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    Blasts Kill 143 at Iraq Shiite Shrines

    The bombings produced a wave of Shiite outrage — much of it directed at U.S. troops in the Iraqi capital. U.S. soldiers who arrived at Kazimiya were attacked by angry crowds throwing stones and garbage, injuring two Americans.


    "This is the work of Jews and American occupation forces," blared a loudspeaker outside the Kazimiya shrine. Inside, cleric Hassan Toaima told an angry crowd, "We demand to know who did this so that we can avenge our martyrs."



    Blasts Kill 143 at Iraq Shiite Shrines
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    By TAREK AL-ISSAWI and HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writers

    KARBALA, Iraq - Simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers Tuesday at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and Karbala, killing at least 143 people on the holiest day of the Shiite calendar, a U.S. general said. It was the bloodiest day since the end of major fighting

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...e_mi_ea/iraq_42source
    Norman Chad, syndicated columnist: “Sports radio, reflecting our sinking culture, spends entire days advising managers and coaches, berating managers and coaches, firing managers and coaches and searching the countryside for better middle relievers. If they just redirected their energy toward, say, crosswalk-signal maintenance, America would be 2 percent more livable.”

    "The best argument against democracy," someone (Churchill?) said, "is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
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    Who could have predicted that this type of fighting would happen if we destabilized the country with no concrete plans to maintain order?
    2005 Mandatory Loyalty Oath: I love America, our troops, baseball, Moms, and certain pies. I want no harm to come to any of those institutions, nor do I take any glee in their demise.

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    • #3
      Well, for starters it would have taken someone with reasonable knowledge of Middle East history: tribes; factions; cultures; disputes; partners; enemies; religious sects; etc!

      And if you couldn't find such a person, then form a coalition with those who posess such knowledge, like the UN, for instance!
      Norman Chad, syndicated columnist: “Sports radio, reflecting our sinking culture, spends entire days advising managers and coaches, berating managers and coaches, firing managers and coaches and searching the countryside for better middle relievers. If they just redirected their energy toward, say, crosswalk-signal maintenance, America would be 2 percent more livable.”

      "The best argument against democracy," someone (Churchill?) said, "is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

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      • #4
        keeping one iraq is just a bad idea
        Are you on the list?

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        • #5
          Former Senator Gary Hart told Chiis Mathews last night that he expects that US troops will still be in Iraq 25 years from now!
          Norman Chad, syndicated columnist: “Sports radio, reflecting our sinking culture, spends entire days advising managers and coaches, berating managers and coaches, firing managers and coaches and searching the countryside for better middle relievers. If they just redirected their energy toward, say, crosswalk-signal maintenance, America would be 2 percent more livable.”

          "The best argument against democracy," someone (Churchill?) said, "is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

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          • #6
            Originally posted by SLUBLUE@Mar 2 2004, 01:07 PM
            keeping one iraq is just a bad idea
            I agree. There is no historical basis for a united Iraq - it was forced onto the people in the beginning of the century by the British and it has been unstable ever since.
            2005 Mandatory Loyalty Oath: I love America, our troops, baseball, Moms, and certain pies. I want no harm to come to any of those institutions, nor do I take any glee in their demise.

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            • #7
              Excellent book by David Fromkin: A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East.
              Damn these electric sex pants!

              26+31+34+42+44+46+64+67+82+06 = 10

              Bring back the death penalty for corporations!

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              • #8
                Dred ... I just read it.

                Can you say Cluster Fuck when the British did what they did? One hand not knowing what the other wanted or was doing.

                Thanks for your tip about it a month ago.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Trigfunctions+Mar 2 2004, 01:27 PM-->
                  QUOTE(Trigfunctions @ Mar 2 2004, 01:27 PM)
                • #10
                  Originally posted by nick2@Mar 2 2004, 01:24 PM
                  Former Senator Gary Hart told Chiis Mathews last night that he expects that US troops will still be in Iraq 25 years from now!
                  Key word ... former.

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                  • #11
                    Originally posted by Trigfunctions@Mar 2 2004, 11:59 AM
                    Who could have predicted that this type of fighting would happen if we destabilized the country with no concrete plans to maintain order?
                    Actually I think this would have happened eventually anyway.

                    They need to grow up as a country. It's normal growing pains.

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                    • #12
                      Thanks for the book tip.
                      Here's a very good article summarizing the Hisotry of Iraq - I'd recommend it to anyone interested.

                      http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=w...&essay_id=32217
                      2005 Mandatory Loyalty Oath: I love America, our troops, baseball, Moms, and certain pies. I want no harm to come to any of those institutions, nor do I take any glee in their demise.

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                      • #13
                        Bush bought it, we own it! Iraq has been a tremendous expense and drain on our treasury. Iraqi oil was supposed to pay for most of our cost! Hasn't happened! May never happen!

                        Add poor financial planning to the list!

                        Terms like "The Fog of War", and "Unexpected Consequences" should not be applied to
                        the mess we've helped to create in Iraq!
                        Norman Chad, syndicated columnist: “Sports radio, reflecting our sinking culture, spends entire days advising managers and coaches, berating managers and coaches, firing managers and coaches and searching the countryside for better middle relievers. If they just redirected their energy toward, say, crosswalk-signal maintenance, America would be 2 percent more livable.”

                        "The best argument against democracy," someone (Churchill?) said, "is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

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                        • #14
                          Iraqi oil was supposed to pay for most of our cost!
                          I don't believe that to be accurate. I thought we expressley stated that we would only use Iraq oil to pay for basic neccesities like food and water.
                          Un-Official Sponsor of Randy Choate and Kevin Siegrist

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                          • #15
                            Better look it up!
                            Norman Chad, syndicated columnist: “Sports radio, reflecting our sinking culture, spends entire days advising managers and coaches, berating managers and coaches, firing managers and coaches and searching the countryside for better middle relievers. If they just redirected their energy toward, say, crosswalk-signal maintenance, America would be 2 percent more livable.”

                            "The best argument against democracy," someone (Churchill?) said, "is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

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