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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Mosque Blast
If you haven't read Juan Cole regarding the rather large bomb that blew up a Shiite mosque in Samarra, it might be worth you while to polish up on the ramifications.

This was a rather large and possibly defining event in Iraq that happened, yet our media is largely relagating the story to the inside. The reaction from Shiites has been swift:
Shiites came out in the thousands all over the Shiite south on Wednesday to protest. Quoting Sunni Arab spokesmen, the wire services are saying 75 Sunni mosques have been attacked, with two burned to the ground and 3 Sunni clergymen assassinated, with 6 Sunni Arabs dead altoghether in the violence.

In the southern city of Kut, AP says, 3,000 protesters came out to rally against the United States and Israel.

AFP says that 10,000 people in East Baghdad converged on the office of Muqtada al-Sadr, chanting against "Wahhabis" and America.
There are reports of riots elsewhere, and revenge killings. Leaders are calling for calm, but being largely ignored.

Care to guess who's right in the middle of the mess?
Written at 2:45 PM by Greyhair.
2 comments
2 Comments:
Blogger mikevotes said...
I've been watching hockey, but I saw an AP headline "Mosque Attack Pushes Iraq Toward Civil War."

If the AP is headlining like this, the mainstream presentation is about to change.

Mike
3:03 PM  
Blogger Lynne said...
I'm guessing this is like Baptists blowing up part of the Vatican.
4:15 PM  
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