Shiite militiamen burn six Sunnis alive; Iraqi soldiers do nothing.

[Sapphire Blue]

New savage twist to violence in Baghdad
By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer
30 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Revenge-seeking Shiite militiamen seized six Sunnis as they left Friday prayers, drenched them with kerosene and burned them alive, and Iraqi soldiers did nothing to stop the attack, police and witnesses said.

The fiery slayings in the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Hurriyah were a dramatic escalation of the brutality coursing through the Iraqi capital, coming a day after suspected Sunni insurgents killed 215 people in Baghdad's main Shiite district with a combination of bombs and mortars.

The attacks culminated Baghdad's deadliest week of sectarian fighting since the war began more than three years ago.

Police Capt. Jamil Hussein said Iraqi soldiers at a nearby army post failed to intervene in the burnings of Sunnis carried out by suspected members of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia, or in subsequent attacks that torched four Sunni mosques and killed at least 19 other Sunnis, including women and children, in the same northwest Baghdad area.

Continued @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_061124205033

[Disturbed]

1. Maybe these Iraqi troops were supervising the

actions?

[Fridays Child]

2. Is it civil war yet?

Or has the goalpost moved again?

[tnlefty]

3. Thanks *, along with the Princess of Death, all of those who cooked this

up and for those who voted for it and those who went along with this! This just makes me sick, and I've been sick before shock and disgust even got underway! Thanks again, assholes.

[ismnotwasm]

4. God

Reminds me of conversations with my father. Me: "Iraq will implode into civil war" Him: "You don't KNOW that" (still defending the Iraq invasion)
We didn't do that yesterday. Yesterday, He tried to imply that all muslims were insanely violent instead.
My brother,(who is a libertarian, and as anti-war as you please)and I ignored him. It ( the invasion/occupation/war)is too sad to argue about anymore.