Bombs Kill Celebrating Iraqi Soccer Fans
Baghdad Attacks Kill At Least 50, Wound 100, After National Team's Big Win In Asia Cup
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The victims were among the thousands of revelers who took to the streets of the capital after the country's national soccer team beat South Korea to reach the tournament's final against Saudi Arabia on Sunday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The first attack took place about 6:30 p.m. when a bomber exploded in a crowd of people cheering near a well-known ice cream parlor in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Mansour, according to police and hospital officials. At least 30 people were killed and 75 were wounded, an Interior Ministry official said.
Another suicide car bomber detonated his payload about 45 minutes later in the midst of dozens of vehicles filled with revelers near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the eastern district of Ghadeer, killing at least 20 people, including two soldiers, and wounding 61, according to the ministry official.
All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information.
The second attack occurred as Iraqis of all ages were packed on top of cars, pickups and minibuses, waving Iraqi flags and shirts, while others danced in the streets near the checkpoint. Men put towels over their heads or sprayed cars with water for relief in the hot summer weather.
Thousands of fans also gathered in the central district of Karradah to celebrate, dancing, beating drums and chanting "Iraq, Iraq." Elsewhere in city, traffic snarled as cars, Iraqi flags flying from their windows, moved slowly amid hundreds of fans. Motorists honked their horns.
The successful run in the Asian Cup has been a cause of much joy in this war-torn country, with Iraqis saying the mixed makeup of the team showed the country's rival ethnic and religious factions can unite despite years of sectarian violence.
Preliminary police reports said one person was also killed and 17 wounded by celebratory gunfire.
More than an hour after Iraqi goalkeeper Noor Sabri made the crucial save to win the match, gunfire could still be heard in many parts of the capital.
State television broadcast a warning from the Iraqi military urging residents not to engage in celebratory gunfire. But the warning appeared to have been ignored.
Five people were killed in the celebratory gunfire that followed Iraq's win over Vietnam in a quarterfinal match played in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday. But no other violence was reported in those celebrations.
Iraq and South Korea played to a scoreless draw through 90 minutes of regulation time and 30 minutes of extra time in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. But Iraq won a penalty shootout 4-3 to advance to Sunday's final in Jakarta.
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See all 156 CommentsMany of you have an amazing ability to plaster a "TRUTH" label to just any crazy or silly idea.
I also have to point out, that many of you are NOT able to stick to one idea for any significant amount of time before you make a contradiction.
In short, you make for great entertainment.
Posted by S_Temper at 03:01 AM : Jul 26, 2007
Oh PLEASE! You pathetic Nazi, you aren't going to do ANYTHING! You don't have to read anything posted... no one is forcing you to do that or to listen to what people are writting. You do NOT respond to the post or the points raise but instead do want Fascist always do, attack your neighbors and fellow citizens. I've been on these boards for a long time now and know most of these people on here. You act like a spoiled child with your MY PARTY is superior attitude. It is NOT nor is your fuhrer, Bush. Sieg Heil!!
you cant do anything good to these people, because they're so brainwashed with the "heroic american soldiers" theme. just leave it. Until November 08
you cant do anything good to these people, because they're so brainwashed with the "heroic american soldiers" theme. just leave it. Until November 08
you cant do anything good to these people, because they're so brainwashed with the "heroic american soldiers" theme. just leave it. Until November 08
Everyone who posts here, had to register a real email address. Even if it's a so-called "throwaway" address, it forms a series of links right back to their real life identity.
No one is anonymous here.
- Posted by S_Temper at 03:01 AM : Jul 26, 2007
Temper temper there, S_Temper.
Any attempt at vigilante stalking on your part could have the most dire consequences for you personally.
You could get a chance to tell the Black Muslims in Leavenworth Penitentiary just how little you think of them.
People have actually gone to prison for this sort of thing.
- Posted by S_Temper at 02:46 AM : Jul 26, 2007
Neither did Iraq.
George W. Bush has caused the deaths of 3,640 American servicemen in Iraq.
And people like you have aided and abetted him, by conflating Iraq with 9/11.
- Posted by ban_islam at 01:02 AM : Jul 26, 2007
We all feel your pain, ban_islam, at the abuse your people have suffered under Islam.
We agree that this situation is intolerable, from a human rights perspective.
What a death cult !
"Homosexuality is a legal crime and forbidden in most of Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc. Same-*** intercourse officially carries the death penalty in several Muslim nations: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen... The legal situation in the United Arab Emirates is unclear. In many Muslim nations, such as Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria and the Maldives, homosexuality is punished with jail time, fines, or corporal punishment... In Egypt openly gay men have been prosecuted under general public morality laws... In Saudi Arabia, the maximum punishment for homosexuality is public execution, but the government will use other punishm... Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, the Iranian government has executed more than 4000 people charged with homosexual acts. In Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban homosexuality went from a capital crime to one that it punished with fines and prison sentence."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Islam
- Posted by S_Temper at 03:01 AM : Jul 26, 2007
Don't dare to equate "anti-American" with "anti-Bush"
Don't you dare do that.
