White House says Iraq bombing an "atrocity" (135 dead so far)

[rodeodance]

White House says Iraq bombing an "atrocity"

2 hours, 39 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House called the suicide bombing in Baghdad that killed 135 people an "atrocity" on Saturday and pledged to help the Iraqi government bring security to the capital.

"The United States stands with the people of
Iraq. We will support the freely elected Iraqi government and its security forces, to help bring those responsible for today's atrocity to justice, and to deliver greater security to the people of Baghdad," White House press secretary Tony Snow said in a statement.

The blast, caused by explosive-laden truck, was the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the 2003 war and took place in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad.

The White House said the attack "targeted the innocent people of Iraq."

"Free nations of the world must not stand by while terrorists commit mass murder in an attempt to derail democratic progress in Iraq and throughout the greater Middle East," the statement said.........

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[fooj]

1. "while terrorists commit mass murder"

Hmmmmmm...

[YDogg]

2. I say, "the war targeted the innocent people of Iraq."

[madrchsod]

3. so now he cares

how very convenient now that he wants 40,000 more troops and 100 billion dollars....

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. So says the chef that stirred the kettle full of crazies..................

[peacetalksforall]

5. If the Sunnis' were the target, would they have issued a statement?

[Benhurst]

6. If the number of people murdered in this bombing goes up just a tad, they can

call it "Shock and Awe."

[Magleetis]

7. Oh

but "Shock and Awe" isn't an atrocity. Shrubs actions never line up with his words.

[Benhurst]

8. "Shock and Awe" was nothing more nor less than

the American fascists' version of the Nazi's Blitzkrieg.

[Dover]

13. Yeah, somehow the sentiment gets lost when it comes from the mouths of mass murderers n/t

[Ian David]

9. The White House calls it an atrocity, the Iraqis call it "Saturday." And soon...

Bush will go on television and claim that it is a "slam-dunk" that the Iranians are behind it, and we're gonna do a heckuva job "retaliating" against them.

[rocktivity]

10. Losing track of 350 TONS of ammuniton is an atrocity, too.

And I don't want to hear anything about the truck having Iranian license plates!

:mad:
rocknation

[Gman]

11. someone tell the White House that

those 135 people are dead because of George W Bush and Dick Cheney. So they need to keep their comments to theirself.

[indepat]

12. Raises the question of who is in charge, at whose feet do all the killings, maimings and

destruction lie when a country is occupied by foreign powers: on whose watch is this?

[Canuckistanian]

14. Gee, how could this have been prevented?

If only we could figure out the source of all this unrest.....

[Virginia Dare]

15. It's only an atrocity if we don't perpetrate it...

remember shock and awe chimpy? Those weren't fireworks little man.

[LibDemAlways]

16. The entire Bush administration is an atrocity.

Considering the bombs the US has dropped, the Iraqi people who've been killed, maimed, and tortured by US actions, the people who've been terrorized when armed US soldiers burst uninvited into their homes....I'd say this is a serious case of the pot calling the kettle black.

[daleo]

17. And Bush ought to know

He's an expert in atrocities.

[leftwingnut]

18. Quick...attack Iran!

That ought to make it safer for the people of Iraq.

:mad:

[humbled_opinion]

19. Death, Destruction and the American Way.

I think Bush needs to ask himself; What would Harry Truman Do?