"War is deceit." - Muhammad (Sahih Bukhari 4.52.268)
Sunni/Shi'ite Jihad Update. "Iraq Sunni shrine bombed amid reprisal attacks," by Abdel Karim Jamil for Agence France-Presse:
BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - Assailants pretending to be a film crew blew up and destroyed a Sunni shrine near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Friday as militants carried out more revenge attacks for the bombing of a Shiite shrine.
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The shrine of Talha bin Obeidallah in the town of Zubair, west of overwhelmingly Shiite Basra, was destroyed at dawn, an Iraqi army officer told AFP.
"A group of people carrying a camera arrived at the Talha bin Obeidallah shrine at 6:00 am (0200 GMT)," said Major General Ali Mussawi.
"They said they wanted to film the mosque. But they went about planting bombs around it.
"The structure is completely destroyed," he said, adding that the shrine's security guards had been detained for questioning.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki condemned what he described as a terrorist act and ordered an indefinite curfew imposed on British-patrolled Basra from 4:00 pm (1200 GMT) Friday to prevent any further tit-for-tat violence.
"The terrorist act which targeted the shrine came as part of a series of crimes aimed at inflaming sectarian passions among the sons of the country," the Shiite premier said in a statement.
"Those who have committed it are enemies of Allah, the country and the people."
Several Sunni mosques have been attacked in Iraq since Wednesday's bombing of the Shiite Al-Askari shrine in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
"War is deceit." - Muhammad (Sahih Bukhari 4.52.268)
I find that quote interesting and maybe one day people will wake up and smell the skunk. They will find that the koran and the hadiths are nothing but battle tactics against us - and their little worlds will crumble because they will be forced to realize that not all religions are equal and we let in the skunks.
Lol. Muslims spreading that peace around- Can't you just feel the love? Just think, the more muslims we let into America and Britain, the more "love" we get from this peace loving bunch.
Awwwwww....
Cue the world's smallest violin.
This raises a red flag, "Assailants pretending to be a film crew"
Nearly the same method Al Qaeda used to kill Massoud in Afghanistan. Got to wonder if this is meant to look like a Shiite revenge bombing but part of AQ's greater plan to stir secterian violence.
Burn baby, burn! I'm really hoping that just maybe, the current situation in Gaza, on top of everything else, will start to wake up this administration to the nature of the jihadist enemy and the decision will be made to pull coalition forces out of Iraq, or at least redeploy them to Kurdistan and other nearby bases, and watch these fatherless bastards annihilate each other.
This is not our problem. Our troops need to get out of the way, but they should make sure Iran doesn't invade or jihadis get the oil.
I think it's a disgrace that we won't attack Iran's nuke facilities or insurgent supply bases because we need their cooperation in getting out of Iraq. So one result of invading Iraq is to further the appeasement of the terrorists we allegedly went into Iraq to defeat. Now the tail wags the dog.
How foolish of the authorities to think that any muslim would be doing any filming on a mosque as they prefer to blow up things than work for a honest living. you are what you worship, islam is death and
desctruction as muhammud and allah commanded.
Aren't mosques man-made symbolof religion?
Aren't symbols icons?
Aren't such profane idols forbidden by iconoclatic Islam?
Sounds like the mosques bombers are just purifying the faith of this heretical trait.
No mosques, no building-idolatry.
Mohammed knew about war, he knew about lying, he knew about deceit. He didn't know Shi'ite bout God.
I wonder how they will react when I become an islamist? Cant tell the difference between me and the jihadists when I dress as they do, that’s right fockers I can blend in even better than you think I can. I'm smarter than you dumbasses so be ready for infiltration the likes you have never seen and then I will proceed in destroying your coalition.
Who goes to Paradise if killed in one of these operations, the Sunni or the Shia martyr?
Or do they contunue he the struggle up there? (excuse me, down there).
I'm sure they carefully removed all copies of the Holy Ko'ran, the word of Allah, before blowing up the joint. After all, we know about all the riots and stuff that occured when some dust particles got on the Holy Ko'ran because of evil Americans...
Oh, I forgot for a second that these people are insane.
Rational
Good point there. If Hell exists imagine you will
find both strains of virulent Death Cult oozing from bottomless,burning pit to infect the Earth.
Personally believe 'Hell' is on this earth-certainly these Jihadis are making life a living
Hell for all those they blow up,burn & maim.If they are on the receiving end of bombs well maybe this is what 'Divine Justice' & Karma means...
