Bomb Kills 7 In Shiite Area Of Baghdad

Vehicles Banned From Baghdad In Advance Of Religious Ceremony, Following Car Bomb Explosion

(AP)  Iraqi authorities imposed an indefinite ban on all vehicles in the Baghdad area Saturday in advance of a major Shiite religious ceremony, government television announced.

News of the ban came hours after a car bomb killed seven people and wounded dozens near Baghdad's most important Shiite shrine. Sunni extremists have staged attacks in the past during Shiite festivals, which have drawn huge crowds since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime.

It was the second vehicle ban in Baghdad this month in connection with Shiite rituals.

The latest ban was ordered to protect Shiite pilgrims traveling to Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, to attend ceremonies marking the birthday of the "Hidden Imam," a 9th century religious figure who devout Shiites believe will return to Earth to usher in the rule of peace.

The festival reaches its high point Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

The ban was widely expected even before Saturday's car bomb. It will cover all vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles as of 6 p.m. Saturday, the television quoted military spokesman Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Mousawi as saying.

Vehicles were banned in Baghdad from Aug. 8 through the morning of Aug. 11 during Shiite ceremonies honoring another Shiite saint, Imam Musa Kadhim, who is buried in the capital.

The noontime bombing in the Kazimiyah district of Baghdad occurred when a bomb hidden in a parked car exploded in busy Oruba Square about 500 yards from Imam Kadhim's tomb.

A medic at the local hospital said seven people were killed and 30 wounded, including two children.

Shop owner Hussein Abdul Rahman, who suffered minor shrapnel injuries, said the square was less crowded than usual because some many people had joined the pilgrimage to Karbala.

"Thank God — it could have been much worse than this," he said.

No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on Sunni religious extremists who consider Shiites as heretics and collaborators with the Americans.

The U.S. command in Baghdad announced the grisly discovery of an execution site in the Arab Jabour area just south of the capital, a Sunni Arab area where al Qaeda in Iraq is known to operate.

During a 24-hour operation on Tuesday and Wednesday, soldiers found human skulls, decomposing bodies in a pit and bones wrapped in bloody clothes, U.S. spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver said in a statement. Troops found blood spatter in a nearby building and other signs that executions had taken place there.

The troops took fire as they entered the area and shot back, killing one suspected terrorist, Garver said. Eight others were taken into custody, and the U.S. troops discovered homemade bombs and a weapons cache including trigger wires.

In a series of pre-dawn raids Saturday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, U.S. forces killed three insurgent suspects and captured 17 others, Garver said.

Among those seized in an operation northeast of Samarra was a man who is suspected of providing money for weapons and other support to foreign fighters, and a suspected "associate" of senior al Qaeda leaders who had been sent to Beiji to set up operations there, he said.

In preparation for the ceremonies in Karbala, police asked hotel owners not to accept guests who have no passports or residency papers as protection against Sunni extremists infiltrating the crowds.

Police said vehicles would be banned from the city to prevent car bombings. Cordons of police checkpoints were being set up to protect the two major shrines that are the focal points of the ceremonies, said Raid Shakir Jawdat, Karbala's provincial police chief.

[skyk-2009]

I think the only question left in this entire mess is how many more American''s will die before we get a leader with the guts to admit that George W. Bush is a FRAUD and INCOMPETENT! He was USED by the enemy within and the enemy who attacked us. American Fascist saw a chance with the attacks on 9/11 to take over some of the richest oil fields in the world and they had a Morally corrupt human in the office of President that could be used to accomplish that. They have failed and Bush has failed. The sad part is our nation has only begun to pay for the failures.

[bluestardad]

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[hamiltongrad]

JFK would have been PROUD of BUSH !

Just as JFK wanted to bring Democracy and freedom to the areas of the world that were under terrible dictatorships, as a Democrat Progressive, so too has Bush attempted to liberate the poor people of IRAQ from the unspeakable evils of Saddam.

Bush is therefore a modern, brave poregressive, in the mold of JFK.

