Insurgents destroy major bridge in northern Iraq

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Insurgents destroy major bridge in northern Iraq

32 minutes ago

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Insurgents destroyed a major bridge
that connects the Iraqi capital Baghdad with the northern cities
of Kirkuk and Arbil early on Saturday, police said.

They said the insurgents used explosives to destroy the Sarha
Bridge, near the town of Tuz Khurmato on the Chinchal river,
some 150 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad. The blast severely
damaged the bridge, forcing motorists into detours and traffic
jams.

Several bridges have been targeted in Iraq, most notably the
popular Sarafiya bridge which was destroyed in April in a truck
bombing that sent large sections of the steel structure crashing
into the Tigris in central Baghdad.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070602/wl_nm/iraq_bridge_dc

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. This is the sort of thing that happens dring a civil war.

"Insurgents" my ass.

[stellanoir]

2. Hey here's a plan

let's pretend to rebuild the infrastructure while we foment sectarian violence and fund the insurgents to blow shit up.

To further enrich Halliburton so they can take the money and run to Dubai.

That'll help all of our kids. . .right. . ."

/sarcasm

The pathetic and sadistic nature of this whole bogus endeavor grows increasingly obvious with each and every day even to those who slumber.

We've gpt to make it stop. ASAP

[Erika]

3. Good news for GOP defense buds. More business

While they cut social programs for the needy here. Damn them.

[maddezmom]

4. things are heating up in the north

[cliss]

9. I agree.

Those clowns in Washington will miss the red alert warnings, no doubt. They'll just issue a warning, "stay out of Northern Iraq". "Or else".

That's the thing that shocks me, every single time. The people in Washington are absolutely clueless as far as foreign policy.

They miss subtle signs, they miss warnings. They miss BIG warnings, lots of people warning them. They just ignore all of it and go about their own extreme plans.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. More Logistical Targeting

My, my, the insurgents sure are learning, aren't they?

[bemildred]

7. Yep. nt

[Warren Stupidity]

8. At least somebody seems to have a plan to end the war.

Unfortunately it isn't us. I am getting really worried about the safety of our troops. I really hope that they have good backup plans over in the section of the pentagon that is still stuck with actually doing reasonable planning for contingencies rather than being tasked with saving Dumbfuck's honor by sticking it out until a Democratic president can be tagged with the defeat.

[cal04]

6. Mortar attacks kill 8 in Baghdad

A series of mortar barrages killed eight civilians and wounded 25 others early Saturday in a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, police said, while a strategic bridge was damaged by a bomb in northern Iraq.

The mortars began slamming into the Fadhil area in Baghdad at 1:30 a.m. and continued sporadically until 7 a.m., damaging five houses, a policeman said, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to deal with the media.

At least one woman and one child were among the eight dead, he said.

Fadhil is a Sunni enclave in the Shiite-dominated area east of the Tigris River dividing Baghdad. Baghdad's Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods frequently exchange mortar and other fire in Iraq's continuing sectarian conflict.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[maddezmom]

10. South and north, Iraqi Kurds squeezed

South and north, Iraqi Kurds squeezed By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent
9 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - From south and north, Iraq's Kurdish region felt pressure from two sides Saturday, as saboteurs bombed a vital bridge link to Baghdad, and Turkish troops across the border massed for a possible strike.

"We won't allow it to be turned into a battleground," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday of the relatively peaceful Iraqi north, a haven for anti-Turkish Kurdish guerrillas.

Sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims raged on in Iraq's center, meanwhile, as hours of mortar barrages killed eight people in a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad that is surrounded by Shiites, and a prominent Sunni cleric was gunned down on the street.

The U.S. casualty toll mounted for May, third-deadliest month for Americans in the four-year-old war: A soldier wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad last Wednesday was reported to have died of his wounds, raising the month's death toll to at least 127.

Tensions have heightened in recent weeks in northern Iraq as Turkey has built up its military forces on Iraq's border, a move clearly meant to pressure Iraq to rein in the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, separatists who launch raids into southeast Turkey's Kurdish region from hideouts in Iraq.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070602184110