MSNBC: 3 GIs killed in ‘Sunni triangle', 5 wounded

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0cv=CA01

3 GIs killed in ‘Sunni triangle,’ an area loyal
to Saddam

NBC NEWS AND NEWS SERVICES

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 13 — Iraqi insurgents have mounted fresh attacks on U.S. troops occupying the country, killing three U.S. soldiers and wounding five more in assaults around Iraq’s deadly “Sunni triangle” in 24 hours, the military said Wednesday. In separate incidents, two Iraqis were killed overnight when U.S. forces returned fire at attackers, officials said.

ONE OF THE soldiers was killed and another was wounded Wednesday when their armored personnel carrier drove over an improvised mine, the third deadly bomb attack on U.S. forces in Iraq in 24 hours

more...............

[Yavin4]

1. Look The Terminator Is Running for Governor

Look Kobe Bryant is on trial for rape....

Look Ben cheated on J-Lo....

Look the Luci Peterson trial....

pay no attention to the dying troops in Iraq...

Look Britney Spear's new album is coming out.

[section321]

2. Move along. Nothing to see here.

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[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. But our Fearless FURHER said that the war ended over 100 days ago...

how can this happen.???? How can more of our men and women die??? How is this so??? If Bush says it, it must be "true"!!! Right??? Bush is a PRAVDA kind of person, isn't he?

[ElementaryPenguin]

4. Jeez!! What's goin' here? Don't these people appreciate being liberated?

They have access to CNN, FOX News, and McDonalds now!! What the hell more could they ask for?

[mistertrickster]

5. Question to Bush: are they bringing it on enough for you yet?

AWOL plick . . .

[stopbush]

6. But don't you see we're winning?

I mean, if the Iraqis are being forced to come up with "improvised land mines" then we must be winning. We're down to fighting the small pockets of improvised land mine constructors. Oh, wait, I forgot about the small pockets of improvised land mine designers! Oh, shit, and the small pockets of improvised land mine parts suppliers.

Mercy me!

Head...about...to...explode

Must...watch...Rumdumb...on...Faux...Gnus...

Condition...normal...

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. Wait, how is the Sunni Triangle loyal to Saddam?

Seems to me that I recall they were enemies in the past. Of course, that was before our imperial occupation...

[Yavin4]

8. Oh, They're All The Same

'All dem A-rabs are all da same'


according to the ignorant murican people.

[El Mariachi]

9. hmm

I think you might be right, I could have sworn the Ba'ath party was loyal to Saddam.

[Emboldened Chimp]

10. Nope, I was wrong

I was thinking of the Shias, not Sunnis...

Sorry, my bad.

http://www.siyassa.org.eg/esiyassa/ahram/2003/4/1/FILE3.HTM


"Under Saddam Hussein's leadership, the Baath Party and the Baathist state became predominantly Sunni. Discrimination against the Shia in Iraq has existed since the British installed a Sunni king in the 1920s, who gathered around him a Sunni elite. In 37 years of monarchy, only four Shia prime ministers came to power, as opposed to 19 Sunnis. The favouring of Sunnis became more marked under Baath rule due to its wide recruitment of army officers, who are mostly Sunni, as well as the idea prevalent among some Sunni pan-Arabists that the Shia are outsiders, not properly Arab. Many Shia religious leaderships, moreover, took an isolationist and apathetic stance towards politics in Iraq.

Discrimination against the Shia took many forms, including the imposition of a Sunni interpretation of the history of Iraq, the Arabs and Muslims to be taught in schools; restriction of Shia religious celebrations and expressions; lack of development of the infrastructure in predominantly Shia areas; and stifling Shia political organisation as well as career opportunities."

[markses]

12. Saddam is a Sunni

The so-called "Sunni Triangle" is a new-fangled media term used to describe the areas to the north of Baghdad, with Baghdad as the southern tip, where US trrops are facing the most resistance. Since it is inhabited mainly by Sunni muslims, as opposed to the Shi'ite muslims in the south, it has been dubbed the Sunni Triangle by CENTCOM and their lapdog minions in the US press corps.

However, it was the case that Saddam drew his support from the Sunni populations, while oppressing the two other major population groups, the Shi'ites and the Kurds. So, it stands to reason that the favored group under the old regime would put up the most resistance to the new one. That's the "Saddam loyalists" line - a load of crap for the most part.

Increasingly, (in my estimation) we will see Shi'ite uprisings, first down the line of attack (Najaf, Nasiriyah, then all across the south). These will be mainly uncoordinated with the fairly well organized Sunni resistance (apparently, the base at Ar Ramadi is shelled nightly now, and not just one or two then go), at least through next spring. Once oil sabotage begins in earnest in the south, we will see a greater crackdown, and greater resistance. It's not a pretty picture, and I do hope I'm wrong. Best case: hand it over to the UN as soon as practicable, forfeit all claims or contracts established under the occupation system (which are unconscionable contracts, in any case, for the people of Iraq), and bring all US/UK colonizing forces out of country.

[section321]

14. Saddam "was Sunni". This area was his power base .

The shiites were his enemies.

[Brian Sweat]

15. Do you know something the rest of us do not?

[Brian Sweat]

11. The Iraqis are paying us well for teaching them to fight

[ShaneGR]

13. What are you talking about? Didn't see it on CNN

:-(