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| Bomb explodes near top Iraq generals in Basra |
| 2008-04-03 |
| BASRA, Iraq - A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying Iraqi generals in a Shia militia stronghold in the southern city of Basra on Wednesday, but the officials were unhurt, one of the officers said. Major-General Mohammed Al-Askari, spokesman for Iraq’s Defence Ministry, said he was in a convoy with Basra’s security chief, Lieutenant-General Mohan Al-Firaiji, when the blast went off in the Hayaniya neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is a stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia of cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr and was the scene of major clashes last week between security forces and militiamen. “It was a roadside bomb. It exploded near our vehicles but nothing happened to myself or Firaiji,” Askari told Reuters after the blast. An Iraqi television correspondent was wounded in the leg, Askari said, adding that he might have been hit by a bullet. There were reports of sporadic clashes in Basra on Wednesday, but Askari denied there had been any fresh fighting. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Among other thingys, OSAMA BIN LADEN + RADICAL ISLAM IS HANDING THE LEFTIES A GIFT, as no matter whom GOP-DEM wins the US 2008 Elex, he or she will have NEW WAR FRONTS + WILL NEED TO SPEND BIG B-I-G $$$ + EXPAND GOVT. BUREAUCRACIES/LAYERS, ETC. TO CONFRONT AND ROLL BACK, + PROTECT THE US FROM NEW ISLAMIST THREATS. Its still anybody's ball = quess as to whether LEFT-hallowed MACKINDER'S WORLD ISLAND concept can be successfully defended and empowered vv RADICAL ISLAMISM VERSUS THE US-WEST. OSAMA > IS NOW POINTING THE ISLAMIST-JIHADIST SWORD SQUARELY AT "MACKINDER'S" THROAT! Osama needs Cold War Commie Nukes-WMDS NOW TO SAVE ISLAMISM + JIHAD, AND ISN'T TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-03 02:13 |
| #4 So Sadr's taking pot shots are Iraqi Generals? |
| Posted by: DK70 2008-04-03 01:29 |
| #3 We can only hope the terrorist exporting Iranian régime, along with their cohorts in Damascus, will be dealt with very soon. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2008-04-03 00:20 |
| #2 Door #3, Mark. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-03 00:14 |
| #1 One really has to wonder what percentage of Islamic terrorism ongoing in Iraq can be directly linked to Iran's instigation? 50%, 75% or higher? |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2008-04-03 00:08 |