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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
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30 Jul 2005 12:54:41 PM |
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NAW, No liberal outrage here folks |
Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Contractors in Iraq
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer 58 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two British contractors guarding a consulate convoy were
killed Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq, and assailants in
military garb tried to assassinate a prominent Sunni Arab leader.
A car exploded near the National Theater in Baghdad, killing seven people,
including three policemen, police and witnesses said.
The blast also wounded 25, including three policemen, a mother and her two
young children, they said. The children did not appear seriously hurt.
Also, members of the committee writing Iraq's new constitution said major
differences remain only two weeks before the deadline for parliament to
approve the draft. A Sunni member said some issues may remain unresolved
until after the December elections.
The bombing on the British diplomatic convoy took place on Basra's
outskirts, killing the two security contractors who worked for the British
security firm Control Risks Group, the Foreign Office said.
Two Iraqi children were seriously wounded when a second device exploded five
minutes after the convoy was targeted, police Capt. Mushtaq Kadim said.
Britain has some 8,500 troops in Iraq, mostly in the south. The British
military headquarters is based in Basra, where Britain also has a consulate
general's office with about 20 employees.
Control Risks Group describes itself on its Web site as an international
business risk consultancy, specializing in helping clients operate in
"complex or hostile environments." The company employs some 500 contractors
in Iraq, and only one has been killed, in an attack some 15 months ago, a
spokeswoman said.
Sheik Khalaf Elaayan, head of the National Dialogue Council, a Sunni
political group with members on the constitutional drafting committee, was
in his car Saturday when gunmen wearing military uniforms like those "used
by members of the Iraqi army" drove up alongside and opened fire, he told
The Associated Press.
Elaayan's bodyguard was wounded in the attack, which took place near an
Iraqi army checkpoint, he said.
"I was surprised that the soldiers did not react or come to help us although
the checkpoint was less than 100 meters from where the attack took place,"
he said.
Sunni leaders have accused the Shiite-led government of sanctioning attacks
by Shiite military forces against the Sunni community.
Two weeks ago, a Sunni member of the constitutional committee was
assassinated in Baghdad, as were a Sunni committee adviser and a bodyguard.
Mijbil Issa's death prompted a weeklong walkout by his Sunni colleagues, who
only returned to the committee process after being promised additional
security.
The U.S. leadership has placed high hopes that a constitution will lay the
foundation for a broad-based government. The charter faces an Aug. 15
deadline to be approved by the National Assembly, and then goes to a public
referendum in October.
Committee members say more than 90 percent of the document is complete. But
the toughest issues, including federalism, the role of Islam and even the
country's name remain in dispute. Some committee members said it's unlikely
the issues will be resolved before the August deadline.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi government on Saturday confirmed the firing of one of
the few top Sunni officials to urge Sunni Arabs to join Iraq's political
process.
Adnan al-Dulaimi was dismissed July 24 as head of the Sunni Endowment, the
government agency in charge of the upkeep of Sunni mosques and shrines,
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's office said.
Al-Dulaimi told the AP he was fired for defending Sunnis, who dominated
Iraqi politics under
Saddam Hussein but feel marginalized by the current U.S.-backed,
Shiite-dominated government. Drawing Sunnis into the political process is
seen as key for legitimizing any Iraqi government.
"I think that the reason behind my dismissal is that they want to silence a
voice that is speaking against unjustified practices against Sunnis such as
arrests, torture in the prisons, and also for my calls to release innocent
detainees and to save Iraq from sectarianism, insecurity and divisions,"
al-Dulaimi said.
Al-Dulaimi had been among a handful of Sunni Muslim clerics and officials
who have urged fellow Sunnis to vote in the constitutional referendum slated
for October and the general elections following in December. Most Sunnis
boycotted the Jan. 30 balloting.
Tensions between the Sunni Muslim minority and the Shiite community have
been on the rise, with recent reports of Sunnis being detained and killed by
Shiite-led military forces.
Dozens of bodies - blindfolded, bound and shot - have been discovered around
Baghdad and central Iraq, many of them Sunnis. Earlier this month, 11 Sunni
detainees died in police custody after suffocating inside a locked van in
the midday heat. A criminal investigation into the deaths is underway.
Most members of the Sunni Arab community, which forms the core of the
anti-American insurgency, stayed home during the country's landmark Jan. 30
elections. That helped Shiites and Kurds win control of the new government,
since only 17 Sunni members made it into the 275-member parliament.
Also Saturday:
.. The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on army volunteers in a town
near the Syrian border rose to 52 from 25 after some of the wounded died
overnight, police said. The number of wounded nearly doubled to 93 after
officials added more patients taken to a hospital in a different town.
Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack in an Internet
statement.
.. The bodies of two Baghdad International Airport employees and their
driver, kidnapped earlier this week, were discovered Saturday in a field in
Baghdad, police and hospital officials said. Mahir Yassin, director of the
airport's communication department; fellow employee Mahmoud Hamad
al-Zawbaie; and driver Mahmoud al-Zawbaie were kidnapped Wednesday on their
way to work.
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| User: "Bruce Olin" |
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| Title: Re: NAW, No liberal outrage here folks |
30 Jul 2005 08:20:03 PM |
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Hey, asswipe... Let's say that the, oh, Bulgarians invaded and conquered
the good old USA. Would you be out blowing their ugly asses up or working
with them to gain an economic and social advantage over your fellow
countrymen (kissing their Bulgarian asses)? Come on, pucker up traitor.
Kiss the foul and stinking Bulgarian ***** and maybe they'll give you a
dollar.
Bruce Olin
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| User: "Oilers" |
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| Title: Re: NAW, No liberal outrage here folks |
31 Jul 2005 01:59:32 AM |
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"Bruce Olin" <bruce_olin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7HVGe.2955$gt5.1159@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
Hey, asswipe... Let's say that the, oh, Bulgarians invaded and conquered
the good old USA. Would you be out blowing their ugly asses up or working
with them to gain an economic and social advantage over your fellow
countrymen (kissing their Bulgarian asses)? Come on, pucker up traitor.
Kiss the foul and stinking Bulgarian ***** and maybe they'll give you a
dollar.
Bruce Olin
Dipshit Republicans still think that a 'contractor' in Iraq means somebody
who puts up drywall and fixes the plumbing.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: NAW, No liberal outrage here folks |
31 Jul 2005 01:12:13 AM |
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"Bruce Olin" <bruce_olin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7HVGe.2955$gt5.1159@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
Hey, asswipe... Let's say that the, oh, Bulgarians invaded and conquered
the good old USA. Would you be out blowing their ugly asses up or working
with them to gain an economic and social advantage over your fellow
countrymen (kissing their Bulgarian asses)? Come on, pucker up traitor.
Kiss the foul and stinking Bulgarian ***** and maybe they'll give you a
dollar.
Bruce Olin
Being a Republican, it's hard for him to see any mindset but that of
traitor.
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| User: "Parsifal" |
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| Title: Re: NAW, No liberal outrage here folks |
30 Jul 2005 04:07:00 PM |
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Hey, it's your war... You gotta pay the price, right?
Can't come with an alias of your own? Why? Too dumb? I thought so...
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| User: "Oilers" |
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| Title: Re: NAW, No liberal outrage here folks |
30 Jul 2005 07:04:55 PM |
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Yeah, so sad when hired killers get their due for being in a place they
don't belong.
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