I know, I know. The ghettos here at home are dangerous and there are a lot of car crashes.
But those things were not caused by another nation coming to 'save' us.
Bodies of 50 Hostages Found in Iraqi River
Another 19 Iraqis Found Shot Dead in Soccer Stadium
AP
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani provided few details about the discovery of the bodies.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (April 20) - The bodies of more than 50 people have been recovered from the Tigris River and have been identified, President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday. The bodies were believed to have been those of hostages seized in the Madain region earlier this month.
In a separate discovery, another 19 Iraqis were shot to death and left lined up against a bloodstained wall in a soccer stadium in the town of Haditha, about 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, an Iraqi reporter and residents said.
At a news briefing, Talabani said more than 50 bodies were pulled from the Tigris.
''We have the full names of those who were killed and those criminals who committed these crimes,'' he said.
Talabani did not say when or where the bodies had been found. However, he provided the information in response to a question about the search for hostages reportedly seized from the Madain region, south of Baghdad.
Shiite leaders and government officials claimed last week that Sunni militants had abducted as many as 100 Shiite residents from the area, but when Iraqi forces moved into Madain, they found no captives.
In Haditha, taxi drivers Usama Rauf and Ousama Halim said they rushed to the stadium after hearing gunshots and found the bodies lined up against a wall. The reporter and other residents counted 19 bodies and said all appeared to have been shot.
Residents said they believed the victims - all men in civilian clothes - were soldiers abducted by insurgents as they headed home for a holiday marking the birthday of the prophet Muhammad.
The reporter did not see any military identification documents on the bodies and it was not immediately possible to confirm the claim.
U.S. forces had no report of the incident but were investigating, said 1st Lt. Kate VandenBossche of the U.S. 2nd Marine Division.
Militant violence has surged in the past week, especially in the capital, with explosions often going off one after another in the morning.
Three suicide car bombs, including one targeting a U.S. convoy, and several shootings killed at least six Iraqis in Baghdad on Wednesday. A seventh Iraqi was killed outside Baghdad.
On Tuesday, insurgents killed at least 15 people throughout Iraq, including two U.S. soldiers hit by a suicide bomber in Baghdad, and a former aide to Saddam Hussein's half brother, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, who was gunned down in southern Iraq, officials said.
A car bomb exploded Wednesday near a U.S. convoy in an area of western Baghdad where the notorious Abu Ghraib prison is located, setting an oil tanker on fire, said police Maj. Moussa Abdulkarim. Two Iraqis were killed and five wounded, said Hussam Abdulrazaq, an official at the nearby al-Yarmouk Hospital. The U.S. military had no immediate information on the incident.
The two other car bombs exploded in southern Baghdad. One missed a police convoy but hit a civilian car, killing two Iraqis and wounding four, said police Capt. Falah al-Muhamadwai. The other exploded in a parking lot near Bilat al-Shuhada police station in Dora area, wounding four civilians, said police Lt. Hassan Falah.
South of the city, one Iraqi policeman was killed and two were seriously wounded when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in the town of Mowailha, said police Capt. Muthana Al-Furati.
In Sadr city, a poor section of eastern Baghdad, gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed policeman Ali Talib as he walked toward his car, said Col. Hussein Abdulwahid of the local police force. In another part of east Baghdad, gunmen attacked a Health Ministry car, killing the driver and wounding one unidentified passenger, said police Col. Hassan Jaloub.
On Tuesday night, an attack by a suicide car bomber near an American patrol in southern Baghdad killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded four, said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a spokesman for America's 3rd Infantry Division. Seven Iraqi civilians also were wounded, said an Al-Yarmouk Hospital official.
In the southern city of Basra, Abdulal al-Batat, a former aide to Saddam's half brother al-Hassan, was killed Tuesday when gunmen fired at him outside his home, said police Lt. Col. Karim al-Zaydi.
Al-Hassan, who was suspected of financing insurgents after U.S. troops ousted Saddam in 2003, was captured in Syria and turned over to Iraqi authorities in February.
Al-Qaida in Iraq, the nation's most feared terror group, claimed responsibility for Tuesday's worst attack, a suicide bombing near an army recruitment center in Baghdad that police said killed at least six Iraqis and wounded 44.
Also Tuesday, the U.S. military said it regretted an incident in which a Shiite legislator linked to a radical anti-American cleric was briefly held at a checkpoint by American soldiers.
Fattah al-Sheik tearfully told Parliament he had been handcuffed and humiliated at a U.S. checkpoint on his way to work. He claimed an American soldier kicked his car, mocked the legislature, handcuffed him and held him by the neck. The assembly demanded a U.S. apology and prosecution of the soldier involved.
''What happened to me represents an insult to the whole National Assembly that was elected by the Iraqi people. This shows that the democracy we are enjoying is fake,'' al-Sheik said. ''Through such incidents, the U.S. Army tries to show that it is the real controlling power in the country, not the new Iraqi government.''
A U.S. military statement said its initial investigation indicated that al-Sheik got into an altercation with a coalition translator at the checkpoint. U.S. soldiers tried to separate them and ''briefly held on to the legislator,'' while preventing another member of al-Sheik's party from getting out of his car.
''We have the highest respect for all members of the Transitional National Assembly. Their safety and security is critically important,'' U.S. Brig. Gen. Karl R. Horst said in the statement. ''We regret this incident occurred and are conducting a thorough investigation.''
Al-Sheik's small party has been linked to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings against the U.S.-led coalition in 2004. On his way home after the session, gunmen fired on al-Sheik's convoy, but he escaped unharmed, police and his party said.
04-20-05 11:20EDT
But those things were not caused by another nation coming to 'save' us.
