U.S. Troops Battle Insurgents In Mosque

As Video Surfaces Purportedly Showing Execution Of Iraqi Official

(AP)  U.S. troops clashed with suspected Sunni insurgents holed up in a mosque north of Baghdad and launched an air-to-ground Hellfire missile into the structure. One American soldier was killed in the fighting, the military said Friday.

The soldier was killed and another was wounded when troops stationed at a nearby outpost came under heavy small-arms fire from the Honest Mohammed Mosque late Thursday in Tarmiyah as they targeted about six insurgents who were believed sheltered inside, according to the military.

The U.S. forces then cordoned off the area and, unable to find the mosque's preacher, sent the Sunni mosque's groundskeeper into the building to persuade those inside to come out after they refused calls on loudspeakers, the military said.

"About 20 left the mosque and stated there was no one left in the mosque. This was not true," said Lt. Col. Michael Donnelly, a military spokesman for northern Iraq. He said those 20 had been detained.

Troops spotted gunmen on the roof so a missile was fired at the building, Donnelly said.

A police officer and a witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared retribution, said U.S. troops stationed near the mosque came under fire before sunset prayers and the raid occurred as worshippers left the building after the services. The missile left a hole in the minaret, they said. The military said the roof of the mosque sustained only minor damage.

Mindful of the sensitivities surrounding places of worship, U.S. forces generally avoid directly raiding mosques in Iraq, instead providing a cordon while allied Iraqi security forces search the buildings. But the military claims Shiite and Sunni militants take advantage of the reluctance to use mosques as hideouts or as storage for weapons caches.

U.S. forces recently have launched a series of offensives aimed at chasing Sunni and Shiite extremists who have fled crackdowns in Baghdad and surrounding areas.

Tarmiyah, a predominantly Sunni town 30 miles north of Baghdad, was the site of a coordinated attack involving a suicide car bombing and gunfire against a U.S. combat post in mid-February. Two soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in that ambush.

South of the capital, a member of the militant arm of Iraq's largest Shiite party was elected governor of Qadasiyah province after his predecessor was killed along with the provincial police chief in an ambush a week ago Saturday.

The new governor, Sheik Hamid al-Khudhari, is the secretary-general of the Badr Brigade, the militant arm of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a group led by powerful Shiite politician Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.

The group has been competing with fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia for dominance in oil-rich southern Iraq as British-led forces who have overseen the region prepare to draw down.

Al-Khudhari was elected by a narrow majority, with 22 of the 40 members of the provincial council voting for him, council member Ghanim Abid Dahash said.

The factional fighting is an example of the complex challenges facing Iraq, from both Shiite militias and Sunni extremists, who often target not just Americans but also their own sects in internal battles.

One of Iraq's most feared insurgent groups, meanwhile, posted a video Friday showing the execution of a Defense Ministry official accused of working with U.S. forces. The video, which could not be independently verified, appeared on an Islamist Web site known for extremist material.

In the tape, Alaa Abboud Fartous Diab said he was a former army officer and employee of the ministry. Unseen kidnappers displayed his identification cards, including a badge giving him access to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the site of the Iraqi government and the U.S. Embassy.

In the video, Diab is killed with two pistol shots to the back of the head.

The Ansar al-Sunna group, a sometime ally and rival of Al-Qaida in Iraq, operates mainly in the north of the country and has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks against U.S. troops, foreign civilians and Iraqis it labels "collaborators."

Iraq's divided politicians continued meetings a day after the announcement of a new alliance of Shiite and Kurdish parties that seeks to save the crumbling U.S.-backed government. The reshaped power bloc included no Sunnis and immediately raised questions about its legitimacy as a unifying force.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hailed the political agreement as a first step toward unblocking the paralysis that has gripped his Shiite-dominated government since it first took power in May 2006. The key disappointment was the absence of Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and his moderate Iraqi Islamic Party.

The new Shiite-Kurdish coalition will retain a majority in parliament - 181 of the 275 seats - and apparently have a clear path to pass legislation demanded by the Bush administration, including a law on sharing Iraq's oil wealth among Iraqi groups and returning some Saddam Hussein-era officials purged under earlier White House policies.

Teams in northern Iraq, meanwhile, tallied the grim figures from the deadliest wave of suicide attacks of the war and - in a rare moment of joy since Tuesday's devastation - pulled four children alive from the rubble on Thursday.

Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said Thursday that at least 400 were dead - apparently all members of the ancient Yazidi sect that mixes elements of Islam, Christianity and other faiths. Some authorities outside the central government have said at least 500 people died.

