First read the WP account:
"Car bombs kill at least 46, injure 149 in southern Iraq; Attack in area seen as safe shatters a lull in violence" by Sudarsan Raghavan/Washington Post December 13, 2007
BAGHDAD - Three powerful car bombs exploded one after the other in a southern provincial capital yesterday, killing at least 46 and injuring 149 in the most devastating attack in the nation since August, police said.
The attack in Amarah, in Maysan province, was believed to be the first mass bombing there since the US-led invasion in 2003. The area is considered one of the country's safest, and the bombings shattered a hopeful, if brittle, lull in Iraq's violence.
Remember that for the Times' piece!
Coming as British forces prepare to hand over neighboring Basra province this weekend to Iraqi security forces, the bombings also underscored the fragility of southern Iraq.
And CUI BONO, readers? So fucking transparent!
Police expect the death toll to rise. Immediate casualty numbers varied. Officials in Amarah said that at least 46 were killed, while Brigadier General Abdul Kareem Khalaf, the spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry, which oversees the national police, put the toll at 26. Hours after the bombings, the Iraqi government fired Amarah's police chief and said he would be replaced.
The blasts tore through Dijlah Street, a commercial thoroughfare, around 11 a.m., ripping apart shops and restaurants, witnesses said.
Hamoun Abu Mohammad, 44, was inside his bakery when he heard the series of three explosions:
"The second one, which was the most powerful one, went off in front of Jalal Restaurant, and when people rushed to help the victims, the third bomb detonated."
Police sealed off a section of Dijlah Street, home to Amarah's best-known restaurants and clothing stores, as ambulances took victims to three hospitals, said Lieutenant Colonel Khalid Muhammad. No groups claimed responsibility, said police. But residents immediately blamed Shi'ite factions, who many believe are behind recent assassinations and kidnappings in the city.
Abu Muhannad, 30, a vendor at a vegetable market, who did not want to give his full name:
"It is impossible that Al Qaeda is behind these bombings."
Yesterday's attack shattered many residents' sense of security.
Abdul Jabar, 39, an owner of a turban shop, said that when the British withdrew from Amarah in April, Iraqi security forces could not fill the void and adequately protect the city:
"We hope that these explosions will be the first and the last."
I have a feeling it won't be!
Philip Reeker, a spokesman for the US Embassy, told reporters recent attacks highlighted the dangers that Iraq still faces, even as violence has declined in Baghdad and elsewhere in the country:
"We are by no means declaring a victory against those who would like to disrupt the progress in Iraq."
After being shoveled three months of surge success, that's the last thing I want to hear!
Now the lying New York Times.
Note the many instances of violence around Iraq -- even though the surge worked!
And look for the LIE!
"Three Blasts Kill at Least 27 in Iraq" byDAMIEN CAVE and KHALID AL-ANSARY
BAGHDAD — At least 27 people died and 150 were wounded Wednesday when three car bombs ripped through a southern Iraqi city where the local authorities had recently taken over security responsibility from the British military and rival Shiite groups had been battling for control of oil and power.
The triple bombing, in Amara, the capital of Maysan Province, was one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in months and highlighted both the volatility of the south and the potential risks of turning over security to Iraqi forces in areas where tensions still run high.
Iraqi security officials said that the blasts came in quick succession around 10 a.m., collapsing buildings, charring cars and filling hospital hallways with bloody victims who barely knew what hit them. Police reports on the death toll ranged from 27 to 41.
Post says 11 a.m, Times says 10 a.m., but what's the difference, right?
AmeriKa's newspapers wouldn't lie, right?
Zahra Muhammad Hussein, 53, who was struck by the bomb’s blast while hailing a taxi:
“I saw human flesh flying here and there. It was a huge explosion. I lost consciousness and felt that the earth has swallowed me.”
Witnesses said the first car bomb exploded in a parking garage on one of the city’s busiest streets. When crowds rushed to help the victims, the second and third bombs — in parked cars nearby — blew up, shattering glass in stores and sending a thick plume of smoke into the air.
Muhammad Abdul-Hussein., a witness:
“I saw the explosion, and it was horrific. The first car exploded. Then five minutes after that, the second exploded, and as people gathered to help evacuate the casualties, there was a third.”
Stinks of MOSSAD!
Did they ever have a busy day yesterday or what (see above post)?
British troops handed control of Maysan Province to Iraqis in April as part of the planned drawdown of foreign troops throughout the southern region.
Looks like the Brits might have to extend that stay now, huh?
CUI BONO?