Bush is the greatest traitor America has seen in modern times. He has caused the deaths of thousands of American servicemen in Iraq to save his sorry a*ss from a loss of face.
Maybe you don't know that, drinking your German beer in Argentina, but the American people know it.
- Posted by ban_islam at 01:23 AM : Jul 26, 2007
You flunked, j*erkoff.
Posted by Hamiltongrad at 12:23 AM : Jul 26, 2007
I take offense to your statement, who is going to roll? You?
Been there three times (Baghdad) I have rolled (Rolled the dice too much) Iraq as much as I hate, HATE to admit it, we are as one senator said: "Pasting feathers together hoping for a duck." We DO owe it to the region to see that the mess we created does not spread, and does not completely destabilize the region.
Re: "As a Professor of American History, I know something about histroical trends."
You have failed miserably to demonstrate this. Your students should be entitled to double their money back, as well as pain and suffering damages.
Air Force Times survey:
#Troop surge in Iraq#
The White House and Congress have debated whether the president's Iraq strategy -- sending a surge of U.S. troops to quell the violence in Baghdad, starting this past spring -- is an effective one. How much time should the surge strategy be given before the government assesses how well it's working?
- Until September 15.77%
- Until November 9.49%
- Until next spring 17.05%
- It's clear now that it's working 23.99%
- It's clear now that it's not working 33.70%
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***Don***'***t*** ***sit*** ***there***. ***Let***'***s*** ***ROLL*** ***Posted*** ***by*** ***Hamiltongrad***
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***Quite*** ***right***-***complaceny*** ***and*** ***ignorance*** ***are*** ***rampant*** ***and*** ***as*** ***always*** ***the*** ***cowardly*** ***left*** ***has*** ***their*** ***head*** ***firmly*** ***buried*** ***in*** ***the*** ***sand***-***ready*** ***to*** ***be*** ***chopped*** ***off***. ***Sadly*** ***I*** ***think*** ***it*** ***will*** ***take*** ***a*** ***couple*** ***more*** ***9***/***11*** ***type*** ***events*** ***to*** ***wake*** ***people*** ***up***.
***I*** ***mean*** ***many*** ***are*** ***getting*** ***the*** ***message*** ***about*** ***Islam***, ***roughly*** ***50***% ***of*** ***the*** ***population*** ***realize*** ***we*** ***have*** ***a*** ***serious*** ***problem*** ***here***, ***but*** ***the*** ***others*** ***are*** ***slow*** ***to*** ***catch*** ***on***. ***Its*** ***certainly*** ***mirrored*** ***in*** ***the*** ***division*** ***of*** ***Congress***-***but*** ***slowly*** ***people*** ***are*** ***learning*** ***the*** ***world***'***s*** ***problems*** ***are*** ***not*** ***all*** ***Bush***/***Cheney***'***s*** ***fault***-***in*** ***fact*** ***we*** ***have*** ***real*** ***enemies*** ***who*** ***want*** ***to*** ***destroy*** ***us*** ***and*** ***who*** ***we***'***re*** ***at*** ***war*** ***with*** ***and*** ***they***'***re*** ***called*** ***muslims***.
Funny you say that since Osama bin Laden says the same thing:
'muslims are peaceful
death to America
and by the way
I'm not a muslim' haha
I really couldn't give a *** what jobs muslims do-what concerns me and should concern every single westerner is what muslims are doing in their mosques, their charities that support terroist groups, their organizations that work to silence criticism of Islam/muslims, their plotting of terrorist attacks in our countries and of course the anti-west, jihadist hate they spew in their mosques while feeding us lies and propaganda over muslims real intentions.
I take it you've seen the few videos I've put up. No words can quite compares to a simple 2 minute video showing muslims openly declaring their hatred for the West, their desire to destroy our countries and their intention to take over-in their own vile, menacing words.
I know you use taqiya (deception) and are trying to keep the lid on the truth about Islam until muslims are strong enough to take over-but you'll never be able to stop people from learning the truth about your death cult. Millions like me already know and those numbers are continuing to grow. Once the leftists finally wake up and stop living in ignorance and denial and unite with the right you'll see who's truly greater-us infidels or your imaginary demon-god Allah.
***I*** ***feel*** ***sorry*** ***for*** ***the*** ***students*** ***in*** ***your*** ***class*** ***if*** ***you***'***re*** ***as*** ***foaming*** ***at*** ***the*** ***mouth*** ***nuts*** ***there*** ***as*** ***you*** ***are*** ***here***.
America is the most decent country on Earth !
As a Professor of American History, I know something about histroical trends. But this current era is one of the most dangerous. Not that we can not defeat such a weak enemy ( as compared to WWII) but because our institutions of learning and media have created a muddle headed populace that believes that IF we only talked to our evil enemy , sit around a table, we could get along and they would be "Nice." And , that all problems stem from some economic imbalance that is our fault.
Even in the face of people getting their heads cut off, or this, Our culture can not see the truth. Overall, WE had better get our minds straight, and FIGHT THIS WAR LIKE WWII ALL OUT !
Don't sit there. Let's ROLL
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