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Wave of bombings in Iraq kills 64 during holiday celebrations
Associated Press ^
| Saturday, Aug. 10 2013, 2:27 PM EDT
| Sameer N. Yacoub
Posted on 08/10/2013 11:55:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Violence has been on the rise across Iraq since a deadly crackdown by government forces on a Sunni protest camp in April, and attacks against civilians and security forces notably spiked during Ramadan. The surge of attacks has sparked fears that the country could spiral into a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007.
In the holy Shiite city of Karbala, police said four people were killed in a car bomb attack near a cafe at night. Karbala is 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Baghdad.
Police said four people were killed and 15 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Baghdads Shiite neighbourhood of Abu Dashir.
In northern Baghdad, a car bomb hit a restaurant in the Shiite area of Khazimiyah, killing five people and wounding 14, authorities said. Police also said that five people were killed when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Baghdads southwestern neighbourhood of Baiyaa.
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TOPICS: Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abudashir; baghdad; baiyaa; iran; iraq; israel; karbala; khazimiyah; kurdistan; muslimworld; postwariraq; ramadan; russia; syria; waronterror
The Great Divider doesn't seem at all concerned about any of this.
Does anyone here know: Was the mosque Hussein attended as a child in Indonesia Sunni?
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posted on
08/10/2013 11:55:48 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Ah yes, all over the world, Muslims celebrating Id el Fitir (spelling?) by blowing each other up, in their mosques, markets, anywhere really...
Ah, the joys of Islam as the religion of pieces...
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:00:40 PM PDT
by
Netz
(Netz)
To: BenLurkin
sunni
And I like to read stories about the Iraqi’s doing such a good job on themselves.
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:01:57 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(INFIDEL)
To: BenLurkin
Hmmm. I guess that nation building didn’t work out very well, after all.
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:03:25 PM PDT
by
Standing Wolf
(No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
To: BenLurkin
Darwinism at work Inshalla.
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:03:56 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: BenLurkin
Ramadan - the gift that keeps on giving ...
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:07:29 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: mylife
Take a lesson from this.
The US should never again put troops or anyone else on Arab grounds.
Problem ?
We have nuke missile submarines don’t we ?
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:09:06 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: BenLurkin
That’s nothing. They’re still lagging behind Chicago’s killings.
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:09:27 PM PDT
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
The problem is that the British have nuclear missile subs — and Britain is being conquered by the Muslims.
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:11:40 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin; Eric in the Ozarks
well we have secret underground nuclear sub bases in afghanistan
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if the Brits would allow a Muzzie within 100 yards of their subs...
I've known two or three Limey Navy guys. They don't seem in any mood to be tolerant of multiculturalism. Unfortunately, that's not the case in the US.
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:14:42 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Standing Wolf
Nation demolition maybe but it is not fair. America was doing a great job until Al-Qaeida saw BHO elected in America. Now it ramps up the pressure to cause havoc there. The US under Obama is on the retreat on every single front both domestic and foreign...
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:20:22 PM PDT
by
Netz
(Netz)
To: bigheadfred
Wow. Those must be some loooong tunnels
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posted on
08/10/2013 12:20:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Religion of Pieces. Why would the oMullah in Chief be concerned?
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posted on
08/10/2013 1:13:35 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: piytar
I think he is backing the Sunnis all the way, and all across the globe.
He has dragged America into his own personal internecine conflict with the Shias.
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posted on
08/10/2013 1:16:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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