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The gunmen began roaming Sunni neighborhoods in the city, shooting at residents and homes, according to police and a local Sunni politician.
Ali al-Talafari, a Sunni member of the local Turkomen Front Party, said the Iraqi army had arrested 18 policemen accused of being involved after they were identified by the Sunni families targeted. But he said the attackers included Shiite militiamen.
He said more than 60 Sunnis had been killed, but a senior hospital official in Tal Afar put the death toll at 45, with four wounded.
The hospital official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, said the victims were men between the ages of 15 and 60, and they were killed with a shot to the back of the head.
Police said earlier dozens of Sunnis were killed or wounded, but they had no precise figures, and communications problems made it difficult to reach them for an update. The shooting continued for more than two hours, the officials said.
Army troops later moved into the Sunni areas to stop the violence, and a curfew was slapped on the entire town, according to Wathiq al-Hamdani, the provincial police chief and his head of operations, Brig. Abdul-Karim al-Jibouri.
Meanwhile, suicide truck bombers carrying highly toxic chlorine were blocked from attacks on the government center in Fallujah on Wednesday but detonated their explosives, wounding about 15 U.S. and Iraqi security forces, the American military said.
The statement did not give a breakdown of Iraqi and U.S. forces wounded but said other "Iraqi soldiers and policemen were being treated" for breathing troubles, nausea, skin irritation and vomiting — symptoms of chlorine gas inhalation.
No U.S. or Iraqi forces were killed, the military said.
Tal Afar, located 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, is in the province of Ninevah, of which Mosul is the capital.
"The situation is under control now," said al-Hamdani. "The local Tal Afar police have been confined to their bases and policemen from Mosul are moving there to replace them."
Al-Jibouri said he was heading to Tal Afar to take charge of the situation.
Two truck bombs hit markets in Tal Afar on Tuesday, killing at least 63 and wounding 150 in the second assault in four days on a predominantly Shiite Muslim city hit by a resurgence in violence a year after it was held up as a symbol of U.S. success.
After Tuesday's bombings, suspected Sunni insurgents tried to ambush ambulances carrying the injured out of the northwestern city but were driven off by police gunfire, Iraqi authorities said.
The carnage was the worst bloodshed in a day of attacks across Iraq.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Iraqis detained in the U.S.-led security crackdown in Baghdad are being held in two detention centers designed to hold at most a few dozen people, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing an Iraqi monitoring group.
The report said 705 people were packed into an area built for 75 at one of the detention centers, in the town of Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad. The other center, on Muthana Air Base, held 272 people, including two women and four boys, in a space designed to hold about 50.
Officials from the monitoring group said they did not know the sectarian composition of the detainee populations.
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See all 235 CommentsThereby demonstrating he is unfit to be a Senator, much less the President. It was one more, of the many variations, of "we're turning a corner."
There is no point in using US combat forces for cannon fodder and bomb detectors for people who have repeatedly demonstrated they want no part of "western democracy."
They have demonstrated they want to be a nation of tribal warlords and family or religious feuds, so be it.
Bring US forces home now.
"Police said dozens of Sunnis were killed or wounded, but they had no precise figures."
Are these the same police that carried out the attacks on presumably innocent Sunnis?
I wonder how long it is before they turn their guns on their American "friends".
Welcome to GW Bush's "wild west" Iraq.
That f*cker sent Americans to die in Iraq and he needs to pay for his crimes against the American people.
He is nothing but scum.
What did those brave young men and women get for the loss of their lives & limbs (not to mention lost mental & physical health for years to come)?
We got a nationwide Jerry Springer show, live in Iraq.
Except they are serious and using deadly weapons.
Saddam Hussein's government was far better than the mess George Bush (and cronies) made in Iraq.
George Bush should be impeached and indicted for war crimes.
"John McCain appeared in a tv interview proclaiming "the surge is working, give it a chance."
Thereby demonstrating he is unfit to be a Senator, much less the President. It was one more, of the many variations, of "we're turning a corner.""
I used to have a great deal of respect for John McCain - that respect has since vanished.
It's now clear that he's beginning to believe GW Bush's lies and deceptions.
It's now clear that he's beginning to believe GW Bush's lies and deceptions.
Posted by mcdazz at 06:59 AM : Mar 28, 2007
As did I. and have considered supporting him.
But, over the past few years, he has demonstrated near total lack of judgment.
If the election in 2008 is between Hillary and Giuliani or McCain, I'll be voting independent.
Anyone who believes anything George Bush says (other than his Freudian slips) isn't fit to hold public office. George Bush is a pathological liar and has been his entire life.
George Bush (and his war profiteering cronies) should be removed from public office and indicted for war crimes.
Before they are allowed to further destroy the US. Or, bring their version of "western democracy" to anyone else.
No mention of arresting them????????????????
"If the election in 2008 is between Hillary and Giuliani or McCain, I'll be voting independent.
Anyone who believes anything George Bush says (other than his Freudian slips) isn't fit to hold public office. George Bush is a pathological liar and has been his entire life."
