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| U.S.: 'Demonic' militants sent mentally disabled women to bomb Iraq markets |
| 2008-02-01 |
| Two mentally disabled women were strapped with explosives Friday and sent into busy Baghdad markets, where they were blown up by remote control, a top Iraqi government official said. That's going to make Allah happy for sure! The bombs killed at least 98 people and wounded more than 200 at two popular pet markets on the holiest day of the week for Muslims, authorities said. In both bombings, the attackers were mentally disabled women whose explosive belts were remotely detonated, Gen. Qasim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad's security plan, told state television. An aide to Atta said that people referred to the bomber at central Baghdad's al-Ghazl market as the "crazy woman" and that the bomber at a second market had an unspecified birth disability. The nationalities and identities of the women have not been released. U.S. military officials referred to the two attacks as suicide bombings, saying both women detonated the explosive devices. The U.S. attributed the attacks to al Qaeda in Iraq and made no reference to the mental conditions of the women. "By targeting innocent Iraqis, they show their true demonic character," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for the Multi-National Division-Baghdad. "They care nothing for the Iraqi people; they want to subjugate them and forcefully create a greater Islamic sharia state," he said, referring to Islamic law. One bomb blew up at al-Ghazl animal market around 10:30 a.m., killing 69 and wounding more than 140. The second blast happened about a half-hour later in the New Baghdad neighborhood pet market, killing 29 people and wounding 67. Al-Ghazl pet market is a popular destination where people buy and sell cats, dogs, monkeys and other animals. Attackers have struck the market on Fridays -- its busiest day -- several times in the last year or so. A January 2007 bombing killed 15 and wounded 52 at the pet market, and 13 people died and 58 were wounded in a November attack. The violence, the bloodiest series of attacks in the capital since August, broke a brief stretch of relative calm as attacks and deaths dropped at the time of the 2007 increase in U.S. troop strength known as the surge. Tater coming back from vacation? On Thursday, a parked car exploded in a predominantly Shiite district in the Iraqi capital, killing five civilians and wounding eight others, the Interior Ministry said. The attack occurred after a string of roadside bombings that wounded 21 people, ministry said. In one, a bomb near the deputy minister of electricity's convoy wounded at least five people. Also Thursday, a spokesman for the Polish military said Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of October. October 31 will be the last day of the Polish presence in Iraq, Maj. Dariusz Kacperczyk said in Warsaw. New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to bring troops home from Iraq, where the country has been one of the larger contingents apart from the United States and Britain. About 900 Polish troops are in Iraq, with most in Diwaniya, some in Baghdad and others in the southern city of Kut. Twenty-two soldiers from Poland have died during the nearly 5-year war in Iraq. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #11 dittos |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-01 18:09 |
| #10 God DAMN them. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-02-01 17:52 |
| #9 nice thing is, if they really are pacifists, a squadron of VFW Ladies' Auxiliary should be able to kick their asses, and I'd also put them up against Code Pinko, any time! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-01 17:07 |
| #8 The pacifists may not think such a thing is okay. But what is 'way less okay is doing something besides sending reproachful glances to stop it. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2008-02-01 16:17 |
| #7 The common perception being that the 72 virgins are women, when women blow themselves up does it create some sort of woman on woman action therefore disgusted by big 'al and create a sort of infinate loop? Or is that the doe eyed boys talked about in which (pun?) the guys also get, making them guy on guy action also frowning upon by big 'al? Stupid just lice, because 'A' is the first letter of the English alphabet does not mean it is a number. Christianity has St. Thomas Aquainis, you have mullah madhi. Read Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court because you are the infidel. the unbeliever. God is great only when in connection with Judeo/Christian history and culture. If your hallah back idol you all would not brag about callusses on your head from banging into the earth, wondering how great it would be to be on mars because there are 2 moons. (Fists a cuffed) |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-02-01 15:59 |
| #6 the pacifists no more think such a thing is okay, than a child who hides under a blanket during a storm thinks thunder is okay I agree, but they are adults, and sticking their heads in the sand perpetuates the thing they hate the most rather than helping the brave ones make it go away with minimum suffering. And at times there will be suffering, whether the idealists have figured it out yet or not. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-02-01 15:33 |
| #5 maybe Obama and Clinton would like to sit down and talk with THESE scumbags as well?!? Diplomacy...that's the ticket! /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Justrand 2008-02-01 15:15 |
| #4 We need a large, freestanding concrete wall in Baghdad, with the caption "These people hate you, and want to blow you up". It needs to be lined with very large meathooks in a row, just under the caption. Find and hang terrorists on the meathooks, under the jaw. Let them stay there until they're nice and ripe. DO NOT let the families have them back for burial. Cremate the remains after they've hung for a week or two. The bleeding hearts will have kittens, but the people of Baghdad will be glad the hooks are in such frequent use. |
| Posted by: Nuc Wpns Cdr 2008-02-01 14:21 |
| #3 the pacifists no more think such a thing is okay, than a child who hides under a blanket during a storm thinks thunder is okay. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-02-01 14:18 |
| #2 The world is divided between those who think such an act is OK (islamowhackos, leftists, dems, pacifists) and people like us who want to see such malevolent bastards killed. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-02-01 13:55 |
| #1 Such brave lions of Islam. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-02-01 13:31 |