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| One day into Ramadan & 5 Iraqi churches bombed! |
| 2004-10-16 |
| American & Coalition forces must be extra vigilant during a solid month of 'peaceful Ramadan', since the jihadist thugs have certainly made it crystal clear they are intent on inflicting greater terror & murder in Iraq & world-wide. As far as the Muslim serial killer, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, GOOD HUNTING MARINES! Five churches were damaged in a series of successive bombings overnight on Saturday, the second day of Ramadan, or Muslim fasting month, a spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. "There were five explosions caused by improvised bombs near to these churches," said Colonel Adnan Abdul-Rahman. The bomb attacks took place in a quick succession over an hour and a half starting at 4:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Church in the Nafaq Al-Shurta area, added the spokesman. It was apparently that the attacks were coordinated against the country's small Christian community. The other churches hit were St. Jacob's Church and St. George's Church in the Doura neighborhood, the Church of Rome in the Karrada neighborhood and St. Thomas Church in the Mansour area, Rahman said, adding there was no casualties in the attacks and all the churches had slight damage.during Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month which began on Friday. Meanwhile, a rocket hit a luxurious hotel in central Baghdad that houses foreign contractors and diplomats early Saturday, witnesses said. The rocket landed in the parking lot of the Mansour Hotel, a five star hotel on west bank of the Tigris River, smashing nearby windows, but there was no immediate casualties reported. Saturday was the second day of Ramadan, or Muslim holy fasting month. US and Iraqi authorities had feared that insurgents could launch massive assaults in name of this traditional occasion |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #2 should be: ..spotted the moon.. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-10-16 4:05:21 PM |
| #1 So they spotted by the moon, did they? |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-10-16 4:04:45 PM |