The bloody day: shrine bombing aftermath

[Voice1]

From the Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2055227,00.html

The breadth of the violence unleashed by the bombing of the Shia shrine in Samarra has plunged the nation into political and ethnic turmoil. This is what happened today:




At least 130 killed in violence

47 killed by gunmen at a roadblock in the single bloodiest incident. Their bodies are discovered in Nahrawan, on the outskirts of Baghdad



At least 53 killed in Baghdad in space of 24 hours

At least 25 killed in Basra. Overnight, 12 prisoners removed from a Basra prison and 11 killed

Bomb targeting Iraqi army foot patrol kills 16 - eight soldiers and eight civilians in Baquba, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad

Also in Baquba, gunmen fire at Sunni mosque, killing one

7 US soldiers killed

Convoy of Iraq’s minister of housing and reconstruction stoned in Samarra

Journalist at al-Arabiya television station killed by gunmen along with two members of her crew in Samarra

All police and army leave cancelled

Curfew hours extended in major cities, in Baghdad from 8pm-6am instead of 11pm-5am

Road to Abu Hanifa Mosque, the most important Sunni mosque in Baghdad, closed off by the army

Several thousand demonstrate near governing council offices in Basra

About 1,000 demonstrate in Samawa, 170 miles south of Baghdad. Police guarding Sunni mosque in the town

Leading Sunni group, the Muslim Clerics Association, blames Shi’ite leaders for fuelling tensions

Main Sunni Muslim bloc, the Iraqi Accordance Front, pulls out of talks to form new government, blaming ruling Shia Muslim alliance for violence

President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, meets Shia Muslim leaders to ease tensions

This is Bush and Blair's doing - They are responsible, literally for starting a civil war in Iraq.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. And our soldiers are caught in the middle

Just wait until Bush lobs some bombs at Iran. :cry:

I wish that somehow all troops that don't support the war could leave and be replaced by the chickenhawk leaders and hate radio commentators.

[Voice1]

2. I'd like to see conscription for all anti peace people nt