BAGHDAD, Aug. 9, 2008
Suicide Car Bombing Kills 25 In Iraq
U.S. Military Blames Al Qaeda In Iraq For Attack
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An Iraqi security official, meanwhile, said the attacker was a Sunni Turkoman who had been detained by the U.S. military but was released four months ago under an Iraqi amnesty law.
The bomber may have avoided detection at a checkpoint leading to the busy market by having a man ride with him in the passenger seat, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The passenger got off soon after the car passed the checkpoint, he added, citing witness reports and forensic tests.
Suicide car bombers are known to ride alone in most cases, so having a passenger next to them could help them avoid detection. Tal Afar, a frequent target of suicide bombings over the past five years, bans males from driving alone.
An indefinite curfew was imposed on the predominantly ethnic Turkoman town, the official said, adding the death toll had risen to 25 after four people died from their wounds.
Initial reports said the blast was caused by an explosives-laden car parked near a fruit and vegetable market. But Capt. Charles Calio, a U.S. military spokesman, said it was a suicide attack.
"One al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist died when he detonated a vehicle-borne bomb," Calio said in an e-mailed statement.
The blast occurred amid heightened tensions among ethnic groups throughout northern Iraq because of a dispute over control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. The city is claimed by the Kurds, who want to annex it to their self-ruled region, but its Arab and Turkomen residents want to remain under central government control.
The top U.S. diplomat and military commander in Iraq condemned the attack in Tal Afar, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus said in a joint statement Saturday that the "senseless" attack will further unite the Iraqi people to reject al Qaeda in Iraq and the "indiscriminate" violence it inflicts on civilians.
Northern Iraq has been suffering most from insurgent attacks while the rest of the country has seen the lowest levels of violence in four years. That improvement has been attributed to the dispatch of additional U.S. troops last year, a cease-fire by a Shiite militia and a revolt by Sunni tribesmen and insurgents against the al Qaeda in Iraq.
The deadly Tal Afar bombing was a grim reminder that al Qaeda in Iraq and other militant groups remain capable of executing major attacks in Iraq despite the presence of about 145,000 troops and what is widely perceived as improving Iraqi security forces.
Meanwhile, Georgia - the third largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq - said it is pulling out its entire 2,000-strong contingent from Iraq to join the fighting in the breakaway province of South Ossetia as soon as transport can be arranged.
A U.S. military spokesman said the departure of the Georgians will have "some impact" in the near term but no significant long-term effect on Iraq's security.
Col. Bondo Maisuradze, commander of the Georgia brigade, told The Associated Press Saturday that all his troops would be leaving, but he couldn't say when because transportation arrangements had not been finalized. "All the Georgian guys will be leaving for the homeland," he said.
The Georgians have asked the United States to provide transportation, and U.S. spokesman Capt. Charles G. Calio said all options are being considered.
In scattered violence Saturday, a bodyguard who works for Youth and Sports Minister Jassim Mohammed Ja'afar was gunned down outside his home near the city of Kirkuk, according to a police source who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to disclose the information.
Also in northern Iraq, gunmen shot dead a 50-year-old woman outside her home in the al-Maamoun district in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad.
In the capital, an American soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a roadside bombing Friday night, the U.S. military said.
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Spam. Yawn. Surge Failed. Iraq Failed.
Now the Iraqis are kicking Bush out. That''s Bush''s legacy: Failure.
Cheney needs an excuse to initiate his coup d''''etat here at home, and an invasion of Iran is the perfect opportunity to pull it off. Plus, he''''s got all the Blackwater troops he needs to put down any domestic insurrection.
Yeah, this definitely smells like another Doug Feith/David Addington Neocon-Fascist Smoke & Mirrors Number.
Posted by imprisonkarl at 08:34 AM : Aug 10, 2008
They don''t need an excuse. They''ll just do it - they don''t answer to the people, they don''t answer to congress, they don''t answer to the senate, they don''t follow the rule of law......
How many people have been murdered in Detroit, LA, Compton, New York City, and Chicago this past year? What about the USA as a whole? How many innocent people have been murdered in our country this past year?
Posted by BeBoldin09 at 06:39 AM : Aug 10, 2008
Yes Rick - you are correct.
We SHOULD be focusing on solving our own problems, BEFORE we try to solve everyone else''s problems. Like OUR crime problems, OUR health care crisis, OUR national security......
Cheney needs an excuse to initiate his coup d''etat here at home, and an invasion of Iran is the perfect opportunity to pull it off. Plus, he''s got all the Blackwater troops he needs to put down any domestic insurrection.
Yeah, this definitely smells like another Doug Feith/David Addington Neocon-Fascist Smoke & Mirrors Number.
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Spam.
You lost Iraq the second you went in for no reason.
Getting your morning cookies? How sad to be you -- never knowing what normal *** is like . . . oh, well, just the nature of the repressed Rethuglican beast, n''est pas?
Speaking of ***, where''s Fake War Hero Johnny''s latest little ho, Vicki Iseman? She kinda disappeared overnight once her affair w/McSame was revealed by his aides -- what did you guys do with her body?
The voters deserve an explanation about ALL of McSame''s mistresses -- not just the one he''s married to -- in order to reach an informed decision about who would be the better Commander-in-Chief.
