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The truck was among the convoys carrying millions of pilgrims home from Karbala in southern Iraq, where millions of Shiites gathered over the weekend — where they also mourned the deaths of hundreds of pilgrims killed by suspected Sunni extremists last week heading for the ceremony.
Attacks on other pilgrim convoys killed at least five people in Baghdad. In northern Iraq, a suicide bomber attacked the offices of Iraq's biggest Sunni political party, killing three guards.
In central Baghdad, the truck was bringing about 70 men and boys home when it was blasted by the car bomber. At least 24 people were injured, police and hospital officials said.
One of the pilgrims, Mustafa Moussawi, a 31-year-old vegetable store owner, said he felt safe after crossing from Sunni-dominated areas and reaching central Baghdad.
"Then the car bomber slammed us from behind," said Moussawi, who suffered injuries to his right hand and shoulder. "I blame the government. They didn't provide a safe route for us even though they knew we were targets for attack."
Iraqi security officials have struggled to protect the annual pilgrimage to mark the end of 40 days mourning for the 7th century battlefield death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. Shiites consider him rightful heir of Islam's leadership, which cemented the rift with Sunni Muslims.
More than 3000 Shiite pilgrims were killed by suspected Sunni bombers and gunmen as they streamed toward Karbala, about 50 miles south of Baghdad.
The violence this week carried additional worries for U.S.-led forces, who entered Sadr City last week under a carefully negotiated deal with political allies of the Madhi Army militia, led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
He has agreed to withhold his armed militia from the streets during a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown begun last month. But attacks on his power base could encourage al-Sadr to send his fighters back to protect Shiites if U.S.-Iraqi forces cannot.
They could also rekindle tit-for-tat sectarian killings that have receded since the Baghdad security push began nearly four weeks ago.
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See all 84 CommentsThere is no photograph of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and no physical description of him can be found. There is only the audio of him.
Your mind is not your own
Your brain sweats, your trigger shakes
Another kill is what it takes
You cant sleep, you cant eat
Theres no doubt, youre in deep
Your throat is tight, you cant breathe
Another kill is all you need
Whoa, you like to think that youre immune to the stuff, oh
Yeah
Its closer to the truth to say you cant get enough, you
Know youre
Gonna have to face it, youre addicted to murder
Rah! Rah! Rah!
1. Thier children are afraid to go to school
2. Thier homes & villages destroyed
3. Thier families are bombed or shot
4. They are afraid to go out to buy groceries
5. Many have no electricity or clean water
6. They are afraid to even take their kids to hospitals.
7. THEY SEE NO END IN SIGHT
8. RECONSTRUCTION HAS FAILED.
9. Bush opposes the Iraq government's decisions
the south elected bush, support bush and love bush.
all those redneck, white trash, phony christian pieces of bush loving dixie *****.
i ***** on the the slave state south.
i wipe my azz with the confederate flag.
the south never does good for america.
dixie freaks and creeps.
that's the south for you, folks!
dixie freaks and creeps.
that's the south for you, folks!
Posted by seven-pesos at 02:20 PM : Mar 10, 2007
Rest assured a**hole. We feel the same about YOU!
bush's iraq war will be no different.
war, hate, republican christian snakes.
ignorance, illiteracy, 9th grade educations...
time to cut those dixie azzholes loose.
the south never does good for america.
i ***** on the south.
i wipe my azz with the confederate flag.
don't like it? come see me!
nothing good comes out of the south!
What is your problem? I am one of many unapologetic liberals who happen to live in the South. My state of Arkansas experienced a Democratic landslide, much like the rest of the country, this last November. We are not all ignorant hicks. So cool it, because your rants make you seem woefully unintellegent.
Posted by singinrick at 02:34 PM : Mar 10, 2007
Sure. I mean who cares? It's not like they're human beings anyway right ricky? You have to be christian to be human and not just any christian, but christian according to the Gospel of singinrick. Rah Rah Rah ricky, more dead Iraqi's. I knew that'd cheer you up.
