BAGHDAD, May 8, 2007
Blast Kills 16 In Shiite Holy City
Car Bomb Tears Through Market; Country's Top Sunni Threatens Government Pull-Out
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In response, local authorities closed the entrances to Kufa and its sister holy city of Najaf and imposed a vehicle ban around the revered shrines and mosques in the two towns, said Ahmed Duaible, a local government spokesman.
The suicide attack came a day after Iraq's Sunni vice president threatened to leave the Shiite-dominated government unless key unspecified amendments to the constitution were made by May 15 — a move that would plunge Iraq into a political crisis.
Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi made the threat to lead a Sunni walkout from the Cabinet and parliament in an interview with CNN. He also said he turned down an offer by President Bush to visit Washington until he can count more fully on U.S. help, CNN said on its Web site.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, said al-Hashemi did not mention the threat in a meeting late Monday, and Ali Baban, the Sunni planning minister, said Tuesday the Sunni bloc had no plans to quit the government.
Al-Hashemi called his meeting with al-Maliki an effort to "melt the ice" and seemed to back away from the threat.
"I can say that we can, God willing, build an ambitious future based on a real partnership and joint understanding. And I think it is very important to go ahead with the political project," he told reporters.
Ali al-Dabbagh, al-Maliki's spokesman, said the parliamentary committee on amending the constitution was scheduled to present its recommendations on May 15 and should be given a chance to work. "There should be a dialogue, not threats. No political endeavor can succeed with threats," he said Tuesday.
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The 550-pound car bomb at Kufa exploded in an area that also included a school and the mayor's office, police said. The 16 killed included women and children, said Salim Naima, spokesman of the Najaf health department.
"It was a huge explosion, its force threw me a few meters away from my wife," said Hussein Abid Matrod, a 38-year old taxi driver who was shopping with his wife and suffered shrapnel wounds to his back and legs. "I saw many people on the ground as smoke mixed with dust, and the smell of the gunpowder was everywhere."
Panicked people ran through the corridors searching for their relatives at the Furat al-Awsat hospital in nearby Najaf. Women in black abayas, traditional Islamic cloaks, pounded their chests and faces in grief.
"We are poor people looking for anything to secure our livelihood and we have nothing to do with politics. Why do they do this to us?" asked Firas Abdul-Karim, a 23-year-old day laborer who was wounded in the blast.
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Well, clearly that's not what it said, but my first perception is probably accurate.
I'll never understand those people:
"I think abortion is murder, so I'm voting against the Democrats and for George Bush. Never mind that he's a mass murderer who ordered 100,000's of thousands of people to their death. He's against abortion and gay marriage so I support him."
And the brain dead people like didntinhale, leiberman, singingrick, etc.
Posted by hungry1968
those "contributors" you mention represent what could be termed as "american radical malignancy" -
they react without reflection, using animal instincts instead of intellectual logic.
fortunately, they're a very small percentage of the population (but noticable in their viking horned helmuts) -
unfortunately the distrubing odor coming from their collective bad breath tends to force us to seek cleaner air and gives them alot of space on these boards.
well, a good question. mr. bush, will you please answer him?
Abdul? He said they're doing to you because they're jealous - you're free now and can vote!
What? You don't give a hulla-hoop about voting, you just want to live?
Bushiit isn't going to like that answer one bit Abdul -
but we'll continue telling him anyway.
Posted by hungry1968
That's because you are misguided in your reasoning like the rest of the dumnos. He didn't order anyone's murder and we were attacked here on American soil. The fact that the entire Congress prior to Bush and under Clinton perceived Iraq to be a threat to our security was long established before to 9/11, but you are blinded by your ignorance and when we were hit on 9/11 the entire Congress voted for military action in Iraq. But when things don't go well, you and the rest of the dumnos claim hindsight. Abortion is murder, plain and simple. And gay marriage is for the birds. The idea of gay marriage is ludicrous. Marriage is about children not lovers. It is the backbone of society and the building block of society. It's about children. And by the way you can live with anyone you want, but marriage is not a right. Dumnos always denigrating our institutions.
Posted by mudrose
forget the dummos -
you do it yourself just fine.
Bushism:
"As you know, my position is clear -- I'm the commander guy." --George W. Bush, who apparently is no longer "The Decider," Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
Bushism:
"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me -- give my chance a plan to work." --George W. Bush, in an interview with Charlie Rose, April 24, 2007
Sure Bu$h, everyone deserves a seventh chance. What's a trillion dollars anyway? Here take two trillion while your at it.
