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Iraq
At least 175 dead in Iraq bomb attack
2007-08-15
At least 175 people have been killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks in northern Iraq, Iraq's military says.

The blasts apparently targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least four blasts hit areas which house the community.
That's an old religion, greatly predates Islam.
Courtesy of Michael J. Totten: "The Beginning of the Universe".
A Mosul police source told the BBC that there had been "large loss of life". Officials said at least one of the attacks near Mosul involved a fuel tanker. Up to 200 other people were hurt in the blasts, which destroyed or set fire to a number of buildings. The attacks are among the worst carried out in Iraq during the insurgency.

Tensions between the sect and local Muslims have grown since a Yazidi girl was reportedly stoned by her community in April for converting to Islam. Members of the Yazidi community worship an archangel, sometimes represented by a peacock figure. Some Christians and Muslims believe the angel they revere to be the devil.
Posted by:lotp

#6  Now 250 dead and 500 wounded. Nothing gets muslims' rocks off like ambushing and slaughtering unsuspecting pagans. So very Mohammedan.
Posted by: ed   2007-08-15 19:31  

#5  Let me know when the families' victims begin reporting all such terrorist perpetrators. Until then, they can kiss my Infidel ass. Muslims must either learn to intervene against Islamist terrorism or die in droves for it. Period.

The only thing worse than finding out about the bombing was logging onto the net this morning and finding out that you've lived down to my expectations and decided to blame Al Qaeda's victims once again.

The Peshmerga militia has already done a hell of a lot more in the war on terror than you ever will.

Scrape off the thin sheen of anti-islamic prejudice, and all that's left is that you're providing moral support for al Qaeda's massacres.
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2007-08-15 14:37  

#4  Zenster,
The Yazidi are a small, non muslim religion with a few tens of thousands followers. Usually they don't bother anybody and nobody bothers them.

The fact that they have been singled out for this kind of barbaric attack is an indication of how desperate AQI is for any kind of success. You can bet that if they could have pulled this off in Baghdad they would have. Instead they have to go after a small minority in a rural setting to get mass casualties.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2007-08-15 13:29  

#3  Michael Yon met the Yezidi as well.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-08-15 11:18  

#2  Whew! I was getting worried for a while, but my friends are coming through for me.
Posted by: Sen Harry Reid (D-efeatist)   2007-08-15 00:19  

#1  Let me know when the families' victims begin reporting all such terrorist perpetrators. Until then, they can kiss my Infidel ass. Muslims must either learn to intervene against Islamist terrorism or die in droves for it. Period.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-15 00:06  

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