Hey Congressional Assholes! Iraq Is IN A Civil War Now!!!!

[leftchick]

John Murtha has been saying it for months! Iraq is already in a civil war. The shitheads in congress that say civil war is a risk if we pull out too soon are once again WRONG!



An unidentified mother and child sit in a tent at a camp for internally displaced people housing 23 Shiite families in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, in Iraq Monday, June 26, 2006. The continuing rise of sectarian violence is causing increasing numbers of Iraqis to leave the neighborhoods and towns where they live and seek refuge in areas where their religion - Sunni or Shia branches of Islam - is in the majority, like the families in the camp who were forced to abandon their homes when Sunni gunmen distributed leaflets warning them to leave or be killed. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

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Reuters reports violence in Iraq's ongoing civil war on Sunday:

Guerrillas set off a roadside bomb in the al-Shorja shopping district of Baghdad, killing 3 and wounding 17. Then guerrillas detonated a bomb in a minibus, killing 2 and wounding 5 in al-Nahda district of Baghdad. Then in the eastern Zayouna district, a suicide car bomber detonated his payload at a police checkpoint, killing a police commando and wounding 9 persons. So that is 6 dead and 31 wounded from bombings in the capital, at a time when there is a major crackdown on the guerrilla movement in Baghdad.

Guerrillas kidnapped 16 employees of a technology institute at Taji north of Baghdad.

In Khan Bani Sa`d, near Baquba to the northeast of Baghdad, guerrillas attacked a police checkpoint and killed 5 Iraqi soldiers.

In the mostly Christian town of Bartila (near Mosul) in the north, guerrillas set off a car bomb near the office of the (Shiite) Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, among the leading parties in parliament, killing 2 persons and wounding 13.

There were other scattered shootings and assassinations around the country, with a GI killed near Tikrit. US forces killed or captured a number of guerrilla fighters. The total number of dead was at least 25 on Sunday, with dozens wounded.

Number of car bombings in Iraq from the dawn of time until 2002 before the US invasion: 0.

http://www.juancole.com/

[bigtree]

1. you got it

pullout time is NOW!

[leftchick]

2. even some democrats repeat this bullshit

it drives me insane.

[leftchick]

3. another photo .....

An Iraqi boy washes himself under an outdoor water tap at a camp for internally displaced people housing 23 Shiite families in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, in Iraq Monday, June 26, 2006. The continuing rise of sectarian violence is causing increasing numbers of Iraqis to leave the neighborhoods and towns where they live and seek refuge in areas where their religion - Sunni or Shia branches of Islam - is in the majority, like the families in the camp who were forced to abandon their homes when Sunni gunmen distributed leaflets warning them to leave or be killed. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

[leftchick]

4. Iraq civil war leaves at least 130,000 displaced

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060626/wl_nm/iraq_refugees_dc

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's sectarian violence of the past four months has pushed the number of displaced people to above 130,000, parliament heard on Monday as members urged ministers to give more aid and security to contain the crisis.

"There should be more field visits to understand their plight," Sunni Arab parliamentarian Dhafir al-Ani told the assembly. "The government should take direct steps and provide security for displaced families, including at their camps."

Iraq's Ministry of Displaced and Migration now puts the number of internal refugees at 130,386, or 21,731 families, its spokesman Sattar Nowruz said.

The number of registered displaced has climbed by as much as 30,000 in the last month, according to ministry statistics.

The actual figure must be higher as many thousands go uncounted, quietly seeking refuge with relatives or heading abroad. It seems hardly no-one in Baghdad does not have a friend, relative or neighbor who has had to move in fear.

[Imagevision]

5. And leaving it to the Pentagon and the MSM, you will never know it...

[katinmn]

6. What don't people understand?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23396720.htm

Iraq government bans all movement in Baghdad

23 Jun 2006 09:56:14 GMT
Source: Reuters

[Solly Mack]

7. Exactly. There is "no risk of" ..since it's already happening

and has been happening for a while now

[katinmn]

9. Hi Solly!

I'm like newyawker now. Popping in to say "hi" just cuz I can. :hi: :hug:

[leftchick]

8. another victim

:(



A boy stands at the entrance of a room at the Shi'ite refugee camp in the Shula district of Baghdad May 23, 2006. Iraq's sectarian violence of the past four months has pushed the number of displaced people to above 130,000, parliament heard on Monday as members urged ministers to give more aid and security to contain the crisis. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)