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Delivering an impassioned sermon to one of the largest audiences ever to attend Friday prayers at the mosque, well over 1,000 worshippers, Qatanani said the war will generate resistance and revenge against America that will be felt for generations to come. He spoke as the intensive aerial bombing campaign, dubbed "Shock and Awe" by the Pentagon, was getting under way in Baghdad. "There are so many bombs going down upon them now," he said. "These misguided bombs are killing the children and destroying houses upon people. Tens of thousands of people will flee their homes, and they will be killed. These soldiers: Do they really know why they went to Iraq?" Qatanani asked. "Do they truly feel in their hearts it is justified to kill the women and children of Iraq? It should be stopped today, not tomorrow." |