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Several explosions go off at rally in Baghdad
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:33 am
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:33 am
Organizers said around 25,000 people were at today's rally in #Baghdad. Here's a pic from shortly before the bombing
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Several explosions reported at Asaib Ahl al Haqq rally in #Baghdad today
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Several explosions reported at Asaib Ahl al Haqq rally in #Baghdad today
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:36 am to Alahunter
Wouldn't it be more news worthy if this didn't happen.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:39 am to Alahunter
Background?
what is this? why would it be a target?
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Asaib Ahl al Haqq rally
what is this? why would it be a target?
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:42 am to Tiguar
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BAGHDAD (AP) - A series of bombs exploded Friday at a campaign rally for a Shiite group in Iraq's capital ahead of the country's parliamentary election, killing at least 11 people and wounding 23, authorities said.
The explosions struck as some 10,000 people had gathered at the Industrial Stadium in eastern Baghdad for the Asaib Ahl al-Haq rally, in which the Shiite group planned to announce its candidates for Iraq's parliamentary election Wednesday.
An Associated Press reporter at the rally heard intense gunfire follow the blasts. Attendees fled to a nearby building under construction in the stadium complex as female parliamentary candidates screamed.
Police and medical officials say the blasts killed at least 11 people and wounded 23. They said several of the wounded were in critical condition. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to release the information
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Followers of Asaib Ahl al-Haq carried out deadly attacks against U.S. troops before their withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 and claimed responsibility for the 2007 kidnapping of a British contractor along with his four guards. The group is backed by Iran and says it is sending fighters to Syria.
Its leader, Sheik Qais al-Khazali, spent years in U.S. detention but was released after he was handed over to the Iraqi government. At the rally Friday, he gave a brief address that challenged the Sunni militants holding two cities in Anbar province.
Security guards jumped on al-Khazali and pushed him away from the stadium after the blasts.
The blasts Friday highlight the sectarian violence that's plagued Iraq recently. Last year, the death toll in the country climbed to its highest levels since the worst of the country's sectarian bloodletting between 2006 and 2008. The United Nations says 8,868 people were killed in 2013, and more than 1,400 people were killed in the first two months of this year alone.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though an al-Qaida spin-off group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant uses similar tactics
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:43 am to Tiguar
quote:"Shiite group planned to announce its candidates for Iraq's parliamentary election Wednesday." Thank God I had prior engagements and RSVP'd no.
what is this? why would it be a target?
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:45 am to upgrayedd
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upgrayedd
November 1, 2012
Obama Has Touted Al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 10:46 am
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:51 am to Alahunter
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November 1, 2012
Obama Has Touted Al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack
OK
Iraq was still a horrible idea though.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:52 am to upgrayedd
Yes, Congress and Bush really fricked up.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:52 am to Alahunter
quote:ka- boom
November 1, 2012
Obama Has Touted Al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:52 am to upgrayedd
I put more blame on Bush 1, than W. Should've ended it in the first Gulf War.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:56 am to Alahunter
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I put more blame on Bush 1, than W. Should've ended it in the first Gulf War.
Bush 1 didn't de-stabilize the region by taking away Iran's only formidable enemy.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:58 am to heartbreakTiger
quote:What you did there, I see it
ka- boom
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:01 am to Alahunter
quote:
Obama Has Touted Al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack
And that was just in one day ...
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:01 am to Alahunter
This happens in Iraq on a regular basis.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:04 am to upgrayedd
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de-stabilize the region by taking away Iran's only formidable enemy.
That region hasn't be stabilized in 2000 yrs or more.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:04 am to Alahunter
Muslims gonna muslim is all you need to know.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:12 am to Tiguar
quote:How so?
Yes, Congress and Bush really fricked up.
1) A central bank was set up
2) Iraq was pulled from the oil bourse that would have oil dealt in currency other than the dollar.
I agree with upgrayed: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:14 am to Alahunter
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That region hasn't be stabilized in 2000 yrs or more
I don't think you understand the whole Shiite vs. Sunni situation
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:17 am to TX Tiger
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How so?
1) A central bank was set up
2) Iraq was pulled from the oil bourse that would have oil dealt in currency other than the dollar.
I agree with upgrayed: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Those sound like terrific accomplishments, and it only cost us 4,500 guys.
YAY!!!!
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