It was not clear, however, who was responsible for the car bombs. Typically, Sunni extremist groups are blamed for dramatic car bombs here, but Amara is tightly controlled by Shiites.
That sure does smell bad, huh?
Sitting in an oil-rich province that borders Iran, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, it is the home of rival Shiite militias — the Mahdi Army, loyal to Moktada al-Sadr, and gunmen aligned with the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, which residents described as the city’s dominant political force.
Iran has ties to both groups. Recent clashes between the forces have been concentrated in Basra and Diwaniya, two nearby southern cities, but brutal violence has erupted repeatedly in Amara since at least 2003.
Oooooh, the New York Times and their damn agenda-pushing lies!
The Washington Post told me it was one of the QUIETEST PLACES in the country since the U.S. invasion?!?!
WTF, New York Times?
EXPLAIN YOUR GOD-DAMN LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
British military officials said this year that Iraqi forces would be able to keep a lid on violence, but the attacks on Wednesday suggested a high level of coordination, and a desire to kill as many people as possible.
And thus REEK of "Al-CIA-Duh!"
Also see: "Al-CIA-Duhs" Catch-and-Release Program
Immediately afterward, the local security forces locked down the city with a vehicle ban, as reports came in that at least one and possibly three other car bombs might be in the area.
The police said they arrested a handful of suspects but did not give details on a possible motive.
Abdul Karim Mahoon, a prominent local leader and former member of the Amara district council, said the attack might have involved a mix of local militants and foreign expertise:
“They are trying to disturb the stability and security of our province, because it has been safer than others.”
Times is caught LYING in its OWN ARTICLE, too!!!!
And I would say Mr. Mahoon is correct in his assessment!
The attacks came after an overall lull in violence in Iraq recently compared with the number of attacks in previous months and years.
Yup, keep shoveling the damn lie even though your own report contradicts it, Times!
What a shit sheet!
Keep reading:
Violence also surfaced in several other parts of the country on Wednesday, leaving at least 19 people dead and dozens wounded.
Yeah, "at least!"
What AREN'T YOU TELLING US, shit rag?
The truth, for one thing!
In Baghdad, a car bomb in a Christian neighborhood near the country’s main tax office killed at least five people and wounded 13, an Interior Ministry official said. The explosion blew out windows in three buildings and caused frantic mothers to race to the scene, wailing, because schoolboys often congregate in nearby shops.
Wow, Mossad sure was busy in Iraq yesterday!
CUI BONO?
Who benefits when Christians and Muslims are set at each others throats?
Ahmad al-Maliki, 24, a clerk who works in a fruit market, said that he saw a smoldering body on the sidewalk after the blast and an old man lying on the street with his clothes burned off.
Mr. Maliki, pieces of glass and splintered wood clinging to his curly hair:
“The shock threw me to the ground behind a table, and that saved me.”
Witnesses said the bomb appeared to have been aimed at a police checkpoint.
The Baghdad police also found five unidentified bodies throughout the city and reported two shootings and a roadside bomb that, in all, wounded at least four people.
To the north in Diyala Province, three unidentified bodies were found in and around Baquba, the provincial capital. A pair of gun battles in the city killed two civilians and wounded five, while the day’s most horrific attack in the province came just before dusk.
At around 4:30 p.m., three masked gunmen forced their way into the Saadiya high school for boys, north of Baquba. Witnesses said they opened fire on the school’s headmaster, Khalil Ibraheem al-Khalidi, and a teacher, Khalid Salim; both were killed.
Witnesses said that the headmaster and the teacher had been heard criticizing Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia — a homegrown Sunni Arab extremist group that American intelligence agencies have concluded is led by foreigners — and were probably killed for their views.
See just below, reader. I can't comment on this Zionist bullshit anymore!
Farther north in Kirkuk, where Kurds have been battling Sunni Arabs for control of the area’s oil, a roadside bomb killed at least one person and wounded two."
I am tired of the Times' lies and obfuscations, readers!
For the record:
35 people killed every day, with the number of Iraqis killed by the surge around 300 per day, 10,000 per month -- and 1.2 million Iraqis dead since the invasion (not including the 1,654 killed in September), mainly due to the U.S. military's 75 air raids a day, and the five-fold increase in air bombings.
Also see: Story Iraq: MSM Lied About Death Tolls
For the record:
Asymmetrical Warfare Group
Operation Gladio
Operation Northwoods
Salvador Option
Special Police Commandos
Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group
Prop 201 tutorial
FRU
How much evidence you need, readers?
Also for the record:
Did I mention the Pentagon's MSM press offices in Lincoln, the Pentagon and Langley?
That's where the NYT gets its stuff!
