Iraq bombers topple Samarra minarets

SONofODIN

BAGHDAD - Suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, dealing a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace and reopening old wounds a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed.

The attack stoked fears of a surge in violence between Muslim sects. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government rushed to contain Shiite wrath against Sunnis: It clamped a curfew on Baghdad and asked for U.S. troop reinforcements in Samarra, 60 miles north of here, and for a heightened American military alert in the capital.
But sketchy reports of sectarian strife began to come in. Police told of at least four Sunni mosques in Baghdad and south of the capital attacked by arsonists and bombers, and of a smaller Shiite shrine bombed north of here. On Thursday, police said a woman and child were wounded in a repeat bombing on one of the Sunni shrines attacked a day earlier.

SONofODIN

Muslims Vs Muslims also never ends.

SONofODIN

Later, in Baghdad, the 30-member Sadrist bloc in parliament issued a statement saying it would boycott the 275-seat house until the government takes "realistic" steps to rebuild the shrine. The action by the Sadrists, whose support for al-Maliki has recently waned, is likely to weaken the Shiite-dominated government and delay adoption of a series of laws needed to build national reconciliation in Iraq. Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, issued a statement calling on "believers to exercise self-restraint and avoid any vengeful act that would target innocent people or the holy places of others." In neighboring Shiite        Iran, which has been accused of funding and arming Shiite militias in Iraq, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed U.S. forces for failing to prevent the mosque attack, and threatened to halt regional cooperation to stop Iraq's spiraling violence. The mosque contains the tombs of the 10th and 11th imams

tempur

Betul ke orang islam yang bom masjid tu....aku was was la perkara ni...tempat kita menyembah Allah tak mungkin di bom oleh org islam,
tak logik.......tapi walaubagaimanapun propaganda us amat hebat..selepas dibom terus dikatakan orang sunnah yang buat dan sebaliknya.....tapi satu yang kita lupa ramai tentera upahan US yang berada disetiap bumi IRAQ. Mereka diupah dengan harga yang tinggi utnuk melaksanakan misi terkutuk ini tanpa mengira siapa mangsanya ...janji berjaya.....kita jangan percaya dakyah yang di sebarkan musuh kita.....walaupun kta tidak pedulikan mereka, mereka tetap akan mencari jalan untuk memusnahkan negara negara islam yang kaya..........   sedih betul....................

[ Last edited by  tempur at 15-6-2007 04:59 PM ]

SONofODIN

There was a bomb blast at Pudu Raya yesterday. Could it be done by CIA?

SONofODIN

Suicide bomber kills 13 at Baghdad hotel

BAGHDAD - A stealthy suicide bomber slipped into a busy Baghdad hotel Monday and blew himself up in the midst of a gathering of U.S.-allied tribal sheiks, undermining efforts to forge a front against the extremists of al-Qaida in Iraq. Four of the tribal chiefs were among the 13 victims, police said.

Iraq's prime minister quickly vowed renewed support for Anbar province's tribal leaders after the noontime explosion, which also wounded 27 people and devastated the ground-floor lobby of the high-rise Mansour Hotel.
"We are sure that this crime will not weaken the will of Anbar sheiks," Nouri al-Maliki said in a statement.

The stunning terror strike in the heart of Baghdad, by a killer penetrating layers of security, was one of a wave of suicide and other bombings that killed at least 46 people across Iraq on Monday

sharfox

Yeap SONofODIN,

Never we heard this kind of acts during Saddam's era. Never we heard about the Sunnis and the Shiite in the most hatred like this. But when the Crusaders came to the land to promote the so called 'Democracy ala America' (although at first they claimed to search for WMD) the country began to collapse.
What a pity. Just because of OIL, egoism, arrogance, denial and stupidity the warmonger managed to invade the others. He though he can control the other world but he's just a tiny coward human. He can't match the MASTERPLANNER.Just wait and see. Hidup ini umpama roda. Sekarang di atas, tunggu masa nak turun bawah.