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Explosions in Bagdad and possibly Karbala as well (At Least 85 Killed)
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| 2 march 2004
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Posted on 03/01/2004 11:18:06 PM PST by Eurotwit
just breaking on CNN...seems to be targetting Shias. Many people out for their holy celebrations..
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bagdad; explosions; iraq; karbala
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:18:07 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
at least 6 explosions in Karbala according to CNN. Blast in Bagdad near a Shia mosque.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:21:47 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Keep looking for more info... I need to hit the sack
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:22:34 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: Eurotwit
BBC News - Six explosions rock the Iraqi city of Karbala during Shia festival. More soon.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:22:43 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
in karbala..at least 25 dead according to Reuters.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:23:48 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Four explosions in Bagdhad according to CNN
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:25:50 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: HAL9000
Explosions rock city of Karbala; at least five killed
KARBALA, Iraq (AP) -- Several explosions were heard Tuesday morning in Karbala, where hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims were marking the mourning festival of Ashoura. At least five people were killed, witness said.
An Associated Press reporter said the streets were in chaos with people running to seek shelter as a series of at least five explosions went off nearly simultaneously after 10 a.m. local time in and around the city, 55 miles south of Baghdad.
It wasn't immediately clear what the targets of the explosions were.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:27:53 PM PST
by
HAL9000
Middle East - AP Mon Mar 1, 5:44 AM ET BAGHDAD, Iraq - A large explosion was heard Monday in central Baghdad and appeared to have come from the vicinity of the headquarters of the U.S. occupation authority.
Shortly after the blast, a Black Hawk helicopter circled over the green zone, the U.S. compound that includes Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s former Republican Palace and serves as headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition.
There were no immediate details on the cause of the blast
To: Eurotwit
Fox news break had film from one explosion site....indicated five Iraqis dead in that explosion.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:35:50 PM PST
by
windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
To: Eurotwit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/3524589.stm At least six explosions have rocked the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, where hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims are marking the festival of Ashura.
Reuters news agency is reporting that at least 25 people have been killed.
The BBC's Paul Wood in Karbala says there are scenes of panic, with victims being carried on makeshift stretchers and women trying to get children away.
There are also reports of a blast at a major Shia shrine in Baghdad, in what may be a co-ordinated attack.
Our correspondent says security was tight in Karbala because of fears that the festival would be a target for attacks.
This was the first time in decades that Iraq's majority Shia community had been able to freely observe their holy day Ashura.
More than a million people have flocked to the city to commemorate the death of Imam Hussein in 680.
The festival had been banned under Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime for fear it would foment rebellion.
Correspondents said this year's event coincides with the growing dominance of Shia in post-Saddam Iraqi - which led to fears that disgruntled Sunni militants might target the celebrations.
As a result, Karbala was ringed by security forces - with Polish soldiers policing the town's entry points and Shia militia guarding its streets and shrines.
To: Anti-Bubba182
ReutersBlasts Target Iraqi Shi'ite Ceremony in Baghdad
Tue Mar 2, 2004 02:27 AM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Several blasts in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad Tuesday caused several casualties, Iraqi police said, as thousands of Shi'ites gathered in the area for one of the sect's main religious ceremonies of the year.
The blasts, near a major Shi'ite shrine in the district, took place almost simultaneously with explosions in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala that killed at least 25 people.
To: Prodigal Son
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20040302/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosions Explosions Kills Dozens in Iraqi Cities
KARBALA, Iraq - Several explosions hit major Shiite shrines here and in Baghdad on Tuesday where thousands of pilgrims were gathered to for a religious festival, killing and wounding dozens of people.
In Karbala, five blasts went off almost simultaneously near two major Shiite Muslim shrines, throwing bodies for yards and sending crowds of pilgrims into a panic in the city 55 miles south of Baghdad.
An Associated Reporter saw 10 bodies that appeared to be dead being loaded onto a cart and taken away, as well as many injured.
In Baghdad, three explosions targeted the Kazimiya shrine, too, killing and injuring scores of people, an Associated Press Television News reporter said.
Shiites were gathered at the shrines to mark Ashoura, a mourning festival commemorating of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a top Shiite saint and the grandson of the prophet Muhammad.
To: Eurotwit
You should add to headline: Democrats dancing in streets!
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:46:06 PM PST
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: Prodigal Son
CNN reporting up to nine blasts in karbala...
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:46:22 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Vile pro-Saddam Hussein, Sunni scum murdering Shi'ites. That's my take. Sorta like the Iran/Iraq war
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:48:45 PM PST
by
dennisw
(“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”)
To: dennisw
You might be right. But, i wouldn't put it beyond Al Qaeda either. Trying to stir up a civil war and the rest of it.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:50:23 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: dennisw
Anyways, the imam of the targeted mosque blames America.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:52:10 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
You might be right. But, i wouldn't put it beyond Al Qaeda either. Trying to stir up a civil war and the rest of it.
Al Qaeda like to take simultaneous terrorist actions so you just might be right
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:53:44 PM PST
by
dennisw
(“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”)
To: Eurotwit
More specifically, he blames Mel Gibson.
To: Eurotwit
This is a clear provocation to civil war or uprising.
I hear Americans being blamed for this! They're saying it couldn't be Muslims!
Of course this is on CNN.
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posted on
03/01/2004 11:53:54 PM PST
by
claudiustg
(Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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