Three of Iraqi President's Guards Killed

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomb exploded Friday on a bridge overlooking the home of President Jalal Talabani, killing three of his guards, a spokesman for Iraq's largest Shiite Muslim group said.

The attack occurred about 8 p.m. on Al-Hussein Bridge over the Tigris River, according to Haitham al-Husseini, spokesman for the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.

He said several people were wounded, including some civilians.

The Supreme Council has offices in the area, and leaders of the organization also live in the Jadriyah district.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_talabani_1

[leftchick]

1. that has to be at least 8 or 10 bombs today

This could be an awful weekend. :(

[sabra]

3. reuters last reported 9, but the number is continuously incrementing

awful indeed!

[sabra]

5. oops, you're right it's now 10! wow

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Ten suicide bombs in Iraqi capital, 25 dead

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[sabra]

2. now when Cheney said "last throes", he really meant....

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. " q u a g. . . "

or mired therein.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. There will be more according to study done on suicide bombers and

occupations by foreign militaries.

"People who make the argument that it is a good thing to have them
attacking us over there are missing that suicide terrorism is not a supply-limited phenomenon where there are just a few hundred around the world willing to do it because they are religious fanatics. It is a demand-driven phenomenon. That is, it is driven by the presence of foreign forces on the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland. The operation in Iraq has stimulated suicide terrorism and has given suicide terrorism a new lease on life." Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/071405O.shtml

[Alpharetta]

7. another job I wouldn't want -- presidential guard duty

That's about as scary as being #3 in the Al Qaeda organization.

[saigon68]

8. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

And " Bring it On" did the Iraqi Resistance.

[leftchick]

9. Photos from Iraq... This is devastating

There won't be anything left of this country in a couple more years. These poor people.

:cry:









And of course we have the obligatory "collateral damage from the US..



Iraqi Ibrahim Mohammed lies in a Baghdad, Iraq hospital bed with a tag attached to his shirt by U.S. troops describing shrapnel injuries to his legs and any first aid he received in the field by U.S. military before he was transported to the Iraqi hospital Friday, July 15, 2005. Witnesses said that Mohammed was injured when American troops opened fire from passing convoy and stopped to give first aid and send the boy by Iraqi taxi to a local hospital. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)