President of the Iraqi council is assassinated
The president of the Iraqi council has been assassinated.
from CNN :
Anothers attacks of this type are predicted in the next months. The power passation will not be a cakewalk.
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from CNN :
Quote:
the current president of the Iraqi Governing Council was among those killed today by a car bomb near coalition headquarters in Baghdad, council officials said. The blast that killed Izzedine Salim killed four to six Iraqis. It was not known if Salim was targeted by the bomber.
the current president of the Iraqi Governing Council was among those killed today by a car bomb near coalition headquarters in Baghdad, council officials said. The blast that killed Izzedine Salim killed four to six Iraqis. It was not known if Salim was targeted by the bomber.
Anothers attacks of this type are predicted in the next months. The power passation will not be a cakewalk.
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Comments
Originally posted by segovius
It can't be solved now.
Agreed. A dead end.
No attempt whatsoever has been made to accommodate all of them and bring them together under a leadership acceptable to all (obviously with the exception of the terrorists which all those groups would stand against as much as the coalition anyway - and who will have to be dealt with by ANY ruling government).
The real question being, has such an attempt ever been even supposed? I have a firm belief that Bush wanted oil and only oil, terrorists being a mere justification. His admin never cared about any region-specific complexities, the history of the nations involved, non-trivial religious aspects, etc. Why? Because they hoped they would not have to deal with this hell of problem themselves. They relied on proven tactics of changing one dictator for another which would lick their asses in every imaginable way. That doesn't seem to work this time.
This would actually be diplomacy, negotiation. But Bush doesn't work like that - it's 'us' and 'them' who cares what the subgroups of 'them' are ? And worse, 'we' don't negotiate with 'them'.
When your military gorillas raise their heads, diplomats are no longer needed. And, by the way, diplomats are traditionally not very good at raising the patriotic spirit.
What I think is the worst thing for Americans is that every war started by the US army makes more and more people hate Americans. All over the world. One should think of it because it matters.
Originally posted by billybobsky
obviously both terrorist and bush would benefit from this man's death... so who knows???
How would Bush benefit?
Originally posted by Scott
How would Bush benefit?
I think that Billybobski was playing your own game
Originally posted by Scott
Mass graves. Gas attacks. Hands cut off. Rape. Murder. Genocide. Israeli scapegoat.
Doesn't this belong in the US Torture thread?
Originally posted by bunge
Doesn't this belong in the US Torture thread?
Well considering you're ready to eat up every lie told to you (e.g. faked army rape porno) I don't think you're able to tell fiction from reality. You'd rather pretend that Saddam was just okay and the US is the real evil in the equation. You've lost all ability to think rationaly and and can only consume the most incendiary lies about the US.
e.g. faked army rape porno)
What are you implying?
Originally posted by Scott
Well considering you're ready to eat up every lie told to you (e.g. faked army rape porno) I don't think you're able to tell fiction from reality. You'd rather pretend that Saddam was just okay and the US is the real evil in the equation. You've lost all ability to think rationaly and and can only consume the most incendiary lies about the US.
When did I make any claims about the faked army rape porno? Please, show us all, or recant your statement.
I've lost the ability to think rationally? I think the tables have actually turned scott. You you can't even fathom a rational response when the US does actually do something wrong, like torture someone to death.
When have I ever consumed the most incendiary lies about the US? Please, show us all, or recant your statement.
Oh well........
Originally posted by bunge
When did I make any claims about the faked army rape porno? Please, show us all, or recant your statement.
I've lost the ability to think rationally? I think the tables have actually turned scott. You you can't even fathom a rational response when the US does actually do something wrong, like torture someone to death.
When have I ever consumed the most incendiary lies about the US? Please, show us all, or recant your statement.
What's this about then?
Originally posted by bunge in another thread
But the Mirror pictures weren't fake. There actually was a lady with a penis hovering over her cum covered face. It simply was spun to have more importance than it actually had.
Originally posted by Scott
What's this about then?
Evidently too complicated for you to understand. That's a real photo. Sorry, you lose.
Originally posted by bunge
Evidently too complicated for you to understand. That's a real photo. Sorry, you lose.
What's real about it? More details please. Something from Iraq or something staged and presented as real.
Originally posted by Scott
What's real about it? More details please. Something from Iraq or something staged and presented as real.
I'd like to apologize to those of you that liked this thread. Scott has, yet again, been able to derail a thread and I'm sorry I was involved.
I've asked many times for scott to be banned for his personal attacks and racist comments, but he must be a mod (or in bed with one.) Too bad really, because it's a waste of time.
Scott, are you so think in the head that you can't even see that what you quoted of me disproves your original claim/personal attack?
The bomb that killed Saleem contained an artillery shell similar to one a suicide bomber used at another green zone checkpoint May 6. A group led by al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for that attack.