Posted by singinrick at 02:34 PM : Mar 10, 2007
We can't win war against Radical Islam by following Psychotic Christianity.Involvement of Psychotic Christianity into our politics caused deaths of Thousands of Americans on 9/11 but Psychotic Anti-American Racist ChristianS still want to support the NON-AMERICAN EUROPEAN INVADERS in PALESTINE on the cost of American money,American lives and USA herself Because your RACIST,UNJUST and ANTI-AMERICAN UNPROVEN GOD has created God-Neglected Americans for the SERVICE,SLAVERY and PROTECTION of the GOD-CHOSEN ENEMIES OF THE GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
CHRISTAINITY is PSYCHOSIS and unpractical.You had previously claimed yourself that Jesus taught you to love your enemies.How much you love the RADICAL ISLAMIST,is shown from your words.You know you are wrong.You know your advises are taking United States towards Catostrophy,but you care about your religious prejudise more then the interests of GOD-NEGLECTED AMERICAN PEOPLE and UNHOLY LAND AMERICA.
With great respect,I disagree with MS Rossie O'Donnel who once said
RADICAL CHRISTIANITY is as bad as RADICAL ISLAM.
I think RADICAL CHRSITIANITY is worse then any other idology in the history of mankind.
Why do you love those Islamic Radicals who flew planes into buildings?Don't you care about thousands of American lives we lost on 9/11?
If you don't love those Islamic Radicals,then you disobey your Lord Jesus who had taught you to LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.
Can you open your mind just a little bit to realize how NON-SENSE and UN-PRACTICAL your PSYCHOSIS "CHRISTIANITY" is?
I think it's rediculous to waste time on people like singinrick and lars008.I see their future just like that young man who came to the hospital your wife works at,who was claiming to be VIRGIN MARRY.
These people need Rehab.
I seriously do not think you have a life.
Posted by singinrick at 11:10 PM : Mar 10, 2007
I disagree.You people are not normal human beings.Normal human beings have sexual relationships with adults like our great President Bill Clinton unlike Republican Foley and the GOD,LOVING,HOLY RELIGIOUS,CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN MEN who screw little boys in the CHURCHES.
You always twist the facts and never come up with straight answer.
I have just raised up a very simple question.
How can our soldiers defend us from Islamic Radicals who are our enemies if they follow Jesus who taught you to LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.We need to fight against Islamic Radicals and kill them before they kill us.You can not kill somebody you love.It's very unpractical.
Patton: Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight - wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and never will lose a war, because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.
Patton: We're gonna keep fighting. Is that CLEAR? We're gonna attack all night we're gonna attack the next morning. If we're not VICTORIOUS. Let no man come back alive.
Patton: Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If anything made by God can be overcome, anything made by man can be overcome.
John of Damascus, himself a resident of the Caliphate's capital city, described the Saracens in the early 8th century :
There is also the people-deceiving cult (threskeia) of the Ishmaelites, the forerunner of the Antichrist, which prevails until now. It derives from Ishmael, who was born to Abraham from Hagar, wherefore they are called Hagarenes and Ishmaelites. And they call them Saracens, inasmuch as they were [sent away] empty-handed by Sarah (ek tes Sarras kenous); for it was said to the angel by Hagar: "Sarah has sent me away empty-handed" (cf. Genesis xxi. 10, 14).
These, then, were idolaters and worshippers of the morning star and Aphrodite whom in fact they called Akbar (Chabar) in their own language, which means "great". So until the times of Heraclius they were plain idolaters. From that time till now a true prophet appeared among them, surnamed Muhammad (Mamed), who, having happened upon the Old and the New Testament and apparently having conversed, in like manner, with an Arian monk, put together his own heresy. And after ingratiating himself with the people by a pretence of piety, he spread rumours of a scripture (graphe) brought down to him from heaven. So, having drafted some ludicrous doctrines in his book, he handed over to them this form of worship (to sebas).
