I title this "And they met us with open arms..." Stop dealing w/US

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4850108.stm
Political storm over Iraq deaths

Mourners have been burying bodies of the dead in Sadr City
The US military in Iraq is facing growing political pressure over a raid on a Baghdad mosque complex that left about 20 people dead on Sunday evening.
US officials said 16 insurgents had been killed and 18 captured, along with a significant weapons cache.

However, members of Iraq's ruling Shia Islamist bloc say many of the dead were civilians taking part in prayers.

"Entering the mosque and the killings there are an unjustified and flagrant attack," the interior minister said.

"Approximately 18 innocent men who were inside the mosque performing sunset prayers were killed and became martyrs," Bayan Jabr added in an interview on Dubai-based al-Arabiya television. "They were killed unjustly and wrongfully." We decided to stop dealings with coalition forces and the US Embassy because of the cowardly attack on the Mustafa prayer hall

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[MadMaddie]

1. Wow another Brillient move....the Iraqi populace is already

enraged...and for the troops to go into a Mosque..or any religious institution is just bad planning....

We don't really know all of the facts but that move is just another catalyst in a long list....

[kenny blankenship]

2. Gosh I hope they remembered to bring in their dogs!

Mosques can be so full of bombs and other things only dogs can sniff out.