"the entire Congress voted for military action in Iraq"
not true
"But when things don't go well, you and the rest of the dumnos claim hindsight."
no, it's called truth - we were lied to.
"Abortion is murder, plain and simple."
wrong again - it's a constitutional right
"Marriage is about children not lovers."
Again wrong, it is contract first between 2 persons providing security and mutual benefits
"Dumnos always denigrating our institutions."
here you are finally correct, so stand up and take your prize!
A Suggestion
George Bush has started an ill-timed and disastrous war under false pretenses by lying to the American people and to the Congress.
He has run a budget surplus into a severe deficit.
He has consistently and unconscionably favored the wealthy and corporations over the rights and needs of the population.
He has destroyed trust and confidence in, and good will toward, the United States around the globe.
He has ignored global warming, to the world's detriment.
He has wantonly broken our treaty obligations.
He has condoned torture of prisoners; he has attempted to create a theocracy in the United States.
He has appointed incompetent cronies to positions of vital national importance.
Now, would someone please give him a bl0wj0b so we can impeach him?
wrong again - it's a constitutional right
It is murder. Life is concieved the moment an egg is fertilized, any medical professional will affirm that fact. Killing that egg is murder. Our laws disregard this and approve of such murder, even though its against the law to kill innocents in every other context.
"Marriage is about children not lovers."
Again wrong, it is contract first between 2 persons providing security and mutual benefits
Marraige is a religious institution, and the constitution restricts the government from passing laws affecting such things, so 1-you are wrong, marraige in no contract for security or benefits, 2-marraige is the union of 2 becoming 1, and the governments licence requirements are unconstitutional.
Homosexual have no right to marry. They do not meet the requirements of nature that are needed to be married under Gods Law, that being, one man, and one woman.
psted by micma
there they go again, creationist i guess
they create lies about lying now
isnt it amazing?
How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb?
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs;
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner: Light Bulb Change Accomplished;
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally in the dark;
8. One to viciously smear #7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between *** a light bulb and *** the country.
Posted by mbcsmith at 10:17 AM : May 08, 2007
Ignored by the US media so it won't really matter.
Who cares what Iraq does? Itaq is a sovereign nation responsible for its own security & economy.
US forces have no reason to be in Iraq being bomb detectors & playing policemen for the Iraqi people.
Three Brazilian Soldiers
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."
"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"
His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.
Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"
Marriage is not a religious institution. If it was soley that, the states wouldn't be putting DOMA's in place to protect it. Marriage is not about lovers, the State doesn't care who you marry -- and would have no right to intervene if there were not children involved. Marriage is about children. And h/o/m/o/s don't have any right to marry. Why not even heteros do. Marriage is a privilege. It is not a right. Dumnos always denigrating our institutions.
Bu$h is unimpressed by other peoples war records. They may have faught in Viet Nam but he created one.
The Bush Stamp
The Postal Service created a stamp with a picture of President Bush. The stamp was not sticking to envelopes. This enraged the President, who demanded a full investigation.
After a month of testing, a special Presidential commission presented the following findings:
1) The stamp is in perfect order.
2) There is nothing wrong with the applied adhesive.
3) People are spitting on the wrong side
"the entire Congress voted for military action in Iraq"
not true
"But when things don't go well, you and the rest of the dumnos claim hindsight."
no, it's called truth - we were lied to.
"Abortion is murder, plain and simple."
wrong again - it's a constitutional right
"Marriage is about children not lovers."
Again wrong, it is contract first between 2 persons providing security and mutual benefits
"Dumnos always denigrating our institutions."
here you are finally correct, so stand up and take your prize!
"the entire Congress voted for military action in Iraq"
not true
Since receiving an authorisation from Congress in 2002 to use all necessary means to disarm Iraq. . . true.
"But when things don't go well, you and the rest of the dumnos claim hindsight."
no, it's called truth - we were lied to - nah, Clinton lied to them, not Georgie.
"Abortion is murder, plain and simple."
wrong again - it's a constitutional right - It may be a constitutional right, but it is a right that did not exist until the Supreme Court created it.
"Marriage is about children not lovers."
Again wrong, it is contract first between 2 persons providing security and mutual benefits
Well, that's because you think the state's interest is in lovers. The State could care less who and when you marry - their interest is in the children. But anyone with a brain capable of abstracting would know that, now wouldn't they?
"Dumnos always denigrating our institutions."
Here you are finally correct-- always.