That the Iraqi people embraced DEMOCRACY is evident by their vote where over 95 % came out, risking life and family. Since then, what have we seen ? The OUTSIDE powers of IRAN and SYRIA, our true enemies, and the enemies of peace, have infiltrated to cause civil unrest. We are not killing innocent people, we are not firebombing children, or cutting off the heads of reporters.
These barbaric ISlamic Fascists- are. Do you support women''s rights ? If so, support and join the fight ! You can not be progressive if you do not support this war on radical islam.

So, all you muddle headed liberals, get your mind straight. We are fighting our enemies, the same guys who killed us on 9 11, and would kill us now. I say, thank God for Pres Bush and our brave men and women in uniform. Bush is a true JFK porgressive. BOMB IRAN . NUKEs ?
We need to now take the fight to IRAN, Hezbollah, Hamas. and Syria and be done with all this. They are our enemy. They are the enemy of all those who seek freedom. Wimps, commies.

[hamiltongrad]

JFK would have been PROUD of BUSH !

Just as JFK wanted to bring Democracy and freedom to the areas of the world that were under terrible dictatorships, as a Democrat Progressive, so too has Bush attempted to liberate the poor people of IRAQ from the unspeakable evils of Saddam.

Bush is therefore a modern, brave poregressive, in the mold of JFK.

That the Iraqi people embraced DEMOCRACY is evident by their vote where over 95 % came out, risking life and family. Since then, what have we seen ? The OUTSIDE powers of IRAN and SYRIA, our true enemies, and the enemies of peace, have infiltrated to cause civil unrest. We are not killing innocent people, we are not firebombing children, or cutting off the heads of reporters.
These barbaric ISlamic Fascists- are. Do you support women''s rights ? If so, support and join the fight ! You can not be progressive if you do not support this war on radical islam.

So, all you muddle headed liberals, get your mind straight. We are fighting our enemies, the same guys who killed us on 9 11, and would kill us now. I say, thank God for Pres Bush and our brave men and women in uniform. Bush is a true JFK porgressive. BOMB IRAN . NUKEs ?
We need to now take the fight to IRAN, Hezbollah, Hamas. and Syria and be done with all this. They are our enemy. They are the enemy of all those who seek freedom. Wimps, commies.

[drummer94]

We will assume, Hamiltongrad, that you and your kids are blousing up your combat boots right now ''eh? The idiots don''t mind killing crazy people. Comparing JFK with loony-toon. Sheesh!!!!

[pastdue1]

JFK would have been PROUD of BUSH !
Posted by Hamiltongrad at 09:52 AM : Aug 25, 2007

Are you kidding? JFK would probably never have had any occasion to even associate with Bush, they came from different intellectual societies. Although we tend to give JFK more credit than he really deserves as an American president, he still would have recognized that Bush is a total light weight in terms of leadership, patriotism, and his qualifications to be any kind of president of the United States.

[hamiltongrad]

Pastdue: Isn''t Bush a graduate of Harvard Bus School. What are you smoking ?
The fact remains, if you are a progressive, as JFK was, you must be for bringing liberty and freedom to all people. I listen to DEMOCRACY NOW, on Pacifica radio, and the message there is clear. Bush is a Progressive. He wants us to fight for freedom, democracy and libery. Just because IRAQI s are not white or European does not mean that they do not deserve a life free from pain and torutre, are you a racist and an idiot ?
JFK and Bush are both Progressives. Are you ?

[skyk-2009]

Just because IRAQI s are not white or European does not mean that they do not deserve a life free from pain and torutre, are you a racist and an idiot ?
JFK and Bush are both Progressives. Are you ?
Posted by Hamiltongrad at 11:00 AM : Aug 25, 2007


ARE you saying that JFK would have INVADED a country like Bush did? Are you saying JFK would have killed all those people trying to "give" them something that HE does not understand? That''s about the sickest thing I''ve ever heard. JFK stood his ground and blockaded Cuba... played a hand with a nerve Bush has never had to PREVENT sending our Troops to die. You are a disgusting little person for saying this but to even utter the words progressive in the same sentence as Bush is beyond belief!! You are not real smart are you?

