement described in news accounts as ‘lukewarm.’ In January 2007, with the surge just starting, Maliki predicted ‘that within three to six months our need for the American troops will dramatically go down.’ In April 2007, when most of Baghdad was still out of control, the prime minister said that Iraqi forces would assume control of security in every province by the end of the year. Even now, when the success of the surge is undeniable, Maliki,” as is the case with Obama, “won’t give US troops their due,” and he cites the Der Spiegel interview in which he mentioned his own political achievement.

The point of all this, ladies and gentlemen, is that al-Maliki has been saying since 2006, “Yeah, we’re going to be able to take over here in months. Get the Americans out of here, we’re going to handle our own security.” So it was nothing out of the ordinary for al-Maliki to say, “Yeah, 2010, I like what Obama’s saying,” because he had been saying it over and over again and he has been just as wrong as Obama is wrong. Then the story does mention the news from Brigadier General al-Dayni, who says he wants the Americans to stay until 2020, the Defense Minister Abdul Qadir says we need them here until 2012 and maybe 2018. This is what the Washington Post editorial is writing about today. There is no agreement. There is no universal agreement on the Obama strategery of getting us out by 2010 or in 16 months. So it’s a fascinating series of events.

Now, folks, one of the things that you may be asking about here, “Rush, you — even you — have said the American people don’t care about Iraq. They care about gasoline prices, energy and so forth, the local economy, the national economy.” I still stand by that. I know that’s true. The reason we’re talking about this is because the Drive By Media in pure slavish sycophantic mode, more interested in helping make history than report it, is ignoring totally the substance of what Barack Obama is saying. They are in these countries where this news is being made and they are not reporting it. They think they are doing a bang up job reporting what’s going on over there, but they’re not. It takes a column by Max Boot to give us the perspective of Nouri al-Maliki. They are not reporting it. Somebody has to. The presidential elections matter. What presidents say and what they do and what they say they’re going to do is important. And this is important. This is national security and Barack Obama is demonstrating a total lack of qualification, a total lack of understanding. He is demonstrating he is not who he is. He is demonstrating he is not who they tell us he is. They have done a great job of papering over who he really is. Twenty years a member of Jeremiah Wright’s church, running around with pals like Bill Ayers who tried to blow up the Pentagon. Working as a community organizer for this ACORN group which is the most fraudulent voter registration group in the country. That’s who he was working for and with as a community organizer. This is important stuff and we’re being conned by a con man and his supporting cast that is this fawning bunch of disciples known as the Drive By Media. So it’s important.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072308/content/01125109.guest.html


8 posted on 07/28/2008 6:10:50 AM PDT by Pinkbell (”This guy is a jerk, an arrogant jerk. A Jerk Messiah.” - Rush talking about Obama)
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To: nuconvert
They should have all the Women wear Bikinis so they can't hide a Bomb, I'm just sayin.
9 posted on 07/28/2008 6:22:25 AM PDT by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: nuconvert

DU`ers are ecstatic and reveling in it.


10 posted on 07/28/2008 6:34:46 AM PDT by chessplayer
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“DU`ers are ecstatic and reveling in it.”

Not sure why they would be. According to Obama’s new version of what he originally said, his plan depends upon the situation on the ground. If these are the conditions on the ground, he’s gonna have to keep our troops there.
Or come out with a revised version of what he’s saying now.


11 posted on 07/28/2008 6:39:43 AM PDT by nuconvert (Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists)
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To: PA-RIVER

Of course, al queda surge to influence U.S. election.


12 posted on 07/28/2008 6:42:06 AM PDT by Let's Roll (As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
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To: nuconvert

Obama goes over, talks to some bad guys, bombs go off.


13 posted on 07/28/2008 6:49:40 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: nuconvert

[Or come out with a revised version of what he’s saying now.]

Well, he’s already done that about 5 times and nobody seems to care. What’s one more time.


14 posted on 07/28/2008 6:56:01 AM PDT by KansasGirl ( b/c Obama is just creepy.)
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To: chessplayer

[DU`ers are ecstatic and reveling in it.]

Yes, Obama’s visit, has inspired the terrorists. That’s something to be real proud of. Just imagine if Obama wins the Presidency.


15 posted on 07/28/2008 7:00:00 AM PDT by KansasGirl ( b/c Obama is just creepy.)
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To: nuconvert

Imagine the impact if major American newspapers ran a daily tabulation of MUSLIM TERRORIST ATTACKS on the front page:

MUSLIM TERRORIST ATTACKS THIS WEEK

TOTAL MUSLIM TERRORIST ATTACKS WORLDWIDE SINCE 9/11/01

TOTAL PEOPLE KILLED BY MUSLIM ATTACKS SINCE 9/10/01

TOTAL PEOPLE INJURED BY MUSLIM ATTACKS SINCE 9/10/01

COST OF THE WAR TO PROTECT AMERICA FROM MUSLIM ATTACKS

COST OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY MUSLIM ATTACKS

LOSS OF INCOME CAUSED BY MUSLIM ATTACKS


16 posted on 07/28/2008 7:10:46 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: nuconvert

Sounds like the shiite hit the fan. The baddies had to get iraq back in the news with india becoming more dangerous than Iraq lately.


17 posted on 07/28/2008 7:17:21 AM PDT by omega4179 (B.Hussein Keep the change!)
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To: ecomcon
"Obama goes over, talks to some bad guys, bombs go off."

YEs, isn't it interesting how violence, racial and religious strife follow Obama wherever he goes? Besides, Obama will say he predicted this all along and this is what he meant when he credited success in Iraq to the Muslims - bombers included - and not our troops.

18 posted on 07/28/2008 7:20:26 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Terrorist organizations worldwide endorse Obama.)
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To: Thrownatbirth
I wonder if Maliki wants to re-think that 16-month timetable? Idiot. So you suggest we keep tens of thousands of troops in Iraq for fear of a suicide bomber or an occasional truck bomb?
19 posted on 07/28/2008 7:27:18 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Thrownatbirth
I wonder if Maliki wants to re-think that 16-month timetable? Idiot.

Let me format this...

So you suggest we keep tens of thousands of troops in Iraq for fear of a suicide bomber or an occasional truck bomb?

20 posted on 07/28/2008 7:28:48 AM PDT by dragnet2
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