75 Sunni mosques attacked today. SEVENTY-FIVE!

[tgnyc]

http://intelligencesquad.blogspot.com/2006/02/iraq-civil-war-step-4.html

Police said one mosque was completely burnt while others were attacked by gunfire and rocket propelled grenades. Three clerics and three bodyguards were killed, and another cleric was kidnapped, according to interior ministry sources.

The Iraqi civil war has started.

[mattclearing]

1. Jesus. n/t

[TahitiNut]

15. Mohammed (pbuh)

:shrug:

[mattclearing]

17. I knew someone would do it.

:D

[TahitiNut]

36. Well, I know my duty when I see it. (Somebody has to serve.)

:silly: Then, somebody has to volley.

[mattclearing]

37. Guess I'd better spike. n/t

[TahitiNut]

43. I can dig it.

:evilgrin:

[name not needed]

55. Hubbard

[immoderate]

56. Ford

--IMM

[eagler]

2. All according to plan.

nt

[mom cat]

26. You got it. The US can then say that they "wanted" to leave Iraq, but

couldn't because of the instability. The sectarian violence started AFTER the invasion.

[wryter2000]

3. Holy fuckin' shit

Freedom is on the march!

[commander bunnypants]

4. yep

Thanks idiot boy

CB

[Marie26]

5. By whom? nt

[BR_Parkway]

6. And they were rioting over cartoons? Holy Shite - thank you Shrub, now

get our guys out of there, fuck staying your disasterous course.

[MindPilot]

14. Yep. "Get your people back...it's gonna be a big one."

--anonymous F4 pilot in Apocalypse Now

[liberal N proud]

7. Is the Iraq war going as you planned Rummy?

[BOSSHOG]

8. Why do you never report the good news?

How bout all those mosques that weren't attacked? How bout all those clerics who weren't kidnapped? You must be a liberal who hates America.

[Roland99]

10. Come on, dude. You know we only hate America and our freedom.

We don't want Iraqis to leave in freedom. We're selfish.

[11 Bravo]

25. Git 'er done, Chief!

I wound up a grunt, but my dad was a senior naval officer (carrier skipper), and I learned at his knee that there is nothing wiser than a CPO.

[BOSSHOG]

35. Roger that Teammate

Carrier Skipper!! Now that's one helluva bullet for the resume. And how did he let you get away from Naval Service? Chiefs are told to take junior officers under their wing and we were given the leeway of determining who a junior officer was. It was an incredibly rewarding time of my life.

[11 Bravo]

40. Dad's 83 now, and I believe he's finally ready to forgive me.

(Actually, I never had any career aspirations, I just pulled a shitty number in 1970.) Were you black shoe or brown shoe Navy?

[BOSSHOG]

41. Both!

I was an admin puke with collateral strength in security. I served with air squadrons so I wore both brown and black shoes. I had a CMC in the squadron who insisted all his Chiefs wore brown shoes. I blew him off, he kicked my ass, I wore brown shoes the rest of my tour. I also did two staff tours, one with a black shoe Admiral, the other with an flyboy boss. I was close to needing therapy.

[11 Bravo]

45. Damn! You must be one squared-away sailor!

Anyone who completed 20+ through that kind of back-and-forth WITHOUT needing therapy is someone I want at my back!

[BOSSHOG]

63. I had an OIC who would disagree with you

I bent the rules once upon a time to help a young Sailor pay his rent; boy was I scum of the earth to that officer. I got over it, but I don't know if the OIC did. Some JO's just look for reasons to trip up Chief's. In the goatlocker we referred to it as TCS (Tiny cock syndrome.)

Please pass on my sincerest FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS to your Father, accompanied with a crisp salute. It is our duty to continuously honor those who fought the good fight before us.

[file83]

31. "We completed a gradeschool today, but all you can talk about is

the 90 mosques that have been blown up! Anti Americans!"
:sarcasm:

[berni_mccoy]

9. Bush Says: "Woops... So Sorry."

[katty]

11. grand scheme launching bigtime

[ClintonTyree]

12. Sounds like civil war to me........

an oxymoron if I've ever heard one though. Just what the bush administration wants, get the Muslims to kill themselves and they'll pick up the pieces of whatever is left.

[RazzleDazzle]

38. And if all that's left is oil, well then so much the better.

[TahitiNut]

13. Gotta love that old time religion.

:eyes: Mixing the secular and sectarian has been a potent devil's brew for millennia.

[Dhalgren]

16. Man, the US soldiers over there need to fade and fade fast.

They do not want to get caught between these two sides. The winning horse is the Shi'ite, but in winning they will be bloodied very badly.