[wfbdem]

lars008: Toughest guy behind a firewall. More than willing to let real americans fight and die in his stead. Proud member of the 101st Fighting Keyboardist. Risking carpal tunnel everyday, so other may die in his stead.

Looks like we found just another cowardly rightwing wimp.

[prinzowhales]

Posted by mcdazz at 03:48 AM : Aug 19, 2007
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Now that was amusing. I wonder who employs him to take up space at CBS, B''nai Brith or CENTCOM...

drummer94 wrote:

"2 in the mornin. lars has lost it. wow."

Are you implying that he had it in the first place?

usadvisor101 wrote:

"then what in the f@#k are you talking to me about them comming to my door and ,me letting them in because I would fear them ???


look at what you said to me ???????

your the diumbazz moron making that comment to me !!!!

I told you what I would do !!

if you dont like it,

then E S A D "

It was to highlight the fact that just because insurgents were in there, it doesn''t mean that they were welcomed in there nor invited in there.

But if you''re too fu*king dumb to understand that then you can go back to having s*x with your sister back down in redneck land.

By the way moron, before you call anyone a *******, you might want to learn how to spell it first.

Sheesh - you must be a complete and utter fu*king moron.

Now follow your own advice and ESAD.

Or whatever it is you fantasize with your sister about.

lars008 wrote:

"Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."

Is that why you refuse to join the military?

Or is it because you''re gay?

http://profielen1.****.nl/show.php?nick=lars008

[lars008-2009]

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry

USA''s PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - 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

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

[lars008-2009]

it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid...

non muslims of the world unite... fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside...

I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''''''''''''''''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770

Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm

Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

[mh4cbs1]

Now we have CBS news "brought to you be Exxon-Mobile".

Don''t hold your breath waiting to hear CBS report on Exxon''s OBSCENE $40 Billion in PROFITS last year.

Don''t expect to hear about the US pressuring Iraq to pass an Oil Law that gives US corporations control over Iraq''s Oil.

Do your Really Think it is any coincidence that Exxon-Mobile is FUNDING your NEWS? Get Real, go to independent media for independent reporting. CBS is &%$#*

[toolmangler-2009]

PoW, have you ever seen a ''bunkerbuster'' bomb hit the ground (at the beggining of the invasion it was shown on every news channel at least once) It goes into the concrete without any fuss and disappears from sight for a short second and no evidence of it having been there is seen until it explodes 50 to 100 feet deep in the bunker. Any high speed projectile has the same effect (small hole in, big hole out, if it comes out at all). Seriously, do some thinking AND research (not on blogs about the terrorists strikes because they will be slanted one way or the other) but on the type of impacts involved. You are starting to sound like an uninformed Atheist trying to dispute some holy scripture or other. BTW. this has nothing to do with religion.

[prinzowhales]

ToolMangler--The Pennsylvania hole in the ground has its own set of difficulties--including a debris field that does not fit the Official Lie. I don''t know what made the hole in Pennsylvania--but it wasn''t Flight 93. It has the same ''salted claim'' attributes of the other crash sites.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2004/190904noplane.htm

The original hole in the Pentagon does not allow for the height of the massive tail section, neither does it show a pattern of damage consistent with the forward momentum of those huge engines--they go foward, they don''t fold up and go though a hole--the structural stength of the Boeing could not prevent this. Its like a victim presenting with cut and slash marks all over him and claiming that the wounds were all caused by gun shots.

[wfbdem]

lars008: Toughest guy behind a firewall. More than willing to let real americans fight and die in his stead. Proud member of the 101st Fighting Keyboardist. Risking carpal tunnel everyday, so other may die in his stead.

Looks like we found just another cowardly rightwing wimp.

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by Prinzowhales at 11:13 AM : Aug 18, 2007

I am more than aware of lift, ground effect lift and how close to the ground you have to be for it to affect your flight trajectory. you are grabbing at straws PoW, c''mon you''re better than that. Think, research and think some more. Please!!! Whlie you are at it, research how wide the hole made by flight 93 was when it hit the ground at near 500 mph. (the fuse'' airframe makes a very good ''post hole digger'')

[prinzowhales]

ToolMangler--The planes that hit the WTC were not affected by the ''lift'' that comes from flying a jet at high speed close to the ground. You not only have a pilot who can''t fly...you have him violating physical laws with the airplane. Look at the hole in the Pentagon wall (prior to the next floor collapsing) and you will see that for the nose of the Boeing to have hit where the photographs show, body of the plane would have sheared some landscape and the engines would have done some ploughing. And, if the Boeing disintegrated, what was it that made the nice round hole two rings back in the Pentagon?

