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Iraq-Jordan

Suicide bomber had Down's Syndrome

2005-01-31

Terrorists used a disabled child as a suicide bomber on election day, Iraqi interior minister Falah al-Naqib said today.
to the depths of depravity...and beyond!
In all, 44 people were killed in a total of 38 bomb attacks on polling stations. Police at the scene of one the Baghdad blasts said the bomber appeared to have Down's syndrome. Mr Al-Naqib praised an Iraqi citizen who was killed while preventing one suicide bomber from reaching a crowd of people outside a polling station.
What scum these insurgent "leaders" are. First there was the report of a driver who didn't know he was on a suicide mission (the remote was in another car a safe distance behind), and now this. I can't imagine a lower degree of respect for humanity. Disgusting.

Posted by:PlanetDan

#14 Perhaps a practical implementation of the principles of eugenics. It's a well known fact that Islamic fundamentalists are big fans of Hitler's philosophy.

Posted by: Glitle Craviter4997 2005-01-31 9:56:18 PM

#13 Didn't the US have the same situation in the 30's when confronting Hitler?

Indeed, AP. We've been through all this before. The recurrent weakness of democracy tends to be a reluctance to act until all other avenues are exhausted and the fight is one of survival. It's easy to be pessimistic about history repeating itself but perhaps the robust actions in the ME this time round, with the low toll that Fred points out, does actually represent a leaning from the past. Despite the shrill calls for inaction, the sentient West, with US leadership, is nipping this one in the bud...

Posted by: Bulldog 2005-01-31 7:37:14 PM

#12 Didn't the US have the same situation in the 30's when confronting Hitler? IIRC, lots of people wanted America First, and wanted an isolation policy with respect to Europe. Nobody realized that Lufthansa was pioneering air routes in South America for Nazi strategic purposes in the future. Lots of nefarious things going on.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-01-31 4:56:32 PM

#11 Jarhead, you raise the point that I just can't get my mind around.

The Bad Guyz are evil on the order of comic books or space opera villains, Fu Manchu with turbans. They admit to being evil, they don't try to even hide the fact, even revel in it. They are Nazis reborn, Fascism resurgent. To me, that requires a war of extermination. Yet here are Kennedy and Kerry and all their slimy ilk demanding we bring the troops home, bemoaning what are really very low casualty figures for the amount of combat being waged, wanting to quit and pretend it's 9-10-2001.

It just doesn't make sense. I sometimes feel like I'm living in a funhouse. But I'm coming to a better understanding of the people who ignored the smell coming from Dachau. I'm just glad I'm not one of them.

Posted by: Fred 2005-01-31 3:57:33 PM

#10 John,
I heard another surprizing thing on CNN today. They mentioned that 93% of Iraqi exiles in the US voted. Of course they meant 93% of Iraqi exiles who registered to vote. A rare case of a CNN mistake being in the direction of pro US policy.

Posted by: mhw 2005-01-31 3:45:50 PM

#9 Apparently some are forgetting That some of these "insurgents" are actually Saddam's guys not persons driven by religion. This is just the way they do business sending a handicapped kid to he death is just fine with them.

Posted by: SPOD 2005-01-31 3:45:38 PM

#8 "...44 people were killed in a total of 38 bomb attacks..."

I keep hearing that this number includes 9 homicide bombers. It is disgusting that these scum continue to be reported as though they are among the victims.

God bless that poor boy. From what I know of Down's Syndrome, he was most likely just trying to please those he thought loved him... then they called his cell phone.

Posted by: Hyper 2005-01-31 3:41:13 PM

#7 Wasn't that kid the Israelis caught a 'special needs' child? God will punish them for this.

Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-01-31 3:35:56 PM

#6 Thisn the sort of thing that pisses off the real God.

Posted by: Q 2005-01-31 2:03:47 PM

#5 Tom's right on. To my western mind, these f*ckers are not just evil, but total cowards ta boot. As this is a shock to most of the civilized world one cannot forget what type of culture were dealing w/here. The respect for life is not just the same as you see in other parts of the world. These people are extremist religious-fascist goofballs, they will use whatever means necessary to kill whoever stands in their way. Then they'll rationalize the whole thing by using whatever koranic verse they can find. Its all about control as usual. I truly believe all humans are created equal, but all cultures do not develop equally.

Posted by: Jarhead 2005-01-31 2:00:51 PM

#4 Anderson Cooper actually mentioned this story on CNN this morning. I almost spilt my coffee.

Posted by: john 2005-01-31 1:49:57 PM

#3 I don't know why anyone here is shocked. Remember the mentally-retarded Palestinian suicide bomber? Remember Saddam's prison for children of political adversaries? Remember the Oil-for-Food Program corruption essentially stealing aid from needy children? Remember the gasing of Kurd villages? Heck, this is just business as usual.

Posted by: Tom 2005-01-31 1:30:28 PM

#2 well the terrorists have a convenient justification for these things

in their twisted view, the Down's syndrome child will go to heaven where he will be cured of Down's syndrome and enjoy the pleasures of paradise

Posted by: mhw 2005-01-31 1:20:37 PM

I canât imagine a lower degree of respect for humanity.

Then you're unfortunately sorely lacking in imagination, PlanetDan.

At least where these wankers are concerned.

Hell, they've already called for a backhoe. :-(

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-31 1:02:53 PM

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