New Spasm of Violence Sweeps Iraq, Killing 110

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Ibon Villelabeitia

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 110 people were killed across Iraq (news - web sites) on Sunday in a sharp escalation of violence that saw gun battles, car bombs and bombardments rock the capital.


The Health Ministry said the worst casualties were in Baghdad, where 37 were killed, and in Tal Afar near the Syrian border where 51 people died.


The capital suffered at least seven car bombs, and insurgents fired a dozen mortar bombs or rockets around the so-called Green Zone compound housing Iraq's interim government and the U.S. embassy.


It was one of the heaviest barrages in Baghdad for months. "We've seen a tremendous increase in the number of attacks," said Brigadier General Erv Lessel, a U.S. military spokesman.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040912/wl_nm/iraq_dc

[NNN0LHI]

1. Just a few dead-enders causing all the trouble n/t

[brainshrub]

5. Yeah, like those German "werewolf" units

that never actually did anything after the Germans officially surrendered.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

2. and all those foreign fighters (n/t)

[proud patriot]

3. :-(

:cry:

[gristy]

4. This looks pretty bad, folks. Really bad, actually.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4490907,00.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed nearly 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control.

At least 37 people were killed in Baghdad alone. Many of them died when a U.S. helicopter fired on a disabled U.S. Bradley fighting vehicle as Iraqis swarmed around it, cheering, throwing stones and waving the black and yellow sunburst banner of Iraq's most-feared terror organization.

The dead from the helicopter strike included Arab television reporter Mazen al-Tumeizi, who screamed, "I'm dying! I'm dying!" as a cameraman recorded the chaotic scene. An Iraqi cameraman working for the Reuters news agency and an Iraqi freelance photographer for Getty Images were wounded.

Maimed and lifeless bodies of young men and boys lay in the street as the stricken U.S. vehicle was engulfed in flames and thick black smoke.

MORE

Or, take your pick of sources from this news.google search:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Baghdad+Violence%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

[Fovea]

15. Imagine how we would react if

Bernie Shaw, or Aaron Brown were cut down by AQ gunfire while
the cameras recorded his last words... Who would we nuke first?

Now imagine how the reporter's death is going to play all over the Gulf.

[saigon68]

6. "BRING EM ON" challenged the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"We'll burn those Ragheads to a crisp with Napalm and GUT them like Fish", he continued.

[Union Thug]

7. Mission Accomplished!

Remember, now, all you naysayers... according to Rumsferatu (I think it was) Democracy is a messy business and this is just business as usual as fledgling democracies go. Be proud of what your tax dollars have accomplished!!!

</sarcasm>

[Gregorian]

11. That's right.

And if it weren't for the idiotic so-called patriot act, I would be able to say what I need to say. Basically, that we need to remove these people from office. Before November 2nd.

[lapfog_1]

12. I guess someone really listened

when Rumsfeld said "Free people are free to make mistakes and commit
crimes and do bad things."

[greendeerslayer]

8. Killing In The Name Of....

From the story-
"A U.S. helicopter opened fire on a crowd milling around an abandoned armored vehicle, killing a television journalist reporting from the scene. The U.S. military said its aircraft had been shot at from the crowd."
"Our troops," are engaged in the illegal occupation of a country that has never threatened us and they are killing dozens of civilians every day. It's bad enough my tax dollars go to support this murderous insanity, do I support our troops? Hell no, they should be ashamed of themselves. I am ashamed of them.

[dweller]

9. from 25 to 60 to 110

as the headlines increased today. Well, with just a few hours left to this day, at midnite the total starts again from 0.

catastrophic success.
:(
dp

[Alpharetta]

10. Dumsfeld says this is a sign of progress

[Alpharetta]

13. Conservatives want to suppress this story

The Yahoo version of this story got voted down to a 2.81 by 1300 viewers.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_040912185550

I think the article has a lot of interest but conservatives vote it down because they don't want people reading it.

[RoyGBiv]

14. "New" "Spasm"

Call me a crazy, liberal, tree-hugger, but it seems to me, ya know from actually paying attention, that Iraq has been a perpetual killing field for some time now.

[DeepModem Mom]

16. NYT pg1 lead: Scores Are Dead After Violence Spreads in Iraq

Link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/international/middleeast/13iraq.html?hp

INSURGENCY
Scores Are Dead After Violence Spreads in Iraq
By SABRINA TAVERNISE

Published: September 13, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 12 - In a series of tightly sequenced attacks, at least 25 Iraqis were killed by suicide car bombings and a barrage of missile and mortar fire in several neighborhoods across Baghdad on Sunday.

The attacks were the most widespread in months, seeming to demonstrate the growing power of the insurgency and heightening the sense of uncertainty and chaos in the capital at a time when American forces have already ceded control to insurgents in a number of cities outside of Baghdad....

[llmart]

17. VietNam all over again.

But Americans won't care. They're just "ragheads" just as they called them "gooks" during VietNam. They depersonalize them so that they can live with their guilty consciences. There are people, most of us here at DU, who are able to see them as human beings, but the majority of Americans only care when Americans are killed. And, of course, they have to be white, Anglo-Saxon Americans to boot. I only hope that the Iraqis realize that there are many of us in this country who hate our leaders right now, too, and do not support them one iota.

[spinbaby]

18. I wonder about American casualties

We keep getting an Iraqi body count and seeing burnt out vehicles. I suspect that, in a couple of days, we'll see a small announcement of American dead.