All foreign troops should be pulled now! Fuck a bunch of "good intentions"! Everyone knew this day was coming; it was just a matter of when. Well, "when" is now. There is nothing that the US soldier can do, now, but get killed. They need to come home...

[DoYouEverWonder]

18. Bush & CO refuse to maintain law and order

in Iraq. This is 100% their fault. These sites should be surrounded by US troops protecting them. Instead, we hide in our bases waiting for the Iraqis to all kill each other and then we can take their oil. At least, that's what Bush thinks he can do.

[dicknbush]

19. And Nowwwww...The end is near.........and may I say not in a shy way

I DID IT MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WAY!

Love
Idiot in Chief!

[donco6]

20. But we're winnin' the war!

That's what they said on the news. Right?

[Joe Fields]

21. Yep, their civil war HAS officially begun!

[RedEarth]

22. Sounds like it's up to 90 now ........... link below

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060222/D8FUBU0G1.html

[tgnyc]

64. Oh boy. What a nightmare. Hope this doesn't continue tomorrow.

[Az_lefty]

23. Civil War!

our troops better just hunker down in the camps and stay the fuck out of the way. :hide:

On edit: here's another story about the attacks...75 is about accurate.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/22/news/web.0222iraq2.php

[file83]

29. True That!!! Our troops better just stay out of this fight....

...it is going to get UGLY.

[leftchick]

24. it has been on slow simmer for a couple of years now

approaching a roiling boil now. :cry:

[SpiralHawk]

27. "Mission Accomplished" - George AWOL Bush & Cronies

What a bunch of Skull & Boners

Get off my planet, now

[file83]

28. I KNEW this was coming - I wasn't kidding when I made this post earlier:

"ALL HELL is about to break loose."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2124083&mesg_id=2124227

[thereismore]

30. there had been a time when withdrawal was possible... nt

[file83]

33. ...Now withdrawal is necessary. n/t

[derby378]

32. From THE FIGHT SONG

Nothing suffocates you more than the passing of everyday human events
And isolation is the oxygen mask you make your children breathe in to survive

But I'm not a slave
To a God that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave
To a world that doesn't give a shit

And when we were good
You just closed your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds

Fight

[file83]

34. Cue the "Head Bangers Ball" heavy metal music....

Sounds like total anarchy.

[FSogol]

39. C'mon, its merely the last throes of the Saddamists.

Mission Accomplished!

[thereismore]

46. And obstructionists. nt

[screembloodymurder]

42. You're absolutely right.

The Iraqi civil war has started and there isn't a damn thing Bush can do about it. He has unleashed a torrent of hatred.

[janx]

44. Is this being reported in the MSM?

I'm not in a position to find out right now.

[janx]

47. kick

[Ksec]

48. Sorry mods. Lots of these civil war posts up.

Its unanimous. Its a civil war and even the freeps cant deny it now. (then again?)

[janx]

50. Some freeps are insisting that Al Qaeda or Iran

is behind the 90 mosque bombings.

[Ksec]

52. It really doesnt matter anymore imo

The fact that they are destroying Holy Sites makes it officially a done deal. I cant see anything but a civil war now.

[Hubert Flottz]

49. Damn... you'd think it was Alabama!

[iconoclastNYC]

51. Another failed state brought to you by Republicans

I feel so bad for the Iraqis.

[Libby2]

53. It just proves the insurgency is in it's last throes

This is so very sad.

[catmandu57]

54. Well, we knew it was coming

It's one of those things where all you can do is grab ahold of something and hope you're still breathing when it's over. I think you praying people ought to pray a little harder, cursing the chimp* hasn't helped.

[seemunkee]

57. Is this a part of the "last throes" that Cheney mentioned last June?

Just wondering. Most "last throes" usually don't last this long.

[progressoid]

58. Woo Hoo!! Gotta love that Democracy!!

[Junkdrawer]

59. Prelude to an attack on Iran?

Not saying that they did it, but if an attack on Iran were imminent would BushCo want the Iraqi Shi'a "available" for alliance with the Iranian Shi'a or locked in a civil war?

[Terran1212]

60. Liberation has arrived

[FreedomAngel82]

61. You've just now noticed?

It's been going on for a while now. Where have you been?

[tgnyc]

62. 75 mosques in one day -- that's been going on for a while?

[upi402]

65. Here's a count;

3 mosques burned
3 imams killed
3 guards killed
early AM bomb
12 inmates snatched
10 injured (inmates?)
1 imam kidnapped

[Mr_Spock]

66. Watching Nightline now - this is devastating

This is a very dangerous situation :(

I hope they don't go into civil war :(

[upi402]

67. They have us to target or they would get right after it.

I figure they kind of are in a civil war, the US is just the Baby Huey in the kiddle of the bedroom.

[Wilms]

68. K&R n/t