[mcvet]

So, all you muddle headed liberals, get your mind straight. We are fighting our enemies, Hezbollah, Hamas. and Syria and be done with all this. They are our enemy. They are the enemy of all those who seek freedom. Wimps, commies.
Posted by Hamiltongrad at 09:52 AM : Aug 25, 2007

Oh JOY! Yet another simple minded Swastika Hugger who doesn''t know the facts and can''t tell his Right from his LEFT! YOU clowns are the reason we are LOSING this thing... YOU Clowns are getting the Butt Whoopin of our history and YOU throw rocks at those who have been right about this mess from day ONE! Let''s review there Swastika Breath. IRAQ had NOTHING to do with 9/11, even your Fuhrer now admits that. Iraq was in no way involved with Al Qaeda, that was a Cheney LIE and has been proven over and over. Now if you will take the swastika off for a few minutes, pick up a HISTORY book, and READ it you will find that All, yes Sparky ALL our greatest leaders were "Liberal"... EVERY LAST one of them. You aren''t the sharpest tool in the old shed there are you? With the way you clowns are going we may not last another year... Bin Laden has used Bush and his "Policy" to completely REBUILD and he isn''t in IRAQ you small minded Nazi... Sieg Heil Bush!! Come on you flame throwing fascist say it with me!! SIEG HEIL MEIN FUHRER!! Now doesn''t that make you feel better. Now go back to hating everyone who doesn''t march to the party line.

[jowand]

ARE you saying that JFK would have INVADED a country like Bush did? Are you saying JFK would have killed all those people trying to "give" them something that HE does not understand? That''''s about the sickest thing I''''ve ever heard. JFK stood his ground and blockaded Cuba... played a hand with a nerve Bush has never had to PREVENT sending our Troops to die. You are a disgusting little person for saying this but to even utter the words progressive in the same sentence as Bush is beyond belief!! You are not real smart are you?
Posted by skyk at 11:21 AM : Aug 25, 2007

JFK told the Cubans to go take their country back from Castro, said the USA would support them then stuck a knife in their backs at the Bay of Pigs

[mcvet]

JFK told the Cubans to go take their country back from Castro, said the USA would support them then stuck a knife in their backs at the Bay of Pigs

Posted by jowand at 11:53 AM : Aug 25, 2007
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ROFLMAO You truly do not know much about our history or this nation do you? ROFLMAO You are making such an IDIOT of yourself with garbage like this, when you KNOW nothing but what you have read in some fascist pub. By the way, I''ll give you a hint here sparky. The plan was NOT Kennedy''s althought he allowed it to proceed... he made a MISTAKE and unlike you fascist stood up and accepted RESPONSIBLITY for that mistake. Wouldn''t that be refreshing today... actually hear someone in this pathetic Dictatorship accept responsibility for all the failure and screwups!! Sieg Heil Bush!! By the way SWASTIKA BREATH what does THAT have to do with the Cuban MISSLE CRISIS? You truly aren''t very smart are you... I have a grandchild that knows more about these things than you do.

[mcvet]

Are do not know anything about histroy. Do you believe , for example, that the Communist party were a threat during the 1940s and 1950s in the USA ? Did they infiltrate our government and State Dept for example. Was there in internal plot to destroy Democrady in the US ? Yes or N0 ?
I only use this as an example of how little most liberals really know about the world, our history and the evil we face.

JFK knew. And our great President Bush knows. How about you ?
Posted by hamiltongrad at 12:20 PM : Aug 25, 2007

How many Liberals do you hate there Swastika Breath? Do you hate Jefferson and Madison, who Con''s didn''t just call Liberal but called them Radical Liberal''s? How about the Roosevelts? Teddy and Franklin? Both of them were Liberals. Then there''s Wilson and Truman, hate them as well? We already can read your hatred for Kennedy and your love for Joe McCarthy... you do know old Joe NEVER uncovered ONE, not ONE, Communist with all the rights he trampled on don''t you? You know fascism isn''t the answer sparky and hating your history isn''t either. Sieg Heil Y''all.

[radiob-2009]

Are do not know anything about histroy. Do you believe , for example, that the Communist party were a threat during the 1940s and 1950s in the USA ? Did they infiltrate our government and State Dept for example. Was there in internal plot to destroy Democrady in the US ? Yes or N0 ?
I only use this as an example of how little most liberals really know about the world, our history and the evil we face.

