BAGHDAD, May 7, 2007
Suicide Bombers Kill 13 In Iraq
Car Bomber Kills Five In Ramadi As Al Qaeda Warns Iraqis Not To Join Police Or Army
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An Iraqi policeman mourns as he takes part in the funeral procession for Iraqi police Col. Jalil Nahi Hasoun in Baghdad on May 7, 2007. Jalil Nahi Hasoun, the police chief of Samarra, north of Baghdad, was killed in a suicide car bomb attack the previous day. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Residents gather at the scene of a car bomb blast in Baghdad on May 6, 2007. (AP)
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In all, at least 68 people were killed or found dead nationwide Monday, police said. They included the bullet-riddled bodies of 30 men found in Baghdad — the apparent victims of sectarian death squads.
All but two of them were found in west Baghdad, including 17 in the Amil neighborhood where Sunni politicians have complained of renewed attacks by Shiite militiamen, according to a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not supposed to release those details.
The first of the Ramadi area attacks occurred about noon in a public market on the northwest outskirts of the city, killing eight people and wounding 13, said police Col. Tariq Youssef.
About 15 minutes later, police at a nearby checkpoint spotted a second car bomb and opened fire, but the driver was able to detonate the vehicle, Youssef said. Five people, including two policemen, were killed and 12 others were wounded, Youssef said.
The attacks occurred in areas controlled by the Anbar Salvation Council, an alliance of Sunni tribes formed last year to drive al Qaeda from their territory. Council officials blamed the attacks on al Qaeda.
"They committed this crime because we have identified their hideouts and we are chasing them," said Sheik Jabbar Naif al-Dulaimi.
In a Web statement Monday, an al Qaeda front organization, the Islamic State of Iraq, warned Sunnis against joining the government security forces — a move supported by the Salvation Council.
"We tell every father, mother, wife or brother who does not want to lose a relative to advise them not to approach the apostates, and we swear to God that we will use every possible means to strike at the infidels and the renegades," the group said.
The Islamic State also claimed responsibility Monday for a series of attacks that killed 34 people — including six U.S. soldiers and a Russian embedded photojournalist who died in a massive roadside bombing in Baqouba.
The 34 also included the police chief of Samarra, Col. Jalil Nahi Hassoun, who was killed Sunday in an attack on police headquarters. He was buried Monday following a tearful procession by police in blue uniform who escorted the flag draped coffin as it was driven through the Sunni city in the bed of a white pickup truck.
At least five al Qaeda fighters were killed in the fighting in Samarra, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details of the attack.
Also Monday, the military announced a U.S. soldier had been killed by small-arms fire in western Baghdad the day before, bringing to nine the number of troops who died Sunday.
The security situation in the capital figured high in talks between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. President George W. Bush, who conferred Monday in a video conference, the prime minister's office said in a statement.
Al-Maliki told Bush of the need to maintain cooperation between U.S. and Iraqi forces as they continue their crackdown, which is intended to end the chaos and violence in Baghdad, the statement said.
The White House confirmed that Bush spoke with al-Maliki.
In other violence, a mortar attack killed five people in Baghdad's mixed Baiyaa neighborhood, where more than 30 people were slain in a car bombing the day before.
In northern Iraq, gunmen attacked an Iraqi military checkpoint at the town of Baaj, killing two soldiers, two police officers and a civilian, police said.
Hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis have fled to Jordan and Syria.
Jordan said Monday that the more than 750,000 displaced Iraqis residing in the country has cost the government $1 billion a year and increasing Jordan's population by 14 percent.
In other developments:
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See all 153 Commentsi tried to contact somebody from his unit in march, but didnt get a response. i want to try again soon.
Posted by actornaught at 03:28 AM : May 08, 2007
My most sincere condolences for your loss. It's hard to accept that a loved one died in vain and that has to be the worst part of all. But don't feel foolish. The con men in the White House fooled a lot of people. Many families are coming to the hard realization that Bush killed there sons and daughters for nothing. That's the part that is the most unforgivable about what he's done. From a war vet to you and your family, again my condolences.
and so you make a case to just leave now, today.
Posted by singinrick at 03:20 AM : May 08, 2007
Hey ricky I LOVE it when you speak up! It's like Bush. The more you two talk the more you make the argument for the other side by how ridiculous you speak and the the things you say! Talk up a storm ricky! You both show that you're not conservative (there aren't many of those left) you're neocons and loony toons ones at that. Keep talking ricky! Please! Our side can always use the extra help.
but it's all lies, everyday, from the top, from the architects. i want everyone's kids to come home.
i miss my son....
which side was w on?
Posted by singinrick at 07:31 PM : May 07, 2007
Which is what my original post was on this board. Short, and simple, yet you haters have come on here and attacked, as I predicted earlier.
Posted by singinrick at 03:03 AM : May 08, 2007
Methinks thou doth protest too much ricky boy. From your posts I'd say you were looking for a confrontation. Face it ricky, like we used to say in my country town, you came into this bar spoiling for a fight. So don't try to sound innocent. You got just what you'd hope you'd get.
i feel terrible about what w has done to the Iraqi's, and it needs to stop. That's my morals vs. his religion.
religion without morality is pure evil.
I know you love it, and I know it boosts your ego and your agenda. So I'm glad I could be of assistance.
Posted by singinrick at 03:00 AM : May 08, 2007
Not at all ricky! The pleasure was all mine!
uh oh, here comes another one:
It's tough to have a battle of wits with an unarmed pod...
Have a good night.
Posted by singinrick at 02:50 AM : May 08, 2007
Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
(I thought MTV cancelled "The Real World?)
this is Webster's New World:
myth 1. a traditional story of unknown authorship, ostensibly with a historical basis, but serving usually to explain some phenomenon of nature, etc etc.
see the words 'ostensibly' 'historical'? in college, that was rephrased as 'may or may not be true, it DOESN'T MATTER, it's the MESSAGE.'
Silent monks...
Posted by gramto11 at 02:35 AM : May 08, 2007
That is without a doubt one of the best descriptions of ricky I've read. I was wondering how to put it into words, but you nailed it. He's like a child with his hands pressed firmly over his ears and shouting "La La La La I can't hear you! La La La la!" or when you try to tell him something he just keeps repeating a version of "I'm right and you're wrong! I'm right and you're wrong! La La La La! I can't hear you now either! La La La La!" Like he's 10 years old.
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LOL
Posted by gramto11 at 02:16 AM : May 08, 2007
(bowing low) Thank you! Thank you! I'm here all week! Don't forget to try the veal!
I know you aren't holier than anyone else.. But your words sure come across as if you think you are! That is why you get such a ration of fecal material all the time!
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