As in the case of Flight 800, where witnesses--some Vietnam era combat pilots who saw missile trails streaking towards the plane--are simply ignored and a fiction invented and peddled to the American people...''gremlins in the fuel tank'' being the ''Official Lie'' for the attack on Flight 800.

[drummer94]

2 in the mornin. lars has lost it. wow.

[radiob-2009]

Feelfree said how does 4 truck loads get through security?
A cargo ship arrives in Islmabad is unloaded, cargo container x is transported by company "XPS" a known reputable transportation company. Cargo X (hand stacked head to toe) is inspected by customs, delays subsequent shipment for a week and is cleared, container X now moves to known "brokered" client for distribution, client now moves container X to subsequent distributor where cargo is "loaded" with explosives inside of current boxes not at the end of container X but at the middle and is again moved to next destination where carrier Y takes container X into Iraq. All paperwork is accurate and legit, Container X is now briefly inspected at checkpoints only opening and resealing a few boxes. Container X now moves to "distributor" in Iraq where the container is unloaded "boxes" are separated and loaded onto subsequent containers or trailers all papers are legit and all inspections have been passed, container Y,Z,W,and U are now moved to "final destination" where explosion occur. Alot of "hands" are involved in shipping and alot of paperwork and very little inspection until "end" destination.

[lars008-2009]

NONE OF US IS FREE UNLESS ALL ARE FREE!!!

WHY IS IT NOT ONE MUSLIM COUNTRY GRANTS EQUAL RIGHTS TO NON MUSLIMS???

FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM SAYS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATES ISLAM LAW...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

For example, in 1981, the Iranian representative to the United Nations, Said Rajaie-Khorassani, articulated the position of his country regarding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by saying that the UDHR was "a secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition", which could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing the Islamic law.

http://www.un.org/terrorism/
http://www.un.org/terrorism/strategy-counter-terrorism.html
http://www.un.org/

But the accepted assumption in India is that most of India''s Muslims were converted to Islam through the sword. Meaning the Indians were given an option between death or adopting Islam. The third option was getting examined in Islam religion along with heavy taxes- Jeziya (poll tax) and Kharaj (property tax).

http://adaniel.tripod.com/Islam.htm

this is what fascist nazi islam calls peace....

are you ready to live under islam rule as a non muslim???

apartheid fascist nazi islamic style

Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/islamic_state.htm

[lars008-2009]

Is islam a violation of international law???

islam practices slavery on non muslims
islam practices apartheid on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices rape on babies and animals
islam practices genocide on non muslims

all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/world/main2505445.shtml
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
Malaysia women ''suffer apartheid''
The daughter of Malaysia''s former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on the roles and status of Muslim women in the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
A matter of tolerance
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/2006/12/matter-of-tolerance.html
Marina Mahathir
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=slavery+islam&btnG=Search
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4795808.stm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=apartheid islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rape islam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rape islam babies&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=genocide islam&btnG=Search

[lars008-2009]

what do you call an ideology that:

kills you if you don''t join it...

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=82201&ln=eng&txt=islam%20law%20kill%20kaafir

kills you if you leave it...

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=696&ln=eng&txt=kaafir%20kill

kills you if you don''t do what they tell you to do..

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=6035&ln=eng&txt=kaafir%20kill

kills you if you speak against it%u2026.

http://islamqa.com/index.php?QR=22809&ln=eng

kills anybody that is not a member of it...

http://www.hauns.com/~DCQu4E5g/koran5.html

still practices slavery

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=12562&ln=eng&txt=slavery

still practices pagan rituals...

http://answering-islam.org/Silas/pagansources.htm

allows the r a p e of babies and animals...

http://www.homa.org/default.asp?TOCID=2083225445

a. satanic cult???
b. islam???
c. all the above???

Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

[j-whitman]

Lars,,,, It''s people exactly like you in all the world''s religions that turn children away, teach them how to hate & turn them into terrorists.

[j-whitman]

lars008,,,, You friggin idiot --

--- ALL CHILDREN ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD REGURADLESS OF WHAT YOU CALL HIM.... CALL HIM GOD -- EL, ELOAH -- ELOHIM --- EL SHADDAI --- ADONAI --- YAHWEH -- YAHWEH-JIREH -- YAHWEH-RAPHA -- YAHWEH-NISSI -- YAHWEH-SHAMMAH -- EL ELYON -- EL ROI -- OR EVEN ALLAH ======= IT''S THE SAME ONE