Shrine bombing reprisals now number more than 90

[jpak]

Shrine Bombing Brings Deadly Reprisals

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-me/2006/feb/22/022209122.html

0222dvs-shrine-blast Insurgents detonated bombs inside one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, destroying its golden dome and triggering more than 90 reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques. The president warned that extremists were pushing the country toward civil war, as many Shiites lashed out at the United States as partly to blame.

As the gold dome of the 1,200-year-old Askariya shrine lay in ruins, leaders on both sides called for calm: But the string of back-and-forth attacks seemed to push the country closer to all-out civil war than at any point in the three years since the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

"We are facing a major conspiracy that is targeting Iraq's unity," said President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd. "We should all stand hand in hand to prevent the danger of a civil war."

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and the top American commander in Iraq also warned it was a "critical moment for Iraq" and called the bombings a deliberate attempt to create sectarian tension. They promised the U.S. would contribute to the shrine's reconstruction.

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edit: How much of this will be reported on MSM news tonight?????

[jpak]

1. Up from 75 reported earlier....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=492736&mesg_id=492736

[democrat_patriot]

2. Boy, I'll bet their real excited the US will help rebuild them.

Better not put 10 commandments in there....