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Iraq
Two Sistani aides escape assassination attempts
2008-04-16
Two aides to Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric have escaped assassination in separate attacks in southern Iraq, Police said Tuesday.

According to police, Sheik Ali al-Fudhaili was seriously wounded in one attack and his driver was killed when gunmen ambushed their vehicle in Basra. Gunmen also fired on the car of Habib Salman al-Khatib in the Shi'ite city of Kut. Al-Khatib was not injured but one of his guards was wounded, police said. Both clerics are representatives of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Gee. Golly. Shucks. Gosh. I wonder who could possibly be behind this?
Posted by:Fred

#5  a poem for the muslim world and esp for Iraq.

From Aeschylus, but hat tip to JK Rowlings

Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of death and the stroke that hits the vein, the haemorrhage none can staunch, the grief, the curse no man can bear.

But there is a cure in the house and not outside it, no, not from others but from them, their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth.

Now hear, you blissful powers underground - answer the call, send help. Bless the children, give them Triumph now.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2008-04-16 14:23  

#4  And yet an Israeli diplomatic visit to Qatar is an insult. Apparently, from the vantage of grand ayatollahs, diplomatic courtesy is an insult - the attempted murder of clergymen is a demonstration of respect.

Good to know. Obviously Israel needs to assassinate a couple of Fudlullah's assistants to satisfy his amour propre.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2008-04-16 10:56  

#3  ding! ding! ding!
Posted by: liberalhawk   2008-04-16 09:36  

#2  *cough* Mookie *cough*
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-16 07:53  

#1  Iranians...criminals...terrorists...who knows. SO many guns and so little intelligence.
Posted by: anymouse   2008-04-16 00:22  

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