I absolutely agree on all counts.
Posted by US8th_Hit at 08:14 AM : Mar 28, 2007
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You should pray for this nation and for us getting a leader who is competent enough to keep us OUT of Civil Wars. This never happens if Sir LIES-A-Lot just tells the people of this nation the TRUTH!! It's just that simple. When he went before the people and instead of trying to scare the living do do out of them, he'd have told them the truth, We THINK Saddam has WMD's. But then he couldn't have bullied our Allies making this nation so hated in the world, to stop the UN Inspectors now could he. No folks all of us should accept and quickly, that we have a FRAUD as a President.
Posted by xsoldier2 at 08:15 AM : Mar 28, 2007
ROFLMAO You sound like a poster for the Third Reich! Care to tell us just what YOUR small minded opinion of the folks who created this nation and created EVERY right we have has to do with the INCOMPETENCE of George W. Bush? When you look at the list of our Greatest Leaders and realize that all of them were LIBERAL. Then you look at those who created this nation and find that they were RADICAL LIBERAL, then attempt to smear hatred on them. Well that's beneath even a Nazi. Sieg Heil.
Hey is CBS admitting that there are AL Qaida in Iraq?
Posted by patriotic9 at 08:07 AM : Mar 28, 2007
Since the Saddam Hussein regime was overthrown in May, 270 mass graves have been reported. By mid-January, 2004, the number of confirmed sites climbed to fifty-three. Some graves hold a few dozen bodies%u2014their arms lashed together and the bullet holes in the backs of skulls testimony to their execution. Other graves go on for hundreds of meters, densely packed with thousands of bodies.
"We've already discovered just so far the remains of 400,000 people in mass graves," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair on November 20 in London. The United Nations, the U.S. State Department, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch (HRW) all estimate that Saddam Hussein's regime murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent people. "Human Rights Watch estimates that as many as 290,000 Iraqis have been 'disappeared' by the Iraqi government over the past two decades," said the group in a statement in May. "Many of these 'disappeared' are those whose remains are now being unearthed in mass graves all over Iraq."
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/legacyofterror.html
Maybe Saddam did control the masses, but evidence of how he accomplished that leads me to conclude that Saddam himself was a terrorist.
Remember the swords statue they tore down? That wasnt an icon of Iraqi national pride, it was a representation of mass murder and tyrany.
Let's not forget that conservatism has failed throughout history. Conservatives have been on the wrong side of most issues in this country's history.
The conservatives wanted to stay with the King and England during the Revolution. The liberals are the ones who wanted to break away and start a new country and did just that.
The conservatives wanted to keep slavery and break apart the country. The liberals fought to end slavery and keep the country together and did just that.
The conservatives wanted to deny women the right to vote. The liberals fought for it and won.
The conservatives wanted to stop civil rights and civil rights legislation. The liberals fought for civil rights for all and won.
Now, the conservatives want to stop g@y rights. G@ys are the new blacks of the 21st century for conservatives. Conservatives will of course lose this one too as conservatives never learn from their mistakes and never study history. That's because conservatives never look forward, only back to the past - back to the "good ol' days", which weren't always good for everybody. Liberals look forward to the future, which is why we they are on the right side of most of the great issues of history.
Wow, just when I didn't think you could be more ignorant of history, you take it a step further. The Revolution against England was driven by radical liberals fighting against the conservative loyalists who wanted to stay with England.
IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL FOR TREASON!
The War in Iraq is still not the war on Terror and Iraq still did not attack America on 911! Bush lied and had predetermined to attack Iraq. In Ignoring Security warnings like Bin Laden planning to attack inside United States Using Passenger Aircraft, he and his cabinet are responsible for the attacks on 911 that killed over 3000 Americans and the subsequent deaths of Americans in his mismanaged war! Where are the 363 tons of money and the 500 billion American Tax Dollars? President Bush and the Republicans have failed on their Support for the Troops and the American People on all Counts! Bush and his Administration deserve to be impeached at best and tried for Treason.
Follow the money trail AND find that most of those elected officials who support the war in Iraq are under the influence of AIPAC.
http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipacClubs.htm
Now here is the real kicker! President Bush is funding Al Qaeda in Lebanon with funds from Iraq! This is Impeachment and Treason! Here is the proof Read it!
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070305fa_fact_hersh
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
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Wrong again. Bush and his boys have and are managing this war, not Dems. Congress has had little say in the war, hence the mess we are in now, thanks to Bush. Bush's incompetence will require the draft.
Created by Bush. There was no Al Queda in Iraq before Bush's ill-advised and no-thought invasion.
Americans need to be Americans first, not natives of some other country, who happen to become citizens(or here illegally), and should speak the language and assimiliate into society, not create little countries within this great country. Being a "melting pot" only works if the mixture is "melted and mixed", not divided. An example is Iraq where you have three factions fighting over control. Think what USA may be one day when there are MANY groups seeking control!!!!!