Remembering 'Muslim Outrage' which greeted Infidel troops if they so much as set foot in a Mosque-find it difficult to understand why IT IS PERFECTLY OKAY TO STORE WEAPONS,TORTURE & MURDER
CIVILIANS,KILL FELLOW MUSLIMS & BOMB MOSQUES!!
Enlighten me, please.
How many mosques is that? I make it 7 that the Shia have destroyed, 1 that Sunni have blown the 2 Minarets off.
It is good going.
A non-muslim can't set foot in one.
A muslim can blow them up!!!!
Before everyone urinates a little bit on themselves over such great news remember from whom the money will be comming from to re build those glorious grand old mosques.
And i am not talking about Iran or Saudi arabia either.In fact the west is more likely to pay the tab for building those mosques than they ever will any church that has been destroyed.
Another thing is perhaps all these terrorists posing as the media will cause the real media to get it's bias and one sided rears out of there and the propaganda machine can take a hit as well.
And journalistas wonder why Israel and the US forces in Iraq distrust anyone claiming to be a journalist until proven so.
Muslims killing muslims and blowing up mosques...like Martha Stewart would say...
"It's a good thing"...
AmericanTiger: I don't agree with you. Anyone killing someone is a bad thing. I don't hate moslems - I just want them to leave me alone.
Also, the whole situation is a continued disaster for the US and Western interests, while Iran keeps getting victory after victory - first Iraq, then Lebannon, now Gaza.
They are out playing us at every turn. Too bad at this crucial point in history we have no effective leadership in any of our institutions - government, military, media, universities, business - just a bunch of corrupt, grasping blowhards. Well, we get the leadership we ask for.
From the article
Just as jihadists pretending to be a film crew blew up the Northern Alliance general Mahmoud in the days leading up to 9/11.
Jihadists pose as ambulance crews, pretend to be pushing "baby" carriages, put explosives in their false legs. There are women bombers, including pregnant ones.
As long as they are allowed in our country, every one we meet is a potential assailant. We're playing Russian roulette as long as they're living amongst us.
First time I played chess, I learned it was like war!
Really why would they let them film?! This is an old trick! This is how 9-11 started by bin laden! They posed as camera men and killed Ahmed Massoud the Greatest Northern Alliances Leader! 9-9-01!
He tried to warn us but they stopped him from continuing! He held down Afghanistan for 20 years! The taliban and things are just as bad if not worse now! He would know what to do! That is why bin hated him!
Why would someone be filming? ...
Sadr?
Islamic unsteadycam.
The West: "Reality TV"
Islam: "Brutality TV"
Lights! Camera!
KABLOOEY!
we need to save our soldier's lives and turn the civil infraction loose and let the iraq's settle their own problms.
then we can deal with the winner..........
Blowing up mosques is an apt symbol of the theology of contempt, fostered by the religion of peace.
Tex, careful what you wish for. . .thus far the winners are Iran & Syria:
1. Syria for their ability to hide Saddam's WMDs and host Grandmama for a photo op.
2. Iran for providing training, weapons, and soldiers against Americans - without much fanfare from the major media.
Close the borders! Mexico, Iran, and Syria!
Jihadists pose as ambulance crews, pretend to be pushing "baby" carriages, put explosives in their false legs. There are women bombers, including pregnant ones.
posted by special_guest
And remember the flak Americans had to take for bombing a "wedding party" and a "baby milk factory".
That's not to say that these weren't what they appeared, but why does the rest of the world express no anger at the flagrant violation of the rules of war committed every day by Islamists?
Someone said about preventing terror attacks: we have to be right all the time. They have to be right once.
Regarding war: we have to follow all the rules all the time. They don't have to follow any rules ever.
We have to be right all the time. The first mistake becomes a war crime. Just ask the Pendleton 8.
This is the same trick they used to kill the Afghan leader prior to the US invasion.
"Those who have committed it are enemies of Allah..."
Sorry pal, those were MUSLIMS blowing up other MUSLIM shit -- no other way to look at it
9/11 WAS NO JOKE
...a camera crew showing up at 6AM!!....and no one suspected anything!!....especially in a war zone!...and in a place were every moving vehicle should be watched closely!!....especially if you are a Muslim and knowing other Muslims want to kill you....and everyone knows Americans and British wear uniforms and arrive in military vehicles so you know the arriving vehicles were not coalition forces...therefore it is safe to assume the arriving vehicles contained Muslims....given the reasoning that no one films mosques at 6 AM and that Muslims usually pack explosives in vehicles and that other mosques have been attacked.....it does not take even someone with a low IQ to figure out something bad was about to happen....I smell an inside job...