In this extract, John might actually have been referring to Allat, a pre-Islamic goddess equated with Aphrodite.
http://www.answers.com/topic/saracen
These people need Rehab.
Posted by patriotic9 at 11:31 PM : Mar 10, 2007
You're absolutely right. People like ricky have taken religion to the level of a mental illness. In another thread here he said Israel will never be defeated because god has his hand of protection over it. People who make such ignorant claims are the reason religious wars start. Take this one for example:
"I very well much care about human lives lost, but you know what, there are some evil people in this world like these radical Islamic extremists and they need to be defended against, whether you seem to think so or not."
Here he is advocating the death of the entire Muslim people, who BTW the way number in the 10's of millions. Of course he lies and says he hopes they convert knowing dam*n well they won't and indeed should not have to. It's not up to ricky to sentence these people to death, but he has. He is no different in any way whatsoever then the people he wants to see destroyed. No different because he is positive his god is right and they are positive their god is right. Both are pathetic and mentally ill because both want to murder millions of people over their version of a fairy tale. Both are infected with the same disease, religious bigotry.
This same Grand Mufti was the maternal uncle of Yassir Arafat! The Mufti's war continues today worldwide.
http://news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=37138459&tid=apiraq&sid=37138459&mid=1148296
Prophets don't come with sword and chariot.
http://www.livius.org/men-mh/messiah/messiah_med01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrina_Iacobi
Antichrist
In the Book of Daniel the evil one is a military leader modeled on Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who persecuted the Jews.
http://www.answers.com/topic/antichrist
Daniel
Daniel recorded his visions (which became prophecies) for future as well as present use; including prophecies about the exact date of the coming of the Jewish Messiah into Jerusalem,
http://www.answers.com/topic/daniel-
http://www.fallofislam.com/?gclid=CInG1aqk64oCFRkEIwodSF4mmg
http://www.fallofislam.com/Bible_Prophecy.html
didn't the bible warn of muhammad and other false prophets?
Matthew 7:15
Matthew 24:11
Matthew 24:24
Mark 13:22
Luke 6:26
2 Peter 2:1
1 John 4:1
http://bibleresources.bible.com/keywordsearchresults.php?keyword=false+prophets&multiplemethod=phrase&version1=9&numpageresults=25&sortorder=bookorder
Posted by singinrick
Hey Rick,
If there is no rating system why does the Bible say, "It is better to plant your seeds in the belly of a who*re than to spew them upon the ground".?
Would you agree that both actions are sins? If the Bible says one is better than the other, that would be a rating system.
And, I suggest that for you to say that Foley raping little boys is no worse that Clinton getting a BJ is a sin in itself. Clinton's act hurt no one.. until your evil and corrupt party forced it in the open, then it hurt his family, no one else.
HERE ARE THE SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 08 WRITE THEM OR QUIT COMPLAINING! ASK THEM WHO IS PAYING THEIR SALARIES? 50 YEARS OF SACRIFICE IS ENOUGH! We cannot want peace in the Middle East more than those who live there! See how many Congressmen are influenced by AIPAC money and how they are voting on Iraq!
http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipacClubs.htm
Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Baucus, Max- (D - MT)
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Harkin, Tom- (D - IA)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
Johnson, Tim- (D - SD)
Kerry, John F.- (D - MA)
Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA)
Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)
Levin, Carl- (D - MI)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Reed, Jack- (D - RI)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)
If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
The House Speakers email address: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
Posted by lars008 at 02:38 AM : Mar 11, 2007
Doesn't it also warn us of idiots, lars?
Posted by lars008 at 02:38 AM : Mar 11, 2007
And how about Islamophbics, lars?
