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Baghdad Murders Spur Fear of Death Squads
Two attacks undertaken by men wearing the uniforms of the Iraqi Army in the last two weeks have raised fears that the sectarian violence that plagued the country several years ago has returned. Six members of a family in Baghdad, including children, were killed on Wednesday; nine days before, 13 civilians were murdered in the Abu Ghraib district. But hard details about the attacks remain difficult to discern: the victims' relatives, local officials and security officials all give different accounts, many of them seemingly sectarian. Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, currently in the midst of a campaign against an election law he believes disenfranchises Sunnis, described the attacks as "the return of the death squads"; the Shiite-led government's official statements, on the other hand, say the killings are "tribal disputes." Commander of American forces in Iraq Gen. Ray Odierno says there are "several different theories... That's what we have to work our way through."
Plantagenet
Obama has now dithered for a year instead of withdrawing US troops from Iraq as he promised during the campaign. Perhaps Joe Biden or someone who can talk freely to Obama should sit him down and explain to him that the time-window for him to get our troops out of Iraq before violence starts up again isn't going to last forever.
socialworklady
Hey Plant,
Go dither yourself.
Plantagenet
Hey churchlady:
Have a happy thanksgiving (and don't be a slob and overeat like you did last year!!!)
Cheers!
socialworklady
You know you're getting underneath the Plant's skin when s/he ends a post with:
"Cheers!"
Happy Thanksgiving
And Dither You
Plant
wrathofkhan
If he had "pulled out" sooner, you phonies would be impugning his hastiness. Figure out a coherent world view, and get back to us when you pry your eyes away from FOX News.
Demsdisorder
FOX, is the only real news. Unless your a liberal socialist slob who doesn't like people to know whats really happening in the world. and that is you!!!!! LSS
Demsdisorder
I think the bo-man is keeping the troops in county so we don't have to see them on the news with no jobs and no prospect for one. once more the b boy is playing politics with American lives. in the future we need to only elect presidents that have served in the military.
flyoverland
oops, sorry, I thought you said "death panels".
matthewbenzor
Looks like Blackwater is at it again, they blew up that shite temple or was it the british ,there the same either way...........!
diamondgrl
Glenn Beck was right, AGAIN. O-Pol-bama-Pot has only been President for a year and already we have DEATH SQUADS. Way to go Libnazis, way to turn the U.S into some kind of Middle Eastern Despot country in just twelve short months!!!
unclelew
Or as your hero said five years ago, "Mission Accomplished." Pathetic try on palming this off on Obama, zircon/.
MaliciousDisorder
unclelew, just so you know, The "Mission Accomplished" was the battle group's accomplishing there mission, not George Bushes Iraq mission accomplished. You fools need to stop reading comic books and watching msm's bs spoke-holes.
keepakeeper43
At least an uneducated and predictable rightwing troll crapping on Obama no matter what.
The city of Baghdad was built in the 8th century and became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. The area that formally became Iraq has more than a thousand year history of "death squads".
( As part of Dick Cheney's secret program to conduct political assassinations, the United States of America hired the mercenary Blackwater/Murder Inc. which set up "death squads" all over Iraq. Isn't that interesting?)
After the territorial wars of 1915-16, the British Mandate imposed a H%u0101shimite monarchy on Iraq and defined the territorial limits of Iraq, ignoring, of course, the politics of the different ethnic and religious groups in the country, in particular those of the Kurds and the Assyrians to the north. During the British occupation, the Shi'ites and Kurds fought for independence. Tribal wars fighting for power are literally the history of Iraq,
Despotism in Iraq, assorted rulers fighting for absolute power, has been the way of the world there and all over that area literally forever.
Regarding the latest stint of absolute power in Iraq, maybe you ought to read about the scapegoat war and invasion of Iraq cooked up by George W. Bush in 2003.
(Feel freel to give Dubya credit for this "Middle Eastern Despot country", as you call it!)
Have you figured out yet that the role that President Obama has played there, especially campaigned on, is to extricate our forces from our murderous involvment there?
Read some history, glittergrl, and it'll give your hot air brainfart Bullsh*t some resonance.
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LutfiUSMC
Maybe we should ask Blackwater to stop this nonsense, since they are the one who kills for money.I always felt that there was a third party in Iraq who was attacking one side , then the other side so they can start hurting each other , while they site on the side line and enjoy a beer or a glass, what a sad day for humanity.
DakLak
There were disappearances and murders under Saddam; then there were the immunised America 'security' companies so, in a natural progression, the Iraqi's have their turn.
Bush should have never have lied about non-existent Weapons of Mass Destruction ... maybe it was Cheney at work again.
Over 4,000 waster American lives. That's something to remember.
DakLak
TYPO:
Over 4,000 wasteD American lives. That's something to remember
Housebird
The number of wasted American lives is 4,683 dead and 250,000 crippled.
DakLak
You forget that 6 % of the Iraqi Population have been murdered. (ICH) ?
Are you forgetting the over 4 million orphans created ??
Even the enormous amount of needed Taxpayer dollars it has cost.??
Here have a look its going up as you read http://costofwar.com/
Its all here on ICH http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
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MaliciousDisorder
Housebird,, stop reading only comic books.
Housebird
Could this be part of the ongoing neocon Iraq agenda ?
Israel Trained US Assassination Squads in Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1209-03.htm
Claiming Jewish Communal Property in Iraq
http://web.aanet.net.au/~webspace/BloodForOil/factsheet.html
Not seen on CNN.
http://www.merip.org/mer/mer248/fischbach.html
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Demsdisorder
Houseturd,, why would you care about any of this? don't you like in the UK?
keepakeeper43
Happy Thanksgiving.
You Silly Redneck.
Go Sleep It Off.
Demsdisorder
LSS, Troll
Thank you.
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