JFK knew. And our great President Bush knows. How about you ?
Posted by hamiltongrad


Keep worshiping at the "golden elephant" and the "golden donkey" and there will not be a nation left. We will become a third world nation if we continue on this path. Both partys are corrupt and NEITHER are looking out for the interest of the people of the US.Free trade agreements, amnesty for illegals, tax breaks for corporations to move out of the US, violations of civil libertys etc. it goes on and on.

[cbs_oliver]

This story includes only three of the required references to "al Qaeda" in Iraq.

I don''t know who wrote this bit but it is clear that they are Slackers!

[j-whitman]

CBS_Oliver,,,, CBS has been delivering news in America since 1917 compared to Austrias FOX News''s 1996 ------ Please pay attention,, since the crackdown with the surge Most In Iraq Jails Are Not Al Queda,, But Arab Sunni''s

[ssm9451]

Agree with radiob!!!!
We will soon be another Rome (fall of the Roman Empire)

[j-whitman]

The only slackers here are the ignorant not paying attention,, & Bush lovers hell bound to deviate from any form of truth & honor.

[j-whitman]

Hamiltongrad,,, How can you call yourself a graduate & fail to understand a basic concept of Islamic beliefes ?????
,, Thier own savior, they all say will return when the world''s democracies & religions fail & lead them to salvation --- Exactly what Evangelist & Baptists preach.

[radiob-2009]

Thier own savior, they all say will return when the world''''s democracies & religions fail & lead them to salvation --- Exactly what Evangelist & Baptists preach.
Posted by j-whitman


What????? J I thought you said you were raised in a church and your dad or granddad was a minister.Read revelations again.

[j-whitman]

Hamiltongrad,,, Egypt who Bush wants to arm, is a great example of democracy in Islamic countries --
- They have a president & a democraticaly elected congress -
---- They say, unlike ours,,,,, Democracy is good for them, however they also are straight foward & say When all thier people have what they need,, they will gladly accept Islamic law...
.. A successfull democracy in a Muslem world is insane....... If I understand that,, Why doesn''t our government ??? -- They are the degreed, THEY KNOW IT ALLREADY & LIE TO YOUR FACE

[j-whitman]

radio,,,, Helloooooo,,,, Revelations wasn''t written untill 1611,,,, God nor Jesus wrote it.
.. It was written in England at a time when even Jews were burned alive & thier intestines were cut out as they lay screaming with Christian crowds chearing it on ....
..... You ever wonder why they call it the King James Bible ?????

[drummer94]

Uh, Helloooooo. "Bomb kills seven..." and "helicopter gunships blast rooftops". Where does it talk about revelations, God, Jesus, golden anything. We generally bittch at the likes of mud and lars for getting off-topic. Some of y''all spent hrs. off-topic yesterday. What gives? If you read Hamiltongrad"s first post (as nutty as it was) he was suggesting we bomb Iran and was comparing shrub to JFK. Professor MCvet jerked him to reality, then the religious shiit starts. I got a lotta respect for you guys, but dam!

[j-whitman]

radio,,,, FYI, All religions have a violent radical side to them,, Christianity is no different & every ---- It helps to understand the rhetoric that drives the radical sides, & it is far from the message of our Bible.... An accurate account of Chriatianity as well as Ismam & Budahism is of utmost importance...

Good reading, on the subject is found in an article written in 1887 by the Londong Progressive Publishing Company --- "The Crimes of Christianity" by G.W. Foote & J.M. Wheeler...... As in politics & government -- The more you undertand,,, The better we all will be.

[j-whitman]

drummer94,,, Correct, yet religious rhetoic drives both sides on our Failing War on Terror,, Including our Failed attempt at Conquest of an Islamic culture in Iraq.

[j-whitman]

Now we have "Battle Cry" openly declaring war against America & our own culture..... By our own radical terrorist Christians, & few recongize it..... Rally''s identical to 1930''s Nazi Germany & 1970''s Tehran.

