Woman Earns Martyrdom, Kills 6, Injures 30
Good morning,
A woman has earned rank into heaven and the praise of God among her male martyr counterparts. Disguised like a male, in traditional white male robe and scarf, the woman blew herself up outside an Iraqi Army checkpoint at a recruiting center. This is the first known instance of a woman executing a martyr mission. In 10/03 a woman was caught and stopped before she could detonate her belt of explosives as she entered into a government building. Saddam's regime used women days before the April 03 attack on Iraq. These two women blew up a car at a checkpoint near the city of Haditha, killing three American soldiers.
Gen. Ahmed Mohammed Khalaf, the regional police chief, said that there now seems to be a "New Tactic" being used. Normally, because of social and religious traditions, women are not searched at checkpoints. He said that will now change. He said that women and children will now be searched the way men are.
Elsewhere, the town of Baqouba suffered its second suicide car bomb in two days.
An attacker slammed his vehicle into a police patrol in central Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding 14, included 10 policemen.
Have a nice day.
22 Dead Bodies Found, 9 Killed, 21 Injured
Good morning.
The number of people killed has been raised to at least 62 in the past three days in Iraq, less than a month before a national referendum on Iraq's draft constitution.
Today a total of 22 bodies (Male) wearing civilian clothing were found dumped in a desolate area of Southern Iraq. They had all been shot to death. Many had been bound and blindfolded.
In Baquoa, 30 miles north of Baghdad, a martyr bomber blew himself up killing 9 men who were in line applying for police jobs. Twenty-one men were also wounded in that attack.
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5 Killed, 8 wounded
Good morning.
Today a martyr bomber detonated hidden explosives on a small bus in an open air bus terminal killing 5 people and injuring eight.
Two US soldiers died in separate attacks. These latest US deaths bring the total of US military deaths to 1,912. Unfortunately I do not currently have the total Iraqi death count, but since the change in the government (AKA elections), I would estimate that at least 4,000+ have died. I will confirm this when I can.
Have a nice day.
More attacks, 11 dead
It is becoming difficult to find highlights of the daily deaths in Iraq because this news is being eclipsed by a Hurricane named Rita which is ironically targeting the heart of the US oil refining industry on the Texas gulf coast. Apparently lessons have been "Learned" from the catastropic reprocussions of Hurricane Katrina which occured within the last couple of weeks. Katrina buried New Orleans in a pool of water, of which is it now only beginning to dry completely. Parts do remain flooded, however, and new concerns arise that the city may again become a giant pool depending on Rita's havoc.
On to the news I was able to find. Today 11 Iraqis were killed in 5 different attacks across the country. Roadside bombers, on Wednesday night, targeted US troops, killing one soilder and wounding 6 in Baghdad.
So much for now, more to come.
Status Update
Good afternoon.
A total of 1,904 US troops have so far died in Iraq.
Also today, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said a suicide car bombing killed four other Americans _ a diplomatic security agent and three private security agents _ traveling in a convoy Monday in Mosul. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice identified the Diplomatic Security officer as Stephen Eric Sullivan, calling his death "a tragic loss for all of us at the Department of State."
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12 dead in Mosque blast, 12 killed in other parts of Iraq
Good morning,
Another day in Baghdad means another day of slaughter. Today 12 Iraqis were blasted to bits by a martyr car bomber as they were leaving their Shiite mosque. Twenty one. were wounded. Friday's are normally a day of prayer. In other parts of Iraq a wave of killings continued as the Sunni-dominated insurgency pressed its "all-out war" to destabilize the country.
Wave Of Bombings Kill 150, Injure 570
Good afternoon.
Between dawn and about 4 pm, a wave of martyr bombers sustained a wave of more than a dozen explosions on Iraqis in and around Baghdad. A minimum of 150 were killed and 570 injured.
It was the worst single day of bloodshed since March 2, 2004, when coordinated blasts from suicide bombers, mortars and planted explosives hit Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and in Baghdad, killing at least 181 and wounding 573.
A senior U.S. military official said he believed the bombings were in retaliation for the joint Iraqi-U.S. sweep through Tal Afar, which has been ongoing for the last two weeks.
Al-Qaida's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, purportedly has declared "all out war" on Shiite Muslims. Let the civil war continue.
Numbers will be adjusted as they come in. These are just preliminary figures.
Another 73 dead
Here is the latest news flash. More updates in the morning:
Suicide car bombing and execution-style slayings in Baghdad leave at least 73 people dead, officials say.
18 bodies found
Good morning,
From the AP:
Aproximately 30 miles south of Baghdad, police found the bodies of 18 men who had been handcuffed and shot to death in Iskandariya, a town where dozens of killings have been reported in escalating vengeance killings by Shiite Muslim and Sunni Aram "death squads."
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More murders
Good evening,
Today 16 Iraqi civilians were killed by a martyr car bomber at a take out Flafel restaurant in Basra. 21 were wounded.
A roadside bomb killed four American security agents.
Both incidents occured in Basra.
Brief Deviation From Iraq Killings
Good Morning,
Here is a picture of Barbara and Len and me .......
We had a great time with you during your very brief visit! Thanks again so much for the delicious Sushi. Hope your journey home was safe and that your upcoming travels are fantastic. Take lots of Africa pics!
--- Warm wishes,
--- The blogger,
wink
Deviation From Purpose
Good morning.
I feel compelled to deviate from the purpose of my blog (which is to provide regular information on the killings of Iraqi citizens), to comment on Mr. Bush's handling of catagory 5, Hurricane Katrina, which has devistated the citizens of the US Gulf Coast.
Mr. Bush has been seriously criticized of the extremely slow response of the Federal Government to help the people who continue, even now, to be stranded and left without food and water and dying waiting for help. Kane West, ripped into Mr. Bush last night during an aid concert on NBC, stating:
"George Bush doesn't care about black people" and said America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."
Mr. West, like it or not, is the voice for the sentiments of thousands upon thousands of African American people. Without a doubt, racism is alive and well in America, although we won't admit it. In this case, you can be sure, that Mr. Bush's non-response to the impending disaster (Which did he even bother to watch on his TV while on vacation in his Texas ranch?)... was pathetic.
Be absolutely assured, that if a category 5 hurricane were on a direct path to New York or Washington, DC, that Mr. Bush would have put on his army vest, and been PROACTIVE, in positioning troops, the national guard, supplies, and plans, PRIOR to the devistation.
He would have left his vacation home prior to natures' attack on the homeland, and would have done all he could have BEFORE The impending disaster to get people out of harms way.
Now the question is, is Bush's lack luster response because he is racist? Is it because he does not have an affinity with the people of the Gulf Coast States? Is it because he is just a fucking ass hole and doesn't see an onslaught when it is on the way? I really don't know. I can't help but to believe, however, that his response would have been a wholllllllleeeeeee lot different if the wrath were targeted on HIS TERRITORY.
Some of Bush's Republican counterparts made the following statements:
"If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican.
Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts called the government's response "an embarrassment."
There was no excuse for Bush's lethargy. Only his own ineptness. Don't get me wrong, I do not hold Bush responsible for the hurricane and the toll it has taken on the ill conceived city planning of New Orleanes. Nor will I hold Bush responsible for the years of lack of attention to or reinforcement of the leavy which was ultimately breached in this onslaught.... But I do hold him 100% responsible for the lack of foresight and proactive and immediate action to help the citizens of those devistated areas. The lack of foresight, has cost innumerable lives in those initial hours and days after the destruction.
I have one more comment to make, remember that you heard it here first. Although I have seen no mention of it on the news (Up till now), I believe that Mr. Bush will have "No choice" but to enforce a "National Tax" to cover the billions and billions of dollars that it will take to rebuild and revitalize the Gulf Coast. Of course, he will blame this tax hike on Katrina, and will not credit it on the 10 billion/week we spend on the "Iraq war" effort. He has us in a pickle, and I ask you to brace yourself, because this is just the beginning.
Have a nice day.
More slaughter
Good morning,
19 Iraqi police and soldiers Saturday in clashes around Baqouba today.
Elsewhere, four civilians were killed and 11 injured when four mortar shells fired at a U.S. installation missed the target and exploded in a mixed residential and commercial area, according to officials.
Death Totals Updated
Iraq's Ministry of Interior announced Thursday that 953 people had died and 815 were injured in the crush. But Health Ministry spokesman Qassim Yahya on Thursday said 843 had been killed and 439 injured. It was not possible to reconcile the two.
More updates as they become available.
