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| Iraq |
| Baghdad Mosque No Safe Haven |
| 2007-04-20 |
| CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers came under small arms from a mosque in a southwestern Baghdad neighborhood April 20. Two insurgents were killed in the firefight. An element from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division came under attack from small arms fire at approximately 9:45 a.m. The gunshots came from the site of the Husayniayh al-Bayaa Mosque. Additional Soldiers arrived to assist, cordoning off access roads and securing the area. Aviation support also arrived at the scene of the fighting, but did not engage any targets. Why not? Out of bombs? After two insurgents were killed in the incident, soldiers searched nearby buildings and found chemicals in a house believed to be bomb-making materials. One suspect was detained from the search. Iraqi Army troops from the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 2nd Iraqi Army Division entered the mosque at approximately 2:30 p.m. No other suspects or weaponry was uncovered from this search. No U.S. troops entered the mosque. There were no U.S. or coalition casualties taken from this engagement. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #9 I wouldn't call it donor fatigue so much as "priority adjustment". |
| Posted by: Unolugum Black8184 2007-04-20 16:09 |
| #8 "By their fruits ye shall know them." Matt 7:20 |
| Posted by: doc 2007-04-20 16:02 |
| #7 Donor fatigue would be nice, but I just want the personal satisfaction of seeing these terrorist shitholes turned into bouncing rubble. Imams are predators in the Islamic food chain. They finance and program the terrorists. Their shelter and sustenance must be eliminated. Islam's clerical ranks must become one of our primary targets. The actual fighters are merely |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-20 15:22 |
| #6 Muslims are expected to pay a tithe to their mosque. Sometimes this money goes to funding insurgents. If the Iraqi government were to decide that any mosque used as a fighting position or weapons storage facility was eligible for destruction, we might see a ramping down of this activity. The idea would be to raze any mosque that is used for that activity. The community would be allowed to rebuild the mosque but if the activity is repeated, the mosque would again be razed. This would result in a situation where the funds collected by the mosque would be needed more for reconstruction than for funding insurgents. There is some competition among the imams for congreation membership because larger congregations mean more money. If the mosque isn't engaged in worship services, the membership is more likely to join other nearby congregations and pay their tithe there. The result over time would be a diminishing of the financial strength of the mosques which engage in violence and an increase in the wealth of the more peaceful congregations. |
| Posted by: Unolugum Black8184 2007-04-20 14:55 |
| #5 They will, and they'll blow 'em up. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2007-04-20 14:38 |
| #4 If the US is ever invaded, I hope they think our 7-11s and Starbucks are holy sites, too. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-04-20 14:09 |
| #3 Yeah, lefties love "zero tolerance" when it applies to anyone but a terrorist. Then, anything goes... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-04-20 12:52 |
| #2 Yeah, put the word out. You hide in it, you die under it. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-20 12:50 |
| #1 A major reason this war has not yet been won centers on the fact that the Husayniayh al-Bayaa Mosque (amongst others) is not smoking rubble. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-20 12:42 |