[drummer94]

I agree with you there j-whitman. But, in that case, the Islamic fundamentalists really believe in that stuff. Loony-toon use the religious right to get elected, then followed through in the same vein and used it to exact revenge on the attempt on daddy''s life and to secure oil for his evil buddies, all under the guise of "God told me to" And if that is the case, does that not lower shrub to our enemies level? And American blood is spilt. And the public says stop but he is still holding the office. Scary shiit,man.

[j-whitman]

OK,,, Back to the issue ---- Anyone actually believe that bombers who get past Iraqi police, Iraqi military & our Private Contracted Security road blocks into Baghdad is a sign of progress ????

[oakishpines]

'' ...

had a million dollars wanted ten million, not one million dollar film, or 1000 $1000, but 100 million kids with free medical you are here map song dance skit kits, to make a hundred million dollars for nothing

me verse the world i deserve 99%, the world occupys 99% space time so deserves 99%, so 50% / 50% may be rational and equitable shareing of my market share

210 million represents the richest 3% with over 95% of wealth, poverty lines range $2 to $60 each work day, so giving to 440 to 730,000 each workday for tips of a penny to a dollar from 1/2 % to 11 % of folk marketed to


6 or 10 billion folk is 90,000 counties of 90,000 folk is 300 trail groups of 300 folk, girls get bored and move each 20 seconds to 20 nminutes so i not call them communities?)

$12,000 per year poverty line will buy $60,000 of 2500 sf land and 340 sf home

2500 sqft (50 ft x 50 ft) is 200 lineal feet perimeter, 2.2 to 3650 ''grapes'' per lineal foot (grapes as example or seaweed / algae song / dance art / craft wutever)


... if only 2500 square feet could float like some kind of spore bloom weed dragon tinkering densitys and surface areas and such ...


trails of life is more like kindergarten class, what do you like what do you want to do this that ok well show you how now like this now like that now like this now like that

... ''

[drummer94]

Perhaps the bomber didn''t have to get by anything. Perhaps the car was parked beforehand because someone had prior knowledge that traffic was going to be shut down at that time. Wouldn''t be the first time something like that happened.

[drummer94]

wow oak. I didn''t know people still did acid.

[j-whitman]

drummer94,,, Must be some pretty bad LSD... I recall the good old days, ain''t no way in hell I could have used a keyboard.

[seven-pesos]

history shows what happens when southerners get the power in america.

the south has a dark and sordid past.

bush is just the latest snake to come out of that most militaristic and extremist region of america.

the south never does good for america.

always war, hate, phony christian creeps and crooked republican snakes.

ha,ha,ha.

that''s the south for you, folks!

[j-whitman]

seven-pesos --- Not eveyone in the south is a Flag waving cowboy, active duty avoiding coward like Ted Nugent & Bush, but it sure seems like it.

[j-whitman]

Help me out here folks,,, Is thier any other word that describes the opposite of Progressive other than Regressive ???

[dangeroushen]

j-whitman

backward?, retarded?. I think I can see where this is going.

[j-whitman]

DangerousHen,,,, Yep, you see it & I do, I''m not even college educated - Gotta ask the next Q,,, Why don''t others ??

[dangeroushen]

j-whitman

Sometimes the obvious is too big to see.

[drummer94]

Posted by j- at 2:46. How ''bout degressive? That''s gotta mean somethin. I don''t have a funk and wagnalls. And ya might have been able to use the k-board, just would have sounded like that. Which, of course, would have made perfect sense to ya. I seen peace signs. Little did I know 30 odd years later, I still see peace signs. Read into that what you will.

[j-whitman]

drummer94 --- Amazing how us Pot Smokers can change the course of 2 failed wars, huh ?

[radiob-2009]

drummer94 --- Amazing how us Pot Smokers can change the course of 2 failed wars, huh ?
Posted by j-whitman


What has changed in the course of Iraq? Iraq is in worse shape now than it was last year and is breaking up into multiple communitys with multiple civil wars still raging. Al Queda has its presence and they have almost run the Yaziks out of Iraq. I see no improvements in Iraq or our position there.

