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Iraq
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
2013-05-18
Thus continues the Muslim civil war begun with the murder of Ali the son-in-law and nephew of Mohammed himself in 661 C.E.
Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war.

The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus stops and outdoor markets, with a total of 130 people killed since Wednesday.

Scenes of bodies sprawled across a street outside a mosque and mourners killed during a funeral procession were reminiscent of some of the worst days of retaliatory warfare between the Islamic sects that peaked in 2006-2007 as U.S. forces battled extremists on both sides.

Tensions have been intensifying since Sunnis began protesting what they say is mistreatment at the hands of the Shiite-led government, including random detentions and neglect. The protests, which began in December, have largely been peaceful, but the number of attacks rose sharply after a deadly security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on April 23.
Posted by:tipper

#6  Can you help me interpret the photo, Pliny?

I think it's the body on top of the wall, so I suppose the part hanging down is an arm or leg, but what's at the bottom of the arm/leg (or whatever)? It's too big for a foot or hand. Was he holding something that got burned to him?

Just curious.
Posted by: Barbara   2013-05-18 17:46  

#5  Muslim love...the "Religion of Peace"...



Following the example of Mohamed.

Think...he decapitated one thousand men in one day,
then tortured their chief to make him reveal his treasure location, cut his head off then raped his young wife on top of his still pulsing cadaver...

A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW!!!
Posted by: Pliny the Cheap6130   2013-05-18 17:37  

#4  Well, look on the bright side: If they're so busy killing eachother, they won't come over here. Not all of them mind you, but alot of them.
Posted by: Charles   2013-05-18 16:43  

#3  Allan wills it
Posted by: Frank G   2013-05-18 10:42  

#2  Kinda puts the whole Hatfields & McCoys thing into perspective don't it?
Posted by: AlanC   2013-05-18 07:17  

#1  Cool.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-05-18 04:36  

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