December 18, 2007

Security boosted at Baghdad mosques in anticipation of Islamic holiday

Why are they doing this? Would those wicked Islamophobes roaming all over Iraq target Baghdad mosques? Or might it be because...Muslims themselves might target them? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe?

"Baghdad bolsters security before holiday," from AP (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):

BAGHDAD - Security will be increased at Baghdad's mosques and other holy sites ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday that begins Wednesday, an Iraqi official said.

Extra bomb-detecting equipment will be deployed throughout the capital's places of worship, along with other sites, such as amusement parks, that are likely to attract crowds during the four-day holiday, chief military spokesman for Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Mousawi, said at a news conference on Tuesday....