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2008-06-02 Iraq

Roadside bombing kills boy, mother in Diala

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Riddle me this: How come the family or neighbors did not notice it when the bomb was emplaced? Was it done at night with noiseless tools? Was it left there in a grocery bag? It makes no sense that the neighborhood would have known anything about it or someone would have said something.

Posted by gorb 2008-06-02 00:23|| 2008-06-02 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 i see AQ is still winning hearts and minds...

Posted by Abu do you love 2008-06-02 00:31|| 2008-06-02 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 It makes no sense that the neighborhood would have known anything about it or someone would have said something.

You've obviously never lived in a bad neighborhood.

Posted by Pappy 2008-06-02 01:06|| 2008-06-02 01:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Because the brave lions now train children how to bomb. What a religious effort?

Posted by newc">newc 2008-06-02 01:09|| 2008-06-02 01:09|| Front Page Top

#5 You've obviously never lived in a bad neighborhood.

You're right there.

But nonetheless, it's suicidal! When that thing goes off, you and your family may well be toast! Ain't nobody that stoopid! I can see staying in your house when criminals with guns roam the street because you can't avoid being a random victim. But this isn't random!

Am I missing some social pressures here or something?

The only thing I can imagine is that AlQ doesn't give a $hit about the fact that this behavior will get them exterminated, because every time they do this it's going to lose any possible allies they have for a couple of blocks around. I guess that's why they pour gas on six year old kids and set them on fire at random.

All the Coalition has to do is to endure while these guys wear out their welcome, and then the bad guys will implode. This assumes that the good guys don't get stupid and go off on the locals - EVER. The bad guys have all kinds of leverage in their favor. The can act like animals 1000 times over for each Coalition criminal act (like that 14 year-old girl's rape/murder or Abu Ghraib) before the locals will swing back to supporting the Coalition. Perhaps AlQ has been counting on this, and the Coalition didn't play according to their gameplan.

Posted by gorb 2008-06-02 02:09|| 2008-06-02 02:09|| Front Page Top

#6 The difference between Iraq and the Hood, deals with consequences. In Iraq the authorities know that AQ and its allied criminal posse are a direct threat to their lives and power. In the Hood the same intimidation and loss of life is tolerated in our cities because the authorities don't view it as a threat to their lives and power. That's why local politicians don't really care about cleaning up the Hood till they can no longer blame someone/something else and get away with actually doing nothing but 'show' for public consumption. That's why it's safer to do a tour in Iraq than live in or around certain neighborhoods in America. Just ask Robert Crutchfield.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-02 09:35|| 2008-06-02 09:35|| Front Page Top

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