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[GigaDrive]

F'ing sad world we live in :/

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A car bomb exploded near a police station in Baghdad early Tuesday as dozens of Iraqis were applying to join the force, killing at least 32 people and wounding 88, officials said.

The blast left a 10-foot crater outside the station at the end of Haifa street (search), a main Baghdad thoroughfare that has been the scene recently of fierce clashes. Nearby shops and buildings were badly damaged and 10 cars parked nearby were destroyed.

Paramedics picked up body parts scattered across the street and put them into boxes. Anguished men lifted charred bodies and lay them gently on stretchers. Helicopters circled.

Health Ministry spokesman Saad Al-Amili said at least 32 people were killed and 88 wounded.

Angry crowds near the site of the blast denounced U.S. forces and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (search)'s government for failing to protect police recruiting centers.

"Such places were targeted before," said Ali Abul-Amir, who was among those trying to join the force but had gone around the corner to buy a drink when the explosion went off. "I blame Ayad Allawi's government for what happened because they did not take the necessary security measures."

 

[Smiles and Cries]

what a world of shit

 

[PS2 KID]

Lame. All we got were pictures. I guess no reporters/journalists were killed because we aren't getting any video to go with the story.

Note the terrorists who perpetrated this massacre weren't blamed. I've noticed that they never ever get blamed. Maybe with the exception of the Russian school massacre did they get 'partial' blame. Putin is the russian Bush now. He'll get all the blame. Allawi is the Iraqi Bush. He'll get the blame too. Terrorists will get no blame and the press will make their cause seem just and correct. There is definitely something wrong in this world when we can't blame the people responsible.

I'm going to the US helicopter kills innocent Iraqi civilians so I can have someone to blame.

Edit: Darn. That thread was locked.

 

[PS2 KID]

The death count has gone up.
Car Bomb Kills at Least 47 in Iraq

Other news in Iraq:
Gunmen Kill 12 in Iraq

Iraq Oil Pipeline Junction Blown Up

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

PS2 KId-- I'm not sure what you're on about-- I heard about this on the radio and on the web news sites-- the US Helicopter thing didn't even register there (if it did, it was so fast I missed it).

 

[DarienA]

Can we get some anti-Bush rhetoric going please? Thanks.

 

[Cimarron]

BUSH IS TEH ANT1CHR1ST!

Happy now?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I like this story next time post this
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/13/britain.palace/index.html

 

[DarienA]

I like this story next time post this
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/13/britain.palace/index.html

That was posted already.

 

[tedtropy]

I'm thankful everyday I have the fortune to live in a place where suicide bombings are not an all-too-common occurance.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

CNN now says 59 dead

 

[BojTrek]

We should just supply them with cars and let them do the rest...


By the way... I am just kidding... it sucks that innocent are getting hurt... but the whole country should have risen up against this bullshit years ago and put an end to this renegade BS... of course I know nothing about this whole situation.

 

[duderon]

Lame. All we got were pictures. I guess no reporters/journalists were killed because we aren't getting any video to go with the story.

Note the terrorists who perpetrated this massacre weren't blamed. I've noticed that they never ever get blamed. Maybe with the exception of the Russian school massacre did they get 'partial' blame. Putin is the russian Bush now. He'll get all the blame. Allawi is the Iraqi Bush. He'll get the blame too. Terrorists will get no blame and the press will make their cause seem just and correct. There is definitely something wrong in this world when we can't blame the people responsible.

I'm going to the US helicopter kills innocent Iraqi civilians so I can have someone to blame.

Edit: Darn. That thread was locked.

Ofcourse the terrorist are responsible for this. On every tv station i've seen today they've said al-sadr's men claimed they attacked. What more do you want? There's no way the blame is going to be taken away from the US because we started the whole goddamn thing.

 

[Doc Holliday]

4 More Years!!! :/

 

[Doth Togo]

 

[tedtropy]

4 More Years!!! :/

Newsflash: these things happened over there long before Bush, and will continue long after we 'win' our supposed 'war on terror'. If you think an American political regime change is going to fix this, I think you're going to be no so pleasantly surprised...

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Newsflash: these things happened over there long before Bush, and will continue long after we 'win' our supposed 'war on terror'. If you think an American political regime change is going to fix this, I think you're going to be no so pleasantly surprised...

car bombings were going on in iraq every day? yeah ok, whatever you say.....

 

[Outdoor Miner]

car bombings were going on in iraq every day? yeah ok, whatever you say.....

Even if his statements were true, that would make the entire point of going to Iraq moot.

No WMD'S? Great, we need to inject some democracy into that area!

Rampant car bombings and chaos? Happened before Bush, will happen after.

Well then, wtf is the point of being over there?

 

[tedtropy]

Even if his statements were true, that would make the entire point of going to Iraq moot.

No WMD'S? Great, we need to inject some democracy into that area!

Rampant car bombings and chaos? Happened before Bush, will happen after.

Well then, wtf is the point of being over there?

Did I claim there was any point in our being there? I just said that regardless or our involvement or not, violence is a part of life over there and in many parts of the world outside America. I honestly don't see that changing much regardless of who's in office over here. Is this war we're presently in the middle of foolish and hopeless? Most certainly.

 

[Che]

The Iraqi resistance is killing the American stoolies. Good riddance. The funny thing which I bet the american TV didn't show was that the Iraqi citizens interviewed there were blaming the Americans for this situation and not the Iraqi resistance.

 

[DarienA]

Did I claim there was any point in our being there? I just said that regardless or our involvement or not, violence is a part of life over there and in many parts of the world outside America. I honestly don't see that changing much regardless of who's in office over here. Is this war we're presently in the middle of foolish and hopeless? Most certainly.

Terrible rationale C- Good Save at the end though C+

 

[Cooter]

The Iraqi resistance is killing the American stoolies. Good riddance. The funny thing which I bet the american TV didn't show was that the Iraqi citizens interviewed there were blaming the Americans for this situation and not the Iraqi resistance.

Fuck you.

The Iraqi resistance. Give me a break.

Al Qaeda should be known as the Arab resistance.

Good riddance to those American loving pigs that volunteered to become police officers and try and better their country.

I don't care who they blame for these terrorist attacks. Here's a novel idea, why don't they blame the actual terrorists.

You make me sick.

 

[Shinobi]

Did I claim there was any point in our being there? I just said that regardless or our involvement or not, violence is a part of life over there and in many parts of the world outside America.

I've got news for you...violence is a part of life in America as well.

BTW, that Sarah Carter chick looks cute as hell...

 

[tedtropy]

I've got news for you...violence is a part of life in America as well.

BTW, that Sarah Carter chick looks cute as hell...

Yeah, it is, but it's nothing compared to what's going on in other places of the world. Suicide bombings and geneocide are not things we have to worry about on our average drive to work. And yep, Sarah's a little hottie.

 

[Che]

Fuck you.

The Iraqi resistance. Give me a break.

Al Qaeda should be known as the Arab resistance.

Good riddance to those American loving pigs that volunteered to become police officers and try and better their country.

I don't care who they blame for these terrorist attacks. Here's a novel idea, why don't they blame the actual terrorists.

You make me sick.

You're too stupid to be taken seriously. I've started not getting furious with brainless chimpanzees like you. I'm happy.

PS. Viva la resistance!

 

[Cooter]

You're too stupid to be taken seriously. I've started not getting furious with brainless chimpazees like you. I'm happy.

PS. Viva la resistance!

Yet you felt it necessary to respond to my post.

Whatever, bitch.

 

[Che]

Yet you felt it necessary to respond to my post.

Whatever, bitch.

Of course I did man. How on earth would I make fun of you otherwise?