Female Bomber at Shiite Shrine in Baghdad Kills 38, page 1

posted on Jan, 4 2009 @ 06:54 PM

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Female Bomber at Shiite Shrine in Baghdad Kills 38

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BAGHDAD (Map, News) - A woman hiding among Iranian pilgrims with a bomb strapped under her black robe killed more than three dozen people Sunday outside a Baghdad mosque during ceremonies commemorating the death of one of Shiite Islam's most revered saints.

The suicide attack, the most recent in a series that has killed more than 60 people in less that a week, was the latest to mar the transfer of many security responsibilities from the U.S. military to Iraqi forces.

Iraqi security forces have deployed thousands of troops in Baghdad and in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, just south of the capital, to safeguard against attacks during the ceremonies. Attacks by al-Qaida in Iraq, Sunni insurgents and even a Shiite cult have killed hundreds of people in recent years.

The attack in Baghdad's northern Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah, which wounded at least 72 people, comes two days after a suicide bomber slipped into a luncheon at a tribal leader's home south of Baghdad and killed at least 23 people. More than a dozen other people have died in other attacks since New Year's Day.

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Sestias

posted on Jan, 4 2009 @ 06:54 PM

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This comes after the agreement that, as of New Year's Day, U.S. forces would begin to act only in concert with Iraqi forces. It is supposed to be the first move in a gradual withdrawal from Iraq.

The woman bomber was evidently a Sunni Muslim, perhaps working for Al Quaeda, attacking Shiite Muslims who were commemorating one of their most revered saints. It doesn't look like there will ever be any peace between the two factions--Iraq will still be embroiled in a civil war long after we're gone.

It's striking that women are now being used in these Sunni attacks. Heretofore it was thought they wouldn't endanger women, at least.

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SLAYER69

posted on Jan, 4 2009 @ 06:57 PM

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Originally posted by Sestias

It's striking that women are now being used in these Sunni attacks. Heretofore it was thought they wouldn't endanger women, at least.

I wouldnt put anything past some of these fanatics whats next Kiddy bombs?
Why not! They can pack a lot of explosives in a stroller.

Sestias

posted on Jan, 4 2009 @ 10:42 PM

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Sunday's suicide attack bore all the hallmarks of the Sunni terror group al-Qaida in Iraq, which has killed hundreds of people in bombings against Ashura pilgrims in recent years. U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq, blamed the group for the attack as well as a Friday suicide bombing that killed at least 23.

"These horrific attacks, along with the December 11 suicide bombing in Kirkuk, demonstrate that despite the great progress we have made. Al-Qaida in Iraq remains a lethal and dangerous threat to innocent men, women and children of all faiths and groups," Odierno and Crocker said in a joint statement. The bombing in the northern city of Kirkuk killed 55.

Other Islamic extremist groups also have used Ashura to stage bloody attacks against Shiites.

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Yes, these extremists will use their own mothers in suicide bombings next. I'm afraid that when the U.S. leaves Iraq, the Shiites and Sunnis will go on killing each other forever. But the only alternative would be for us to stay forever and that would be unthinkable.

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jam321

posted on Jan, 4 2009 @ 10:58 PM

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It is a cruel society that we live. Unfortunately, it probably won't get much attention now that the focus is on the Palestinians. But a life is a life.