Mass grave found near Baghdad

[sabra]

Source: News24

Baghdad - A mass grave with the bodies of 20 murdered students was found in the Iraqi province of Diyala, north of the capital Baghdad, an Iraqi security spokesperson reported Monday.

According to the Aswat al-Iraq news agency, the bodies were of young men taken by extremists from a main street, and killed and buried in the area of al-Abara near the provincial capital Baquba.

Diyala province has become a centre of Sunni extremism primarily after a US-led military push to remove al-Qaeda extremists from western province of al-Anbar.

The city of al-Maqdadiya has become of the most dangerous locations in the province, where on Sunday seven people were found murdered. US and Iraqi soldiers claimed to have captured five suspected al-Qaeda terrorists on the same day.



Read more: http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_2189396,00.html

[BOSSHOG]

1. Just like strolling by the Mass Graves in Mike Pence's Indiana

[beberocks]

2. Yep, I think Pence and McCain ought to stroll by and show their respect at the grave.

After all, it is sooooo safe in Iraq, they don't even lock their doors there. :sarcasm:

[Atman]

3. What, BushCo hasn't yet claimed Ahmadinejad killed them with his bare hands?

They probably will by the end of the day.

.

[bullimiami]

4. i though bush said al-anbar was the pride of the surge. the proof it was working.

a true sign of success.

[Purveyor]

5. "young men taken by extremists" - Extremists with a Blackwater badge perhaps? eom

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. No, that can't be right. President Bush PROMISED that...

..."there won't be any more mass graves..."

And we all know that he NEVER lies.

Well, "almost never."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040112-7.html

President Bush, President Fox Meet with Reporters in Mexico
Remarks by President Bush and President Fox of Mexico in Press Availability
Quinta Real Hotel
Monterrey, Mexico
January 12, 2004

PRESIDENT BUSH: A democratic, free Iraq is in the national interests of our country. A free country in the midst of the Middle East will make America more secure, and matter of fact, make any country more secure. And the decision I made was a tough decision.

We've had discussions prior to the decision and after the decision. Vicente Fox is a good enough friend for him to be able to express his opinion to me without the loss of friendship. And he didn't agree with the decision I made. But the decision I made was the right one for America. And history will prove it's the right one for the world. And we will stay the course until the job is done.

And the job is getting done. Iraq is more free every day. The citizens are beginning -- the lives of the citizens are improving every day. And one thing is for certain; there won't be any more mass graves and torture rooms and rape rooms. The tyrant will no longer come back to threaten the Iraqi people. These people will be able to live in -- these Iraqi citizens will not only be able to live in a free society, they'll be able to live in a society that is free from one of the most brutal dictators in the world's history.



President George W. Bush and President Vicente Fox of Mexico participate in a press conference Jan. 12, 2004. "The bonds of friendship and shared values between our two nations are strong," said President Bush. "We have worked together to overcome many mutual challenges, and that work is yielding results." White House photo by Paul Morse

[Roland99]

7. So, all Sunni insurgents are now "suspected al-Qaeda terrorists"???

:eyes:

[Joanne98]

8. Saddam is alive!

[DRoseDARs]

9. How much you wanna bet Gen. Petraeus WON'T be counting these deaths? n/t

[uppityperson]

10. k&r

[flyarm]

11. al qaeda my ass!...every crime under little lord pissy pants iraq government is always

called al qeada..such a load of bullshit my stomach can not take any more of this utter bullshit!

fly

[yellowcanine]

12. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Look over there at Anbar. Things are much better over

there than they were.

[deutsey]

13. This is the work of Goldstein! Or is it Snowball?

:shrug:

[ismnotwasm]

14. Part of my mind

Was hoping it would be an old "mass grave"--Not to cheapen the pain and suffering and loss of anybody-- It's just that this whole travesty has been horror on top of horror.