Iraq mosque meltdown: soldiers, journalists, civilians, children attacked

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Widespread killings follow mosque bombing in Iraq
More than 100 dead in recent attacks

Thursday, February 23, 2006; Posted: 9:10 a.m. EST (14:10 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.main/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq roiled with sectarian killings Thursday as government leaders sought ways to calm the nation after the bombing of an important Shiite mosque.

Across the country, more than 100 people have been killed after Wednesday's bombing of the Al-Askariya Shiite mosque -- also known as the Golden Mosque -- in Samarra.

North of Baghdad, gunmen in four vehicles opened fire on civilians, killing 47 of them, according to the Diyala Joint Coordination Center. None of the victims had identification, and it was not known whether the killings were related to sectarian violence.

The attack occurred southeast of Baquba, close to the town of Ka'nan in Diyala province. Iraqi police found six bodies Thursday -- all presumed to be Sunni -- in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad.



Shiites in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood protest the bombing of the Golden Mosque. More than 100 people have been killed in Iraq in violence that boiled over after Wednesday's attack on a revered Shiite mosque in Samarra. No one seems safe from the attacks. According to police, casualties include senior members of the Iraqi army, soldiers, journalists, civilians and children. Fifty Sunni mosques have been attacked in Baghdad since the strike on the Shiite mosque.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. we are seeing precisely the civil war that Cheney promised would not occur

We are seeing the seeds of Rumsfeld's incompetence and arrogance sprout into something that we cannot control, not even with 3x as many troops as we now have on the ground.
We are seeing a widespread discontent with everything USA, and I can assure you that this will eventually turn against the American presence, with horribly bloody consequences.

When every Iraqi, shia and sunni, is marching on the green zone, demanding that we leave, how will air superiority save our sorry butts? Except by widespread murder and massive deaths of civilians?

We are seeing Bush's entire policy collapse - just as many predicted before Rummie, Cheney, Tenet and Bolton kicked them out the door. The problem with being right is that little people like Bush and his gang don't like that in the least.

[Canuckistanian]

2. THIS is what happens

When you deliberately exclude 1/3 of the country from participation in government.

In the mad rush to draw up a "constitution", millions of people were left without a voice.

Happy now, Shrub?

[ray of light]

3. another article and more links in the comments

http://tinyurl.com/pyrqh

(same as the link in the last thread of yours except that one was to show jujuman13's dispicable comment. This post if you scan down the comments you can see links to the articles.