Mosque bombed in Iraq!!

verte76 · 12-09-2003, 11:29 AM

I've just heard that a Sunni mosque in Iraq has been bombed. I don't have any particulars on the incident but the very idea of a mosque being bombed, this one a Sunni mosque, is very disturbing. This is really bad news.

verte76 · 12-09-2003, 12:02 PM

The mosque is in Baghdad, in the middle of the "Sunni Triangle". The mosque's leading cleric is *quite* angry at the American troops. This is Saddam's territory, I understand that. I'm just angry and upset about an attack on a religious building.

verte76 · 12-09-2003, 01:00 PM

In related news, there is a report in the Turkish Daily News that Al-Qaeda is cutting its force in Afghanistan to invest more in anti-American attacks in Iraq and neighboring countries, including Turkey. I don't quite see how the bombing of a Sunni mosque fits into this. A Shia mosque, yes, because the Wahhabists don't like the Shia at all. They are Sunni Moslems themselves. Is this some sort of twisted "suicide plot"? In Islam, suicide is a huge sin. Murder is a huge sin. These murderers are not Moslems. They are terrorists.

STING2 · 12-09-2003, 05:51 PM

I think Saddam loyalist would love to create friction between Sunni and Shia elements because of all the problems that could cause for the coalition. So I think this was the work of them.

I think it will be easier to capture and kill Al Quada members if they try to get into Iraq.

verte76 · 12-09-2003, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by STING2
I think Saddam loyalist would love to create friction between Sunni and Shia elements because of all the problems that could cause for the coalition. So I think this was the work of them.

I think it will be easier to capture and kill Al Quada members if they try to get into Iraq.

Yeah, I think you're right. How cynical do they come? Damn terrorists.

AcrobatMan · 12-09-2003, 11:11 PM

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Originally posted by STING2

I think it will be easier to capture and kill Al Quada members if they try to get into Iraq.

precisely... less attacks on american civilians which is a good thing, IMHO

verte76 · 12-10-2003, 11:03 AM

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Originally posted by AcrobatMan

precisely... less attacks on american civilians which is a good thing, IMHO

Easier than trying to get them in Afghanistan, with its treacherous landscape??

verte76 · 01-09-2004, 07:07 PM

Oh, no! There's been another mosque bombing in Iraq! It was a Shi'ite mosque in the "Sunni triangle".

The people were just finishing Friday evening prayers when the attack occurred. Six people were killed, more were injured.

verte76 · 01-09-2004, 08:46 PM

A bomb was detonated at another Shi'ite mosque in the same town, just north of Baghdad. Some people are starting to complain that there is a danger of religious civil war in Iraq. Gosh, I hope not.

12-09-2003, 11:29 AM	#1
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 05:54 PM	Mosque bombed in Iraq!! I've just heard that a Sunni mosque in Iraq has been bombed. I don't have any particulars on the incident but the very idea of a mosque being bombed, this one a Sunni mosque, is very disturbing. This is really bad news. __________________

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verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 05:54 PM	The mosque is in Baghdad, in the middle of the "Sunni Triangle". The mosque's leading cleric is quite angry at the American troops. This is Saddam's territory, I understand that. I'm just angry and upset about an attack on a religious building. __________________

01-09-2004, 08:46 PM	#9
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 05:54 PM	A bomb was detonated at another Shi'ite mosque in the same town, just north of Baghdad. Some people are starting to complain that there is a danger of religious civil war in Iraq. Gosh, I hope not. __________________

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12-09-2003, 01:00 PM	#3
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 05:54 PM	In related news, there is a report in the Turkish Daily News that Al-Qaeda is cutting its force in Afghanistan to invest more in anti-American attacks in Iraq and neighboring countries, including Turkey. I don't quite see how the bombing of a Sunni mosque fits into this. A Shia mosque, yes, because the Wahhabists don't like the Shia at all. They are Sunni Moslems themselves. Is this some sort of twisted "suicide plot"? In Islam, suicide is a huge sin. Murder is a huge sin. These murderers are not Moslems. They are terrorists.

12-09-2003, 05:51 PM	#4
STING2 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,876 Local Time: 05:54 PM	I think Saddam loyalist would love to create friction between Sunni and Shia elements because of all the problems that could cause for the coalition. So I think this was the work of them. I think it will be easier to capture and kill Al Quada members if they try to get into Iraq.

01-09-2004, 07:07 PM	#8
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 05:54 PM	Oh, no! There's been another mosque bombing in Iraq! It was a Shi'ite mosque in the "Sunni triangle". The people were just finishing Friday evening prayers when the attack occurred. Six people were killed, more were injured.