[j-whitman]

radio,,, I can say 1 positive thing for the "Surge" --- It exposed that the majority of insurgents are Sunni Arabs, even more than I thought.... Problem is is they are still comming in & the UAE won''t stop them.

[seven-pesos]

in the south you cannot be a non-believer and be elected to public office.

the church will not allow it.

and we all know who controls politics in the south.

evangelist snakes and christian creeps...

bush''s kind of people.

nothing good comes out of the south.

[j-whitman]

Radio,,,, What''s changed in the course ?? Come on bro
-- Since March when Democrats actually took Congress,, We''ve gone from Wonderfull Accomplishments & You Can Shop In The Streets --- to --- How Fast Can We Pull Out & How Many To Leave Behind

[hamiltongrad]

It is interesting how ignorant so many people are: That you believe that Bush is not a pure Progressive in the mold of JFK, is to deny the basic facts of History. Just as JFK wanted to bring freedom and "liberty" ( as stated in his ing. adress ) and was ready to carry any burden , commit any forces , etc to do so, is just what Bush is doing ! Bush was a young man at that time and no doubt greatly influenced, as was Cond. Rice, and others. Once Mc Govern and other Communists pacificist took over, they purged the Democrats of that "wing" of the party who wanted stand up for freedom and follow the destiny of America JFK called for.
Too bad your college education was so narrow that you missed these and other historical facts.
Liberals, true Liberals know so little, because they avoid confontation with Evil forces, would rather talk about fat content in foods, or "global warming" (what a joke that is !) while they fly around in privated jets !

[hamiltongrad]

It is interesting how ignorant so many people are: That you believe that Bush is not a pure Progressive in the mold of JFK, is to deny the basic facts of History. Just as JFK wanted to bring freedom and "liberty" ( as stated in his ing. adress ) and was ready to carry any burden , commit any forces , etc to do so, is just what Bush is doing ! Bush was a young man at that time and no doubt greatly influenced, as was Cond. Rice, and others. Once Mc Govern and other Communists pacificist took over, they purged the Democrats of that "wing" of the party who wanted stand up for freedom and follow the destiny of America JFK called for.
Too bad your college education was so narrow that you missed these and other historical facts.
Liberals, true Liberals know so little, because they avoid confontation with Evil forces, would rather talk about fat content in foods, or "global warming" (what a joke that is !) while they fly around in privated jets !

[seven-pesos]

southerners hope to elect another faith professing, conservative republican.

the south hopes to win the all time loser''s award.

jefferson davis lost his war...
johnson lost his war...
bush will lose his war...

if the south can lose just one more war,

they will beat the french for most wars lost, ever!

ha,ha,ha.

those idiot southern republican christian creeps ought to stay in church and out of politics

the south can''t be depended upon to do the right thing for america.

[radiob-2009]

J do you not know the Iraqis are dancing in the streets? Problem is they are dancing to avoid a bomb or the other Iraqis dancing with weapons aimed at them.Bush said they would be "dancing" and would be bringing "flowers" he just forget that the dancing was to avoid death and the "flowers" were to mourn death.

[seven-pesos]

watch out, folks!

if those southerners get their way

they''''ll elect another creep just like bush.

that''''s the way of the south.

christian creeps, republican snakes...

nothing good comes out of the south.

[pastdue1]

Posted by Hamiltongrad at 05:39 PM : Aug 25, 2007

JFK''s inaugural address was, indeed, moving. Is that as far as you got in your study of JFK? It sounds as though you are still glamorizing his presidency, which was a short presidency. Whomever taught you the history of that era, was or is sadly lacking in factual history. When you say McGovern "purged" the party, you are forgetting that the Democratic party is not like the Republican ~ all of the same mind. The Democratic party always was and always has been a coalition of difference. It was then, more the working class party than it is now, but still it incorporates a variety of ideaological difference. Still, JFK would not like being compared to George Bush. Point of interest,JFK did have some true ideals, and his speeches were, in the main, written with his considerable input, unlike Bush.

[seven-pesos]

the south murdered abraham lincoln...

the south murdered john kennedy...

to make up for this, the south gives us george bush, jr.

hooray for the south.

rednecks, white christian trash, republican snakes...

oh, well...that''s the south for you, folks!