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| Sadr Militia Arms Depot Explodes | ||||
| 2004-06-07 | ||||
Kufa mosque, a stronghold of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al Sadr, was rocked by explosions Monday when a nearby arms dump blew up and at least three people were killed, witnesses and hospital sources said. A further 12 people were wounded but there were conflicting reports on the identities of the casualties. Doctor Ali al-Tufaili at Kufa General Hospital said they were civilians, while witnesses and other doctors said the victims were members of Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #12 Their so-called "religion" is just how they hold on to power. Barbara, while I'm not quite ready to toss out the half-dead baby with its baath water just yet, the below excerpt really is beginning to make me think otherwise. Talk about an outright declaration of intent to commit cultural genocide ... Shamzai was the principal exponent of International Islamism which holds, firstly, that the loyalty of a Muslim is first to his religion and then only to the country of which he is resident or a citizen; secondly, that Muslims do not recognise national frontiers and hence have the right and the obligation to wage jihad anywhere to protect their religion; and, thirdly, that the Muslims have the right and the religious obligation to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction to protect their religion, if necessary. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-07 9:08:56 PM |
| #11 Did the CIA agree to cease offensive operations also? |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-06-07 7:50:57 PM |
| #10 Oops. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-07 5:25:34 PM |
#9 The Grand Ayatollohs must be getting a little perturbed at the boys with their turbans wound too tight using mosques as barracks and arms depots.The "Grand Ayatollahs" don't give a shit, RWV. Anything, and I do mean anything, that helps defeat the Great Satan is OK. Their so-called "religion" is just how they hold on to power. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-07 5:24:13 PM |
| #8 A few more of these and guys like al Sadr will start having work accidents in their sleep. One can only hope. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-07 3:32:13 PM |
| #7 Bomb-a-rama, actually the Shia establishment put out a public declaration blaming al-Sadr for a lot of these things, also putting the burden of blame on him for the mosques (along the lines of "if y'all weren't shooting the Americans wouldn't have gone in there"). |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-07 1:05:42 PM |
| #6 Hey Ahmed! Don't smoke the infel Marlboro cigarettes around the dyn...{KBOOOOOM} |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-07 11:28:18 AM |
| #5 The Grand Ayatollohs must be getting a little perturbed at the boys with their turbans wound too tight using mosques as barracks and arms depots. I'd like to hear some really scathing criticism of Sadr from those ayatollahs about this development. I will not, however, be holding my breath. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-07 10:47:04 AM |
| #4 When are the corporate-controlled right-wing media going to draw attention to those Presbyterian ammo dumps instead of trying to smear Peaceful Islam??! /LLL |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-07 10:14:02 AM |
| #3 The Grand Ayatollohs must be getting a little perturbed at the boys with their turbans wound too tight using mosques as barracks and arms depots. Accidents do happen, but even "celebratory" gunfire puts holes in the roofs. A few more of these and guys like al Sadr will start having work accidents in their sleep. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-07 9:22:56 AM |
| #2 Interesting, but possibly coincidental, that this comes on the heels of the missile attack that blew up a coalition arms cache in the Kurdish area last week .... |
| Posted by: Anonymous5148 2004-06-07 9:20:37 AM |
| #1 Work accident? Safety first, boys! You should have listened to al-OSHA! |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-06-07 9:13:08 AM |