Iraqi MP assassinated, 24 bodies found in Tigris

[Barrett808]

BAGHDAD - Insurgents assassinated a Kurdish member of parliament and police found 24 bodies shot to death and dumped in the Tigris River 50 miles north of the capital, where there was no major violence on Sunday for the first time in five days.

Faris Nasir Hussein, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, was killed along with his brother, and their driver in an ambush 80 kilometers north of Baghdad. A second Kurdish lawmaker, Haidar Shanoun, was wounded in the attack near the town of Dujail.

Police and PUK officials said the men were murdered on Saturday night as they drove to the capital for Sunday’s session of the legislature which signed off on minor amendments to the country’s draft constitution and delivered it to the United Nations for printing. The UN will distribute 5 million copies in advance of the Oct. 15 referendum.

Lawmakers sat for a minute of silence to honour their dead comrade.

“The terrorists have launched a war of aggression against all Iraqis (but) we are up to it,” said Deputy Speaker Hussain Al Shahristani.

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/September/focusoniraq_September100.xml§ion=focusoniraq

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ah yes, this is just a family disagreement

and freedom is on the march


:sarcasm:

[Algorem]

2. so the" insurgency "is that much further along in it's "last throes",so

this is a positive thing,see

[libodem]

3. our misson

keeping the world safe for democracy..."they hate us for our freedoms"...yeah right

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. I think the mission is more like

Keeping the world from democracy.

[lebkuchen]

4. 10 mile stretch from Baghdad International to the city is mostly secure

however (just don't ask about the rest of the country). Took three years at $1 billion a day, but hey, let's talk about the positive stuff, shall we? :sarcasm:

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Oh, for heavens sake! Just another disagreement among friends.

Get over it, will ya?

[bemildred]

7. Senator so-and-so shot to death and 24 bodies dumped in the Potomac.

Just business as usual, eh?

[Brother Buzz]

8. Maybe those Iraqis are on to something, there...

I'm just saying ;)

[bemildred]

10. LOL.

It's a big job, but somebody has to do it, eh?
:thumbsup:

[Brother Buzz]

12. It wouldn't be a big job...

if we can persuade Getafix to conjure up a magic potion to shrink all the dirty thugs down to size and drown them in a bathtub. Heck, that potion would be so strong, there'd even be room for Grover Norquist in the tub. Hey, it's hard work, but I'm willing to pitch in and help remove the scummy tub ring afterwards (Isn't that what us Democrats ultimately end up doing anyway - cleaning up someone else's mess?).



Panoramix (or Getafix as he's called in English), the venerable village druid. Gathers mistletoe and brews magic potions. His speciality is the potion which gives the drinker superhuman strength. But Panoramix also has other recipes up his sleeve...

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. How will all this killing end in Iraq?

When and how will all this stop?

[Dem2theMax]

11. I'm starting to think that the 'plan' is to let the Iraqis literally

kill each other until there is no one left. Then *, Cheney and Halliburton can swagger into Iraq and plant the American flag. :puke: