Iraq Mosque Blast Leaves 5 Dead, 37 Hurt

[45th Med]

By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press Writer

January 9, 2004, 8:38 AM EST

BAQOUBA, Iraq -- A car rigged with explosives exploded outside a Shiite Muslim mosque as worshippers streamed out of Friday prayers, killing five people and wounding 37, according to medical officials in the central Iraqi town of Baqouba.

www.indiemediamagazine.com/article.php?story=20040110064402781|Iraq Mosque Blast]

[AromaticSocks]

1. Gotta love them there freedom fighters

They shure know how to attack the enemy.

[Webster Green]

2. True...old enemies are at it again.......our doing....

From the linked article:
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Under Saddam's authoritarian rule, ethnic and religious divisions in Iraq were largely kept under check. Since Saddam's fall in April, religious leaders on both sides have tried to prevent an outbreak of tensions.
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When AWOL bails out in time for the November election, we will have left the country shattered and at civil war. Nice job chimpy!

[45th Med]

3. I think this is all 'tit for tat'.....

attacks. Sunni's attacking Shiites and Shiites attacking Sunni's.

[SilasSoule]

4. Exactly.....a Civil war has ensued that geee well..

Just about everybody predicted.



..

[lebkuchen]

5. Our military police have their work cut out for them

They're going to be reduced to inspecting every car, donkey cart and bicycle that rolls by.

[burrowowl]

6. Not to mention dogs and cats

when it rains, it pours?

[Guaranteed]

7. You can say that again. nt