| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| Shoe Bomber Blows Mosque |
| 2006-06-16 |
| A suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque during prayers Friday in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20, as violence persisted in the capital despite a massive security operation Why can't they stop everything? Whazzamatter wit' dem people?aimed at restoring order. Police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said the attacker blew himself up at the Buratha mosque in northern Baghdad. Mahmoud said the bomber was wearing an explosives belt, but Jalal Eddin al-Sagheer, the preacher at the mosque and one of the country's leading politicians, said the explosives were inside a worshipper's shoes. He said the bomber blew himself up when confronted by the guards as they began searching worshippers with shoes beside them inside the mosque, al-Sagheer said. The streets of Baghdad were largely empty of cars due to a four-hour driving ban supposed to prevent violence during traditional Islamic prayers held every Friday. It was the second time the mosque has been hit in just over two months. The Buratha mosque also was attacked during Friday prayers on April 7, when four suicide bombers, including a woman, set off their explosives, killing at least 85 worshippers as they left the mosque after the main weekly religious service. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #16 NEW Fatwa: ON Happy Raisin Belts, Worship and Da Mosque *All Parties Faithful, Men and Women, Coming to Fridays Prayers Must Arrive At Mosque Holding Hands in Full New Born Nakid-Ness From Now On. |
| Posted by: Grand Savant Mullah____nyt 2006-06-16 15:18 |
| #15 Well it's one for the money, two for the show Three to get ready now go cat go. But don't you, step on my boomer shoes. You Can do anything but lay off of my boomer shoes |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-06-16 14:36 |
| #14 You just want someone to talk to They just wanna get their hands on you You get whatever you choose Oh, no, you can't do that, Once you started wearin' those shoes. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2006-06-16 12:19 |
| #13 He said the bomber blew himself up when confronted by the guards as they began searching worshippers with shoes beside them inside the mosque, al-Sagheer said. "Where yew goin' with those shoes, stranger?" [BOOM] |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-16 12:05 |
| #12 How did he even get into the mosque? You're not supposed to wear shoes inside one. |
| Posted by: Ernest Brown 2006-06-16 12:00 |
| #11 mhw ITM says theirs rumors that the arrest of a Shia cleric in Karbala was connected to the Zarq papers. That guy isnt a follower of Sadr - hes Fadilla party, which is a party that followed the khomeinist ideology of Sadrs family, but isnt loyal to young muqty himself. It seems the govt is going to war with Fadila first, (see also the clampdown in Basra) perphaps giving Muqty one more chance to go legit. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-16 11:57 |
| #10 hard to believe he had enough explosive in his shoe to kill 10 people Lotsa room in those curly toes. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-16 11:47 |
| #9 hard to believe he had enough explosive in his shoe to kill 10 people I kinda picture him walking into the mosque in Elton John™ c. 1974, 10 inch, silver glitter platform shoes. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-06-16 11:42 |
| #8 LH thanks Yes I was worried that 'secure Baghdad' (that's my name - I don't know the official name) would fail if it tried too hard to go after Shia terrorists. On the other hand, it seems that someday soon there will have to be a reckoning. I had also half hoped that the intel folk would find evidence in Zark's docs of coordination with Tater (or at least with the Mullahs in Iran) but so far--- nada. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-06-16 11:22 |
| #7 lol, DB! I heard this this morning, and I think it's just the New Guy(tm) (sorry, can't remember his name right off the top of my head) trying to flex some muscle and secure the coming civil war & strife(tm) the MSM keeps talkin' about. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-06-16 11:01 |
| #6 btw, MHW, see this, from IraqtheModel "One of the most significant things about this operation is that we did not see any serious rejection or opposition to it from any of the influential parties or clerics which indicates that there's a general desire to back this operation or at least let it pass without complications and accept it as a means to get out of the deteriorated security situation. Maybe that's because this particular operation doesn't give an impression that it's directed against a certain segment or sect as the case would be if the operation was conducted in Najaf, Sadr city or Ramadi for example." |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-16 10:44 |
| #5 Blew out a flipflop did he? Gotta cruise on back home. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-06-16 10:33 |
| #4 One would think blowing up a mosque would cause major Koran desecration with resulting condemnation, seething and the odd riot. Never mind that blowing up a church is simply depraved. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2006-06-16 10:21 |
| #3 Or really big feet... |
| Posted by: Cleting Graque6012 2006-06-16 09:38 |
| #2 hard to believe he had enough explosive in his shoe to kill 10 people possibly he had an explosive belt with a triggering device in the shoe |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-06-16 09:36 |
| #1 He's not to blame, reports are surfacing that repeated cries were coming from the Mosque saying "blow me," "blow me, "blow me." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-16 09:03 |