Posted by usadvisor101
Aw shat up. Don't you people every get tired of trolling the same ole propoganda. Can't stand the fact that the Clintoids and the entire Congress agreed that Sadaam had WMD's. He had them under Clintoid who bold facely lied to them and they ate it up like peanut butter, but Bush lied. Give me a break.
Same ole, same ole. Dumnos alsways denigrating our institutions. What ***.
mudrose
Iraq vs. Vietnam
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
Really, I don't see where he said he wants nothing to do with us polly-wanna.
BTW, if CBS is so late breaking, why are they always 12 hours to 24 hours behind Roadrunner news page and others?
"the entire Congress voted for military action in Iraq" not true
******************************************
At least 180 members of the HOuse did NOT vote for war and to a lesser extent, some in the Senate voted NO to war.
"mudrose:, Clinton lied to them, not Georgie. bush has been caught in numerous lies--"
Bush lied when he stated that he was not wiretapping, that there was no rendition, that no one had told him about the N. O levees, that yellowcake was true, that Saddam was connected to 9/11 and Al Qaeda (he had NIEs and CIA reports that refuted this but continued to lie about the connection for YEARS)
Mudrose: "Abortion is murder, plain and simple."
wrong again - it's a constitutional right - It may be a constitutional right, but it is a right that did not exist until the Supreme Court created it. ***********************************
Whether it was a right or not, it has been practiced for thousands of years--and even if outlawed--will continue to be practiced. When women do not want their own seed )and that of a man) to bear fruit--they destroy it.
mudroseThe State could care less who and when you marry - their interest is in the children. But anyone with a brain capable of abstracting would know that, now wouldn't they?
It is not about children only or else those gayy couples with Children would be allowed to marry. it has to do with societal promotion of the ideal family unit.
Elucidation that you desperately needed mudrose.
Again, you can not simply blame one side without pointing to the other!
Posted by ozilot
I agree with your last sentence. However the Schiavo case is one great big tragedy and if you will allow me, they did not want to see a woman put to death because after 15 years her sob of a husband who had been living with a woman for 8 years and had two children with her decided that it was Terri's wish now not to live this way. 15 years with no therapy, nothing. I belive the Congress came down on the side of life? Whereas the left always supports a culture of death. Newty was not the President of the United States. He does not represent this country as Pelosi thinks she does. You are comparing apples and oranges here. However, they all stink and I would agree that they are all a disgrace since they make a mockery of just about everything but their neat and tidy little azzes.
How the Bush Administration Changes a Light Bulb
How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb?
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs;
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner: Light Bulb Change Accomplished;
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally in the dark;
8. One to viciously smear #7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between *** a light bulb and *** the country.
Or is it fascist nazi islam%u2019s way of solving global warming???
Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp
But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.
"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.
Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.
The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
Oh I don't know...with this Iraq war, the authorization to torture, rendition, the need to keep it going no matter what, and with their beady little eyes now on Iran--I think the most of the WORLD, and many parts of this country think that Republicans support a culture of mayhem, FUBAR and death even more.
kills you if you don't join it...
kills you if you leave it...
kills you if you don't do what they tell you to do..
kills you if you speak against it%u2026.
kills anybody that is not a member of it...
still practices pagan rituals...
allows the r a p e of babies and animals...
a. satanic cult???
b. islam???
c. all the above???
In the House, the vote was 296-133, with a majority of Democrats voting against the resolution.
In the Senate, the vote was 77-23, with 21 Democrats voting no, joined by Independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont and Republican Sen. Linc Chafee of Rhode Island.
I'd say that was a majority.
Bush lied when he stated that he was not wiretapping, that there was no rendition, that no one had told him about the N. O levees, that yellowcake was true, that Saddam was connected to 9/11 and Al Qaeda (he had NIEs and CIA reports that refuted this but continued to lie about the connection for YEARS)
This is pure crock. I can't make out what the hell you are trying to say. And let's not got the way of Plamegate again, pleeeeze we know that a big fat crock too. And you are going to have to get a bit more specific about the wiretapping etc. but you can't.
Whether it was a right or not, it has been practiced for thousands of years--and even if outlawed--will continue to be practiced. When women do not want their own seed )and that of a man) to bear fruit--they destroy it. And that justifys all else?
It is not about children only or else those gay couples with Children would be allowed to marry. it has to do with societal promotion of the ideal family unit.
And of course, they have children naturally? The ideal family unit has worked for centuries and now we should have a new social engineering because abortion enables us to do so, along with artifical insemination, which implies that there will be no relation within the context of family - just a bunch of people living together. If such is the case then parents/children, brothers/sisters, are all entitiled to the same benefits of marriage because they categorically fall within the framework of the new social structure.
