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2006-02-22 Iraq

Samarra residents furious over destruction of Askaria mosque

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-22 03:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just guessing it's prolly AQ. No one else it that nuts.I wouldn't give you 10 cents to be a Sunni in Iraq right now. Look for Tater to try and gain some political points from this as well.

Posted by Sock Puppet O' Doom 2006-02-22 05:00|| 2006-02-22 05:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Speaking of Tater, Juan Cole (Yes I know he's a f**kwit) has a translation of an extended interview by Tater last Saturday on Aljazeera.
He also says that due to the destruction of the Dome that Tuesday was an apocalyptic day in Iraq.

Posted by tipper 2006-02-22 05:46|| 2006-02-22 05:46|| Front Page Top

#3 maybe this will actually finally be the tipping point that the press have been saying is days away for 3 years now, maybe if it is this mythical 'tipping point' it will mean the swift and brutal irradication of many more AQ thugs in Iraq, lets hope the Iraqis just keep the fighting between each other and leave our forces out of it. Gonna be a real interesting few days i think in Iraq - finally it seems the media's much hoped for civil war may arrive..... to be continued lol

Posted by ShepUK 2006-02-22 06:15|| 2006-02-22 06:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Popcorn time.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-02-22 07:05|| 2006-02-22 07:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Wonder how Ahmadisnutz and the Mad Mullahs took the news this morning?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-02-22 09:45|| 2006-02-22 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 SF, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out the Iranians have a hand in this. There has been always rivalry between Iraqi shi'ite sites and Iranians', competing over who has most 'holliest' sites.

Iranians may try to use the default 'blame the sunnis' paradigm to push their agenda to reduce the influence of Iraqi shi'ite sites.

I am not saying that this is the case with the Askaria mosque, but that this angle shouln't be overlooked.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-02-22 10:49|| 2006-02-22 10:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Before and After Pics

Posted by NickVtx 2006-02-22 12:06|| 2006-02-22 12:06|| Front Page Top

#8 And the caption on the last pic - that the Tater mobs are saying the Americans prolly did it...

YJCMTSU. Thx, NYT & Friends.

Thx for the link, NickVtx!

Posted by .com 2006-02-22 12:10|| 2006-02-22 12:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Why didn't anyone notice people taking explosives into the shrine? Seriously, is it that common to see one of your holy sites have terrorists on it?

/sarcasm

Posted by Charles 2006-02-22 14:16|| 2006-02-22 14:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Read the details in the article.

armed men, with at least one wearing a uniform, broke inside the shrine before sunrise and seized the five policemen responsible for guarding the site.

The gunmen planted explosives and fled the area, the officer said.

The blast went off not long afterwards.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-22 14:20|| 2006-02-22 14:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Actually, the photo of the march in Baghdad looks pretty peaceful -- no fists, no mouths open screaming imprecations, no guns or swords waving in the air, even a few veiled women around the edges, if my eyes don't deceive me. Separately, looking at the photos of the destruction, it appears to me that the mosque must have been constructed within living memory -- isn't that rebar-and-concrete, not stone? If so, reconstruction should go fairly quickly, and it's not the same, desecration-wise, as if millenium old building had been attacked.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-22 14:43|| 2006-02-22 14:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Nice catch, tw!

Holiest rebar I've ever seen. Dunno its rank...

Posted by .com 2006-02-22 15:51|| 2006-02-22 15:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Where'd my apostophe go?

(This is a test, actually, lol)

Posted by .com 2006-02-22 15:52|| 2006-02-22 15:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Bzzzzzzzzzt!

The script that checks for troll crap is eliminating them all now, it seems. Heh.

Posted by .com 2006-02-22 15:53|| 2006-02-22 15:53|| Front Page Top

#15 now now, .com.

We didn't DELIBERATELY target your comments ... ;-)

That was a joke. It was only a joke. You may return to your normal ranting now.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-22 16:00|| 2006-02-22 16:00|| Front Page Top

#16 Interesting, TW, but I'm thinking that's not modern rebar. May be wood, not metal.

Posted by Darrell 2006-02-22 16:07|| 2006-02-22 16:07|| Front Page Top

#17 Lol, lotp. Okay, I won(apostrophe)t take it personally. ;-)

Posted by .com 2006-02-22 16:22|| 2006-02-22 16:22|| Front Page Top

#18 And Pound Sign 39; is the work around I have been using it for days in the "Your Name" field.

Posted by Sock Puppet O' Doom 2006-02-22 16:34|| 2006-02-22 16:34|| Front Page Top

#19 I really have to wonder if I'madinnerjacket had a hand in this to provoke the return of the hidden Imam. He's crazy enough to think it.

Posted by DonM 2006-02-22 16:41|| 2006-02-22 16:41|| Front Page Top

#20 Imadinnerjacket ??? That(apostrophe)s the best laugh I(apostrophe)ve had in days.

Posted by wxjames 2006-02-22 17:05|| 2006-02-22 17:05|| Front Page Top

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