The Rethuglicans came up with the Marital Fidelity Matrix for Prez Candidates, afterall. Shouldn''t it be applied to their own candidate as well?
dont you just hate these stupid silly little fascist nazi terrorislamic muslims pretending to be liberal Americana,,, and begging for the usa to leave iraq,,, lol,,, they must be really getting their arses kicked,,, hahahahahaha,,,
and these fascist nazi terrorislamic muslim collaborators,,,
THEY ARE LOSING
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3346386.ece
Last letter from doomed Al Qaida chief: "We are so desperate for your help"
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I tell those 25 dead from the suicide bombing how your lovely surge is working....HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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You sound like the crybaby whiner.
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Posted by lambor59 at 03:16 AM : Aug 10, 2008
You are a freaking liar. The only ones who are DEATH TROOPS are these WICKED EVIL ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST JIHADISTS who will BUTCHER THEIR OWN PEOPLE (MUSLIMS) FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN MILITANT JIHAD!
OUR TROOPS ARE THE ONES PROTECTING THE INNOCENT FROM THIS EVIL YOU SICK LIAR.
YOU''RE MOST LIKELY A JIHADI PROPAGANDIST PUSHING YOUR WICKED, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL DECEPTIONS ON AN AMERICAN MESSAGE FORUM.
HERE''S SOME SIMPLE MATH FOR YOU:
US TROOPS = THE GOOD GUYS
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST JIHAD: THE BAD GUYS, THE EVIL
Go get your 72 virgins, freak!
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Posted by nextGenMan
The surge has been a tremendous success.
How many people have been murdered in Detroit, LA, Compton, New York City, and Chicago this past year? What about the USA as a whole? How many innocent people have been murdered in our country this past year?
You sir are a desperate liberal defeatest idiot who has invested in the defeat of America at all cost. News like this only fuels your hatred of America and our allies.
Thank GOD you are a tiny minority and don''t represent the majority of the American people. Even most of your liberal pals and politicians have admitted that the surge has been a success.
But you''re so far out in left field that if the USA is not defeated by Islamic fundamentalism you will cry a river so long for not getting your way that there won''t be delta big enuogh for it to flow into.
So the conclusion we can make here is this:
You are a cry baby whiner, who has no purpose and meaning in life, other than to patrol internet message forums trying to draw attention to yourself to boost that incredibly childish thick ego of yours.
GROW UP
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How''s that Surge going? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Posted by Latrocinor at 03:24 AM : Aug 10, 2008
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The point is: you have no valid, reasonable answers to these questions to give, so obcourse you have no responses! So, pretend the other guy just doesn''''''''t get it! Right!
Posted by stn_sage at 05:18 AM : Aug 10, 2008
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it is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer,,,
BTW,,, it has nothing to do with oil prices nancy,,,
Posted by terrorislamw at 05:23 AM : Aug 10, 2008
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So, it''s intuitively obvious, huh?! So, when you''re not posting columns of gibberish or ranting incoherently, you also believe you''re a mind-reader?!
My, my---aren''t ''we'' special, Mr. Terroristamw?!
I think you''re a flaming fruitcake, nancy!
Posted by foxmulder33
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Of course no answer will satisfy you so why bother trying?
Posted by Latrocinor at 03:24 AM : Aug 10, 2008
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The point is: you have no valid, reasonable answers to these questions to give, so obcourse you have no responses! So, pretend the other guy just doesn''''t get it! Right!
Posted by stn_sage at 05:18 AM : Aug 10, 2008
it is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer,,,
BTW,,, it has nothing to do with oil prices nancy,,,
Posted by foxmulder33
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Of course no answer will satisfy you so why bother trying?
Posted by Latrocinor at 03:24 AM : Aug 10, 2008
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The point is: you have no valid, reasonable answers to these questions to give, so obcourse you have no responses! So, pretend the other guy just doesn''t get it! Right!
Posted by foxmulder33
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Of course no answer will satisfy you so why bother trying?
dont you just hate these stupid silly little fascist nazi terrorislamic muslims pretending to be liberal Americana,,, and begging for the usa to leave iraq,,, lol,,, they must be really getting their arses kicked,,, hahahahahaha,,,
and these fascist nazi terrorislamic muslim collaborators,,,
THEY ARE LOSING
Attacks in Baghdad fall 80 percent: Iraq military
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1880448320080216?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
Qaeda defeated in Baghdad: Iraqi PM
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080215182516.1kw853y4&show_article=1
Al-Qaeda leaders admit: ''We are in crisis. There is panic and fear''
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3346386.ece
Last letter from doomed Al Qaida chief: "We are so desperate for your help"
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ss_iraq_09_30.asp
Iraq insurgency: People rise against al-Qa''eda
Damien McElroy spent a week in the heart of the insurgency in Anbar province in Iraq. In the second of seven exclusive reports he describes how peace and prosperity have returned to a town formerly riven by sectarian killings.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/08/wanbar308.xml
Arabs or persians are not really my favorite people but Bush and his death squads are killing those poor people in hundred of thousands like they did to the japanese in ww2, this is total holocaus.
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