The bill coming up to be voted on gives amnesty and potential citizenship to MILLIONS, primarily Mexicans, and this is going to change the "mix" in the melting pot. This is being done to appease the corporations for "cheap labor", without any consideration for the impact it will have upon the "middle and lower" citizens. After all, "They do jobs that Americans won't do" say the Decider.
Politicans need to think of something other than VOTES.
It is the time for voices to be heard. Write you Congressmen and Senators.
Looks like the Halliburton-Exxon administration lost their gamble to seize a country for oil, after assuming they could figure out how to deal with three hostile ethnic groups, two of which hate us, somewhere along the way. Now the penalty phase. This civil war was inevitable from the beginning. Iraq was an artificial country created by Britain to have a formal entity to develop oil interests in the first place. The only way these three ethnic rival population groups could be kept from fighting each other was with a dictator. Now they will revert to what they always were- tribal cultures. You'll have the same ethnic cleansing you had in Yugoslovia, India, and Africa- anywhere tribes are fighting for control of a political entity created artificially by outsiders. But you wouldn't expect anyone weaned on oil to know much about cultures and history then, would you? And all the while young American soldiers are losing their lives for what will go down as a colossal mistake. It is unbelievable that there is still such a level of ignorance in our population that would believe this is about some American liberal/conservative face-off. No conservative from ten years ago would ever support a unilateral military adventure to topple a government and occupy a country, especially with the flimsy and fake justification used for this war. The only result of this war is that Bush has turned Iraq over to radical Islamic fundamentalists financed by Iran.
"Liberalism and Communism is almost the same, just liberals do not like the title Communist because of its known failures. Distribution of wealth and free everything (yea) is their slogan. Have the wealthy pay for it. The problem is there will only be elite and peasants, no middle class. Some of the peasants will keep a clean environment, but not many. The peasants are our middle class now. Stop Communism and live the American way. Don%u2019t buy into their rhetoric"
Is that what the Klansmen tell you?
If you ever wondered what John Kerry really thinks about the military--and those who serve--look no further than yesterday's campaign appearance in California. Appearing on the stump for gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, Kerry revealed his obvious contempt for those serving in the armed forces: (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin).
"Rafterman1 it was about Taxes which the liberals love."
Really? Well life has been great in the United States ever since GW Bush abolished all taxes.
Oh wait - he hasn't - I guess Republicans love taxes just as much as liberals.
"Democrats sometimes wonder why Americans have little faith in their ability to handle national security issues."
Republicans and Democrats alike should be wondering about the mess that GW Bush has gotten us into.
After token efforts at catching Bin Laden (perhaps his daddy was bought and paid for buy the Bin Ladens), he has given up.
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." %u2014 GW Bush, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
"Democrats sometimes wonder why Americans have little faith in their ability to handle national security issues."
Republicans and Democrats alike should be wondering about the mess that GW Bush has gotten us into.
After token efforts at catching Bin Laden (perhaps his daddy was bought and paid for buy the Bin Ladens), he has given up.
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." %u2014 GW Bush, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
Is that what the Klansmen tell you?
Posted by mcdazz at 08:49 AM : Mar 28, 2007
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xsoldier2 wrote:
"Liberalism and Communism is almost the same, just liberals do not like the title Communist because of its known failures. Distribution of wealth and free everything (yea) is their slogan. Have the wealthy pay for it. The problem is there will only be elite and peasants, no middle class. Some of the peasants will keep a clean environment, but not many. The peasants are our middle class now. Stop Communism and live the American way. Don%u2019t buy into their rhetoric"
I don't know, you should ask them since 99% of Klansmen are conservative and vote Republican.
Ten years from now it will be no different the solution is get out. Let another saddam hussein gain power and control those idiots same as saddam did.
Chalk it up georgie you lost in your quest to look like a hero the only thing you have shown to date is ignorance.
"mcdazz, Why do you have to put a liberal spin on everything?"
Liberal spin? After the republicanazi spin you've been spewing forth?
Don't you think that's a bit hypocritical?
Afterall, the vast majority of your posts have had a decidely Right Wing slant.
I am allowed to draw conclusions - or are you against free speech as well?
"mcdazz, Why do you have to put a liberal spin on everything?"
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Oh, boo freaking hoo. Grow some.
"These are the same forces the administration wants us to believe will bring stability to Iraq......."
It'll be interesting to see what happens to those Iraqi police that went on the rampage.
I suspect that they'll eventually be freed and allowed to continue their murderous spree at a later date.
Let's hope these same forces don't turn their weapons on our soldiers.
Anyone catch any facts, evidence, numbers, or proof from him that it might be true? This certainly indicates otherwise, but when does truth have much say in this war.
Anyone who says Suddenly that we are Suddenly winning in Iraq Suddenly now that Congress has voted to end this war, ask them to provide facts and proof!!!
If it is true, good.
If it is just another lie generated by the spin machine to keep Bush and his oil buddies in war funds for another two years, we need to call them on it.
NO MORE LIES!!!!!!!
Ask for facts and proof. Freedom of speech demands it.
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