Thursday, February 23, 2006

Shia and Sunni condemn bombing of Iraqi shrine

Omar reports the bombing was probably AlQuada trying to start a civil war...

-Huge demonstrations in many of Iraq's provinces including Samarra and Mosul where thousands of people condemned the attack.-The top 4 Shia Ayatollahs hold a meeting at Sistani's home to discuss the situation.-The Association of Muslim scholars and the Islamic Party condemn the "criminal act".-Retaliatory attacks on reportedly 29 Sunni mosques and the Accord Front warns from the consequences of such violent reactions.-Jafari in a press conference calls for national unity and the leaders of the UIA hold a meeting. A press release is expected to come soon.-The Iraqi TV opened the phone lines to receive the reactions of the audience to the attack and hosts Sunni clerics and politicians in an attempt to relieve the tension.-Baghdad is in undeclared emergency situation, shops closed and streets nearly empty.
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When you hear the question asked: Why do they hate us? Maybe the answer is that it is because the government run Arab Iranian and Egyptian press lies.....
These governments use anti Jewish and AntiAmerican propaganda to divert anger against an outsider and away from their mismanagement and corruption....which is why AlJazerah is respected...it hates the US too, but at least it is allowed to do reporting with bias, not merely run the government's lies...

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