Belly dancing Christians in Iraq. Did someone just say Apocalypse Now?

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040101/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us&cid=1514&ncid=1480

Baghdad blast death toll hits eight, deadly ethnic clashes rock Kirkuk

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The death toll from a powerful car bomb that tore apart a Baghdad restaurant on New Year's Eve rose to eight as ethnic violence claimed the lives of two Kurds and an Arab in the tense oil centre of Kirkuk. snip

The Christian-owned restaurant, which serves alcohol and often brings in belly dancers for customers, is popular with both Westerners and the Iraqi elite. snip


Further north in Kirkuk, ethnic tensions erupted into deadly violence again as two Kurds were found stabbed to death and an Arab was killed in clashes with police trying to quell anti-Kurd attacks.


"Unknown attackers stabbed two Kurds to death and threw their bodies near a bridge in the centre of the city," Kirkuk police chief Turhan Yussef said. snip


Heavy gunfire could be heard in the centre of the city, where the streets were deserted and in darkness because of a power cut.

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1. kirkuk is where

the whole thing really comes apart for bush`s oil plans. that region is going to explode in a race,ethnic/tribal,religious, and civil war. this should hit the fan in the next few months....