Al Qaeda contnues it's sickening cowardly acts against humanity and freedom.


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people and wounded 60 Thursday by setting off an explosive vest in a crowd mourning the deaths of two sons of a Sunni Arab tribal leader, the Iraqi military said.

The bombing took place in Al-Bou Mohammed, a Sunni village dominated by the American-backed Awakening Council movement in Iraq's northeastern Diyala province.

Mourners had gathered to pay condolences to Sheikh Ibrahim Aref al-Azzawi, whose two sons were gunned down two days ago, police and Iraqi army officials said.

Both sons were members of the local Awakening Council, a movement of predominantly Sunni Muslims who have joined forces with the U.S. and Iraqi governments in battling Islamic jihadists loyal to al Qaeda in Iraq. Police said they think Thursday's bombing was aimed at intimidating members of the movement.

The sheikh is not a member of the local Awakening Council, but police suspect he and the mourners were targeted because of their sympathies toward the movement, which is cutting into what has been the insurgents' base of support."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/...omb/index.html

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better than usual jp, you got one out of three right

one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter

how dare these arabs employ the 1940s-era tactics of the israeli terrorists ... ooops, since they were israeli, they must have been "freedom fighters"

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What does this have to do with Isreal?
More than likely the suicide bomber wasn't an Iraqi, so what freedom was he fighting for?

You guys and your Isreal bashing gets old, why not take a shot at the Japanese while your at it, hell they perfected the Kamakazi attack

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To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women

Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a **** how crazy they are!

It's funny how many people forget this. Terrorism is repugnant regardless of who the perpetrators are. I do have to agree with the OP on one point. I believe that terrorism is about as cowardly as you can get, especially random bombings.

Its just the same old PC defense of islamofascism- change the subject to anything other than islam because nothing in islam supports their PC defense of it.

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Qur'an:8:67 It is not fitting for any prophet to have prisoners until he has made a great slaughter in the land.
Qur'an 8:12 I will terrorize the unbelievers...Strike off their heads and cut off each of their fingers and toes.
Qur'an 9:5 Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, torture them, and lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.

You may be a little nuts but that sounds about right.

And I have my doubts about Israelis going on a bombing campaign actively targeting markets the like.

So----you condone it----you support it---you understand it?????? YOU are exactly the kind of sympathizer al Qaeda is depending on. Come on, Bubba----going into a FUNERAL and blowing up 50 mourners??????????? How is that "fighting for freedom?"

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Anyone who takes even a moments pause to defend al quaeda on any level is either a confused moron or worse, a sympathiser.

Ofcourse it is an act of cowardice to sneak attack a funeral. it does not get much lower than that. If they got a beef go stand toe to toe with your enemies military.

These terrorists, without ther sneak attack element, are women with facial hair IMO. They are sniveling, nervous, and scatter when light sheds on them.

I don't know that I'd call it cowardly since the suicide bomber dies. Remember theyre terrorists. Kill a couple soldiers and the war goes on. They're trying to terrorize the populace.

I think evil would be a better description.

I agree, for people who claim to be extremely brave and fearless of death - their methods tend to be cowardly.