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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Relatives of a victim of the car bomb attack react at a hospital in Kufa, southern Iraq, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
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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.
In other developments:
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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Best-selling author Mitch Albom on his first nonfiction work since "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "
"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill
Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
December 8, 1941/September 12, 2001
The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.
Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.
I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.
In that case, if you follow that logic, any male/female couple who is married and does not have children or cannot have children should be banned from marriage as well. If marraige is only about procreation, then IF you have no children you must not be married.
Doctrina Jacobi
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
Antic
hrist
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-
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
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.....
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
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.
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.
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
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
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....
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.
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?
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???
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