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Iraq
Iraqi police storm Basra mosque
2006-06-05
A number of people have been killed after Iraqi police stormed a mosque in Basra. Ali Muhammad, an Iraqi journalist, told Aljazeera that up to 16 people had been killed in clashes between the police and guards at the al-Arab mosque in the southern city on Saturday night. According to Muhammad, witnesses said Iraqi National Guards and policemen stormed the mosque after fighting in the area that had lasted for three hours. "All those inside the mosque have been killed," said Muhammad. It is unclear whether policemen were among the dead.

A Sunni religious group, the Sunni Endowment, described the incident as police gunning down unarmed worshippers. Police, however, said they were returning fire against gunmen.
Posted by:Fred

#7  According to Muhammad, witnesses said Iraqi National Guards and policemen stormed the mosque after fighting in the area that had lasted for three hours.

A Sunni religious group, the Sunni Endowment, described the incident as police gunning down unarmed worshippers.

Yeah, gunning down 16 unarmed worshippers always takes about three hours.

It just goes to show the kind of intelligence you are dealing with. If the Sunni Endowment is willing to put that kind of $hit out there for their target audience to consume, it means that they expect that they will believe it. Sad thing is, they are probably correct to assume so . . . .
Posted by: grb   2006-06-05 16:44  

#6   Target one missile per Mosque, hit at Friday prayers, do NOT use large missiles, just enough damage to hopefully kill the Imams and some of the "Worshipers" and collapse the roof if possible.
No, use MOABs - or tac nukes. Destroy the mosque and all the terrorists inside. Make DA$$$$ sure you kill the imams and all their enablers. Don't limit it to Iraq - destroy all the mosques in the middle east, especially the "grand mosque" in mecca. Take out the islamoidiots wherever they live and breed. Convert the survivors to buddhism.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-06-05 15:51  

#5  Did the coppers take their shoes off?
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-05 12:47  

#4  "Live by the Bomb, die by the Bomb".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-06-05 10:01  

#3  Target one missile per Mosque, hit at Friday prayers, do NOT use large missiles, just enough damage to hopefully kill the Imams and some of the "Worshipers" and collapse the roof if possible.

Repeat until the violence either stops or you run out of Mosques.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-06-05 09:58  

#2  1 Mosque down, only 3500 or so to go.....
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-06-05 09:41  

#1  What really happened there I wonder. The MSM have been listing this along with the bus incident as "sectarian violence" but it sounds alot like a legitimate raid to me. If it wasnt the Basra police, Id assume it WAS a legitimate raid.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-06-05 09:30  

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