Bodies of 50 Hostages Found in Iraqi River
Another 19 Iraqis Found Shot Dead in Soccer Stadium
AP
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani provided few details about the discovery of the bodies.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (April 20) - The bodies of more than 50 people have been recovered from the Tigris River and have been identified, President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday. The bodies were believed to have been those of hostages seized in the Madain region earlier this month.
In a separate discovery, another 19 Iraqis were shot to death and left lined up against a bloodstained wall in a soccer stadium in the town of Haditha, about 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, an Iraqi reporter and residents said.
At a news briefing, Talabani said more than 50 bodies were pulled from the Tigris.
''We have the full names of those who were killed and those criminals who committed these crimes,'' he said.
Talabani did not say when or where the bodies had been found. However, he provided the information in response to a question about the search for hostages reportedly seized from the Madain region, south of Baghdad.
Shiite leaders and government officials claimed last week that Sunni militants had abducted as many as 100 Shiite residents from the area, but when Iraqi forces moved into Madain, they found no captives.
In Haditha, taxi drivers Usama Rauf and Ousama Halim said they rushed to the stadium after hearing gunshots and found the bodies lined up against a wall. The reporter and other residents counted 19 bodies and said all appeared to have been shot.
Residents said they believed the victims - all men in civilian clothes - were soldiers abducted by insurgents as they headed home for a holiday marking the birthday of the prophet Muhammad.
The reporter did not see any military identification documents on the bodies and it was not immediately possible to confirm the claim.
U.S. forces had no report of the incident but were investigating, said 1st Lt. Kate VandenBossche of the U.S. 2nd Marine Division.
Militant violence has surged in the past week, especially in the capital, with explosions often going off one after another in the morning.
Three suicide car bombs, including one targeting a U.S. convoy, and several shootings killed at least six Iraqis in Baghdad on Wednesday. A seventh Iraqi was killed outside Baghdad.
On Tuesday, insurgents killed at least 15 people throughout Iraq, including two U.S. soldiers hit by a suicide bomber in Baghdad, and a former aide to Saddam Hussein's half brother, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, who was gunned down in southern Iraq, officials said.
A car bomb exploded Wednesday near a U.S. convoy in an area of western Baghdad where the notorious Abu Ghraib prison is located, setting an oil tanker on fire, said police Maj. Moussa Abdulkarim. Two Iraqis were killed and five wounded, said Hussam Abdulrazaq, an official at the nearby al-Yarmouk Hospital. The U.S. military had no immediate information on the incident.
The two other car bombs exploded in southern Baghdad. One missed a police convoy but hit a civilian car, killing two Iraqis and wounding four, said police Capt. Falah al-Muhamadwai. The other exploded in a parking lot near Bilat al-Shuhada police station in Dora area, wounding four civilians, said police Lt. Hassan Falah.
South of the city, one Iraqi policeman was killed and two were seriously wounded when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in the town of Mowailha, said police Capt. Muthana Al-Furati.
In Sadr city, a poor section of eastern Baghdad, gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed policeman Ali Talib as he walked toward his car, said Col. Hussein Abdulwahid of the local police force. In another part of east Baghdad, gunmen attacked a Health Ministry car, killing the driver and wounding one unidentified passenger, said police Col. Hassan Jaloub.
On Tuesday night, an attack by a suicide car bomber near an American patrol in southern Baghdad killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded four, said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a spokesman for America's 3rd Infantry Division. Seven Iraqi civilians also were wounded, said an Al-Yarmouk Hospital official.
In the southern city of Basra, Abdulal al-Batat, a former aide to Saddam's half brother al-Hassan, was killed Tuesday when gunmen fired at him outside his home, said police Lt. Col. Karim al-Zaydi.
Al-Hassan, who was suspected of financing insurgents after U.S. troops ousted Saddam in 2003, was captured in Syria and turned over to Iraqi authorities in February.
Al-Qaida in Iraq, the nation's most feared terror group, claimed responsibility for Tuesday's worst attack, a suicide bombing near an army recruitment center in Baghdad that police said killed at least six Iraqis and wounded 44.
Also Tuesday, the U.S. military said it regretted an incident in which a Shiite legislator linked to a radical anti-American cleric was briefly held at a checkpoint by American soldiers.
Fattah al-Sheik tearfully told Parliament he had been handcuffed and humiliated at a U.S. checkpoint on his way to work. He claimed an American soldier kicked his car, mocked the legislature, handcuffed him and held him by the neck. The assembly demanded a U.S. apology and prosecution of the soldier involved.
''What happened to me represents an insult to the whole National Assembly that was elected by the Iraqi people. This shows that the democracy we are enjoying is fake,'' al-Sheik said. ''Through such incidents, the U.S. Army tries to show that it is the real controlling power in the country, not the new Iraqi government.''
A U.S. military statement said its initial investigation indicated that al-Sheik got into an altercation with a coalition translator at the checkpoint. U.S. soldiers tried to separate them and ''briefly held on to the legislator,'' while preventing another member of al-Sheik's party from getting out of his car.
''We have the highest respect for all members of the Transitional National Assembly. Their safety and security is critically important,'' U.S. Brig. Gen. Karl R. Horst said in the statement. ''We regret this incident occurred and are conducting a thorough investigation.''
Al-Sheik's small party has been linked to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings against the U.S.-led coalition in 2004. On his way home after the session, gunmen fired on al-Sheik's convoy, but he escaped unharmed, police and his party said.
04-20-05 11:20EDT
as they do in Ukraine-Afgan-Iraq ect and a few mostly liberals in other countries and U.S. apparently think not--but they are in still in the minority for time being--as witnessed by dominating elections here--in Australia--and coming next month in Britian. Really I think their #'s are few they just make a lot of noise after years of protesting and have the liberal media to promote their agenda.