At least 25 people found executed in Mosul

[sabra]

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/international-31/1150981169181950.xml&storylist=

At least 25 people found executed in Mosul

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — At least 25 people have been executed gangland-style in Iraq's third-largest city this week, with residents gunned down in ones and twos and bodies found scattered throughout Mosul.

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Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, has a mixed Kurdish and Sunni Arab population and a tradition of bad blood. The Kurds, who are largely Sunni Muslim but not Arab, have formed a prosperous autonomous region nearby after decades of oppression and mass killings under the Sunni Arab minority that ran Iraq until Saddam Hussein was ousted three years ago.

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The outburst of killings was first reported Tuesday morning when police found the bodies of a husband and wife — both Kurds — shot to death in eastern Mosul, according to police Capt. Ahmed Khalil. Before the day was out, 10 people were either killed in shootings or found dead.

The killings persisted Wednesday, with eight people — including a child and a college student — shot to death by nightfall. The violence continued Thursday, said police Brig. Abdel-Hamid Khalf, with a policeman killed in a firefight with gunmen early in the day and six civilians shot to death before sunset.

[Supersedeas]

1. me thinks our troops will be stuck in this insanity for some time

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. A little more proof that jr's plan is "working" I suppose.

[AlCzervik]

3. Are these the people that got taken yesterday or this an entirely

different group? I cannot keep track of all of this, i can't believe this stuff is there to keep track of--what a fucking hellhole shit heap we're created.

[sabra]

7. unfortunately this is a different incident :-(

[Master Mahon]

4. Tis certainly the 'last throughs'!!

The Bushista's should be rounded up and dropped off in Mosul to back up their stance on 'staying the course'!

[ObaMania]

5. Psssssssst.. didn't ya know..

freedom is on the march!

[BeyondGeography]

6. This "liberation" is more like a science project gone bad

[izzie]

8. I thought this was one of the Northern places that was safe

I must be getting the names mixed up. It is all starting to run together.

[oasis]

9. Iraq's becoming a nasty place. Thanks Mr. Bush.

:hi:

[Journeyman]

10. This week? It started Tuesday! This is Thursday! 25 dead in 2 to 3 days!

"My god," I said to my wife, "who do they think they're fooling?"

"Maybe just enough," she sadly replied.

[whitedove]

11. I hate this

My Dsil is on R&R this week, but next week will have to go back to Mosul. For what? He tries to keep me from being upset. But, I am upset, I am angry, I don't want all this killing for nothing. Why must our kids die? Why must the innocent Iraqi die?

For what?