Bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq kill 41

[laststeamtrain]

Source: Reuters

Bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq kill 41
40 mins ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Vehicle bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 41 people on Monday, police said, the latest of several major attacks since U.S. troops withdrew from towns and cities in June.

Two truck bombs killed 25 people and wounded 75 near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police said. Last week, a suicide car bomber killed 38 people as they left a Shi'ite Muslim mosque just outside Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.

The truck bombs flattened some 30 homes in the predominantly Shi'ite village of Khazna, 20 km (12 miles) north of Mosul.

Bombings and shootings are reported almost daily in and around Mosul, capital of Nineveh province, where disputes between Arabs and Kurds threaten to split the region and inflame tensions that could threaten Iraq's long-term stability.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090810/wl_nm/us_iraq_blasts

[Hubert Flottz]

1. Sounds like a "surge"...

America will be paying for the neocon's bullshit from now on.

[Stuart G]

2. Iraq Bombs Kills 40, Fears of Sectarian Violence Grows

Source: Yahoo News, Reuters.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Bombs across Iraq killed at least 40 people on Monday, ripping through mostly Shi'ite areas and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

The blasts are the latest of several major attacks targeting Shi'ites since U.S. troops withdrew from urban centres in June, boosting doubts about whether Iraq's security forces, rebuilt from scratch after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, can cope alone.

Two truck bombs shattered the dawn calm when they exploded within minutes of each other in the mostly Shi'ite village of al-Khazna, 20 km (12 miles) east of Mosul in Iraq's north, killing 30 people and wounding 155.

The blasts destroyed some 40 houses in the village, home to the small Shabak community, a sect of Kurdish origin. Distraught people stood around a massive crater left by one of the blasts as firemen picked through the debris searching for bodies.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090810/ts_nm/us_iraq_4

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Hosni Mubarack of Egypt was interviewed by Charlie Rose and I recall what he said, about the war that Bush was starting. Mubarack was the only Arab leader from the area that Bush consulted before the war.

Mubarack said, "I told Bush not to go in, you do not understand the people there. If you do, you will open up the Gates of Hell."

Today's news highlights the fact as to who was right and who was just plain stupid.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Wait a minute, I won this war six years ago. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

"Just shut up everyone, and enjoy the peace, love and prosperity I and my chickenhawk Republicon cronies brought to Eye-rack. Smirk."

- xCommander AWOL (R)

[Flaneur]

4. So glad we liberated and pacified Iraq. Oh, wait a minute...

[TiredOldMan]

5. Welcome to It

Those people have been doing that to each other for over a thousand years and they area welcome to it. I hope they will find peace, but if they want to keep bombing markets and schools they can. Just keep our noses out of it. We have plenty enough problems within our own borders.