For any leader to emerge that would rule the world, he would have to acquire the submission of will of the people of the world and would not be able to do so by military or terrorism.It would have to be subverted by political and monetary means to obtain the will of the populus.How many athesist,Christians,Judaism Buddhist,Hindus,Islam etc. have converted to radical Islam?
you worship the darkside....... come into the light haji.....
fascist nazi islam is the enemy of the entire human race......
stand up against fascist nazi islam.......
Posted by radiob at 09:02 AM : Mar 11, 2007
fascist nazi islam has used terrorosm and military force from day one of fascist nazi islam and still does today..... darfur, philippines, thailand, india, china, russia, yugoslavia, europe, africa, middle east, etc etc etc...
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775
The following text is a fatwa, or declaration of war, by Osama bin Laden first published in Al Quds Al Arabi, a London-based newspaper, in August, 1996. The fatwa is entitled "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/fatwa_1996.html
Text of Fatwah Urging Jihad Against Americans
http://www.ict.org.il/articles/fatwah.htm
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm
Osama bin Laden's Declaration of War
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden%27s_Declaration_of_War
He is no different than ghetto trash that spray paints billboards, buildings and public property for no reason other than to draw attention to the fact he is a hooligan.
The concise term for an Internet vandal is a troll.
And, like vandals everywhere, they are more nuisance than anything else, but they make life unpleasant for everyoe else with their continual crimnial misbehavior.
Too bad Internet vandalism isn't yet a crime that can be prosecuted. If it was, Lars would be in jail and faced with stiff fines for his vandalism of CBS's website.
lars
lars, take your fatwa and shove it up your holy place!
By the time this is over Bush will have so much blood on his hands that he'll be able to stand right up there with bloodiest tyrants of the 20th century:
And it will be the first American to join this dispicable list!
rednecks, white trash, phony christian freaks, war making republican snakes...
i ***** on the south.
i wipe my azz with the confederate flag.
nothing good comes out of the south.
And it will be the first American to join this dispicable list!
Posted by karlimhof at 12:06 PM : Mar 11, 2007
George Bush is a man who is oblivious to the concerns or plight of other people. He was a drunken, drug addicted, self-centered narcissist when he was a teenager, and he remains so today.
George Bush derives a tremendous sense of satisfaction from having the power to order people to their deaths. He exposed that character flaw when he was running for president the first time.
While he was still governor of Texas and running for president, he appeared on Larry King's tv show. Bush made a "joke" about Karla Faye Tucker's (no relation) impending execution in Texas.
Demonstrating that he considers someone's death to be a laughing matter.
George Bush is the worst president in US history, a pathological liar and literally a psychopath.
We can't predict who may follow his lead, but he is the first blood thirsty dictator (wannabe) of the 21st century.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775
May 26, 1998,
"By God's grace," bin Laden says on the tape, "we have formed with many other Islamic groups and organizations in the Islamic world a front called the International Islamic Front to do jihad against the crusaders and Jews."
"And by God's grace," he says at another point in the tape, "the men ... are going to have a successful result in killing Americans and getting rid of them."
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/08/19/terror.tape.main/
And it will be the first American to join this dispicable list!
Posted by karlimhof at 12:06 PM : Mar 11, 2007
not even anywhere close to the amount of blood on fascist nazi islams hands haji.... they are the bloodiest fascist nazi islamic tyrants of every century and btw haji.... this is the 21st century or didn't your mullah teach you that yet....... here are real tyrants haji... of course every muslim country is under tyranny as well....
Mao 40Million
Hitler 34M
Stalin 20M
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/tyrants.htm
Do you live in the south? Because that's a long way to travel every time you need to take a dump.
It's nothing I haven't heard before.....
Posted by singinrick
YOU PROBABLY NEED TO START LISTENING!!
dnc are like john adams and want to give their lunch money to fascist nazi islam hoping they will leave them alone...
gop are like thomas jefferson and want to use their lunch money to kick fascist nazi islam's arse......
Thomas Jefferson knew about fascist nazi islam..... he killed plenty of them....
In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli's envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:
The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2007/691/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_winter_spring/terrorism.htm
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