Blast destroys Al-Asqariya Golden Mosque"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.html ^

[Bubbatuck]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An explosion ripped through a Shiite holy site in Samarra Wednesday, destroying the golden dome of the al Askariya mosque, a U.S. military statement and a local security official said.

[MEG33]

Indeed..

[Lauretij2]

C'mon, now it's a fixer upper. No big deal.

[bayourant]

Thats insane. We are making progress everyday over there. Its a long term game here

[Lauretij2]

Monte Casino was lost in WW2. Oh well.

I was sad about the Buddhas, those had some real value.

TROP stuff, nope.

[Semper Paratus]

The parallel to Hitler's Riechstag fire is scary.

[Lauretij2]

"We are making progress everyday over there."

HAHAHAHAHAH. That's like Al Gore warning of global warming on the coldest day of the year. Good one.

[Echo Talon]

C'mon, now it's a fixer upper. No big deal.

If it were a new mosque I'd be in more of a jovial mood, but this really cant be replaced.

[nopardons]

I know EXACTLY what he said. I also know that you don't understand what this destruction means to the IRAQIS!

You're not "fed up"; you're uneducated and posting emotional bilge.

[bayourant]

What is trop?

[Lauretij2]

I seriously think this will be a much smaller blip than the cartoon stuff.

[Semper Paratus]

Imans at other mosques aren't calling for war, just protest

I can't figure them out. A few satrical cartoons and they all go nuclear. Destroy their equivalent of the Notre Dame Cathedral and no biggy.

[Echo Talon]

Lets hope they handle it correctly, maybe now they leaders can get the people to fight against terrorism. Wishful thinking i know, lets see what happens.

[bayourant]

Do you read any milblogs. The servicemen say the same thing about our progress. Sweet Tap Dancing Moses this cartoon business has made people over here insane now. I not sure whats more dangerous a few people in a mob or shortsighted political and military views that can be actualized at the ballot box

[nopardons]

What "value" did a couple of old, useless statues of Buddha have to you? You "care" about their destruction because we aren't fighting Buddhists? LOL

You really ARE blind to what we are trying to do in Iraq. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!

[Lauretij2]

It's all political. If it's infidels doing something, they go nuts.

Fellow brothers.. eh.. Well, can't really do that much about it. Even if they aren't the same sunni/shia or whatever.

[djf]

"So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel..."
T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia

[Petronski]

Just dayum.