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It was Sunni jihadists, taking time out from their inner spiritual struggle to set off a bomb on a minibus full of Shi'ites. "Bomb kills 31, wounds 58 in Iraqi town," by Lauren Frayer for Associated Press, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb planted on a minibus killed 31 people in a fish market in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad on Saturday, and the man blamed for parking the vehicle was cornered and killed by a mob as he walked away from the explosion.There was no indication that the explosion, in Kufa, a Shiite town 100 miles south of the Iraqi capital, was related to the execution of
Saddam Hussein. The attack came on the eve of when Iraq's Shiites begin celebrating Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar. Shoppers had crowded the market to buy supplies for the four-day festival.At least 58 people were wounded, said Issa Mohammed, director of the morgue in the neighboring town of Najaf.
Posted by Robert at December 30, 2006 6:37 PM
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Killing is what makes this holiday more memorable for these animals.
Posted by: champ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 30, 2006 6:53 PM
You mean the bus wasn't blown up by American special forces? There's a blog run by an Iraqi woman who is understandably unhappy about her country's situation, but she inexplicably blames the ever increasing bodycount and mayhem on Americans, as if her own countrymen haven't done anything wrong. Or maybe she has adopted the leftist theory that Victims are inherently incapable of independent action or thought, and must always be controlled or influenced by Oppressors (= white Christians).
Of course it was the invasion that triggered the chaos, but why didn't Germany and Japan go down the same path? Pre-war Iraq was inherently unstable and ready to explode into sectarian violence and wholesale anarchy, it just needed something to make it happen. That's my theory.
Posted by: Jesus Christ Supercop at December 30, 2006 7:01 PM
From the Article:
"At least 58 people were wounded, said Issa Mohammed, director of the morgue in the neighboring town of Najaf."
Okay, this has me suspicious... Why would a reporter ask the director of the morgue for an injury count? I can see him being used as a source for a body count, but for injuries??? It just doesn't add up. If I were the reporter, my first inclination would be to ask the local Hospital Doctors concerning the injured victims and the extent of their injuries. Wouldn't you?
Oh, and look! It's from the Associated Press, who are notorious for using false sources in their Iraqi reporting...
I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I'm not convinced of its accuracy...
Cheers,
http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com
Posted by: Doctor Bulldog at December 30, 2006 7:15 PM
thndrbang1--you stole my thunder!
I was going to say....all in all--just another beautiful day in the neighborhood--allah brought to you by the religion of pieces (they are scraping them up off the pavement)
Posted by: BB at December 30, 2006 8:02 PM
Hugh,
Isn’t this exactly what we hoped for? Pitting one against the other? It can’t be pretty there must be death on one side or the other, is this not good for us?
at December 30, 2006 9:40 PM
BB, obviously your thndr was better than mine!
mine was deleted!
at December 30, 2006 11:50 PM
Get out of this s**t**le and let`s see them at
thier best.
Let`s watch the fastest(?) growing "religion"
decimate itself here , in Somali and in Sudan.
at December 31, 2006 4:02 AM
When all the vans, cars and buses have been blown up will there be simply cycles of violence?
Posted by: meekee at December 31, 2006 10:15 AM
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