Some more elucidation.
bush will go down in history as the worst american president EVER !!!!
Posted by usadvisor101 at 01:24 PM : May 08, 2007
no.... FDR would have rounded up all the muslims in america, like he did the japanese....
and the demonic-rats of today, like you would be ranting against him....
Hamas steals Mickey Mouse image
to teach hate and Islamic supremacy
http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_may2007.htm
Jihadist Video Shows Boy Beheading Man
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3061367
TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND
Hamas: Kids 'fight in the resistance'
Website features Palestinian children in combat roles, dress
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49433
Child Abuse: The New Islamic Cult of Martyrdom
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume16/Article3.htm
Thou shalt Un-teach it to Your Children
http://www.jr.co.il/articles/politics/books2.txt
Palestinian Hate In The Classroom
http://the-american-israeli-patriot.blogspot.com/2007/02/palestinian-hate-in-classroom.html
New Palestinian high-school textbooks reject existence of Israel, peace
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=180767
PA Teaching Children to Hate
http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/israel/10850/pa-teaching-children-to-hate/
New Textbook Reportedly Teaching Palestinian Kids to Fight Israel
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263666,00.html
Death Cult Family Moments from Hamas TV
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24792&only&rss
Hamas TV shows daughter telling suicide bomber mother she will follow her path
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17803/hamas-tv-shows-daughter-telling-suicide-bomber-mother-she-will-follow-her-path
now what country will the left wingnuts move to...
hahahahaha
Sarkozy presidential win paves way for radical reform in France
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070507102442.ylgq09dm&show_article=1
Police battle anti-Sarkozy protesters
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21684341-38200,00.html?from=public_rss
Europe readies for Sarko and Angie show
http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07124140.htm?=amp&_lite_=1
Comparison To Clinton Is Dismissed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/07/AR2007050701677_pf.html
kills you if you don't join it...
kills you if you leave it...
kills you if you don't do what they tell you to do..
kills you if you speak against it%u2026.
kills anybody that is not a member of it...
still practices pagan rituals...
allows the r a p e of babies and animals...
a. satanic cult???
b. islam???
c. all the above???
Posted by lars008 at 01:07 PM : May 08, 2007
I pick D, the neo-Nazi/Neoconservative wing of the republican party. Though the rape of babies and animals only happens at the wilder parties like at Foley's or Haggard's place.
Posted by j-whitman
You obviously weren't around in the 60s when the FBI kept tabs on people just like you. But you are a nuclear physicist, right? And as far as watching the news, why don't you try reading the Wall Street Journal or some reputable newspaper for a change.
the religion of peace... hahahahaha
the war muhammad started against all non muslims rages on 1400 years later...
623 - Battle of Waddan
623 - Battle of Safwan
623 - Battle of Dul-'Ashir
624 - Muhammad and converts begin raids on caravans to fund the movement.
624 - Zakat becomes mandatory
624 - Battle of Badr
624 - Battle of Bani Salim
624 - Battle of Eid-ul-Fitr and Zakat-ul-Fitr
624 - Battle of Bani Qainuqa'
624 - Battle of Sawiq
624 - Battle of Ghatfan
624 - Battle of Bahran
625 - Battle of Uhud. 70 Muslims are killed.
625 - Battle of Humra-ul-Asad
625 - Battle of Banu Nudair
625 - Battle of Dhatur-Riqa
626 - Battle of Badru-Ukhra
626 - Battle of Dumatul-Jandal
626 - Battle of Banu Mustalaq Nikah
627 - Battle of the Trench
627 - Battle of Ahzab
627 - Battle of Bani Quraiza
627 - Battle of Bani Lahyan
627 - Battle of Ghaiba
627 - Battle of Khaibar
628 - Muhammad signs treaty with Quraish.
630 - Muhammad conquers Mecca.
630 - Battle of Hunsin.
630 - Battle of Tabuk
632 - Muhammad dies.
http://www.carm.org/islam/islam_chronology.htm
Yes, I was here in the 60's,, the FBI wasn't watching me,, They cleared me for Top Secret when I enlisted.....
Yes, I was here in the 60's,, the FBI wasn't watching me,, They cleared me for Top Secret when I enlisted.....
Wouldn't killing 5.1 BILLION people (the number of non muslims in the world) be the very definition of barbarism???
Or is it fascist nazi islam%u2019s way of solving global warming???
Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp
But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.
"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.
Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.
The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
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