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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:57 AM Mar 2015

Yemen mosque bombings toll rises to 142

Last edited Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:59 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: AFP

Suicide bombings at two mosques attended by Shiite worshippers including Huthi militiamen in Yemen's capital Friday, and claimed by Islamic State jihadists, killed 142 people, a medical official said.

At least 351 people were wounded, health ministry official Nashwan al-Atab also told AFP, saying that an earlier toll surged following information gathered from various hospitals in Sanaa.

Read more: https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/yemen-mosque-bombings-toll-rises-142-154856713.html

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Yemen mosque bombings toll rises to 142 (Original Post) Bosonic Mar 2015 OP

142 dead in Yemen mosque bombings: medical official Bosonic Mar 2015 #1

That's horrendous. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #2

perpetual war... from 2011 to forever quadrature Mar 2015 #3

It's religious terrorism muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #6

it is also tribal ... quadrature Mar 2015 #8

Sunni/Shia conflicts go way back. Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #7

story doesn't seem to be getting much attention Mosby Mar 2015 #4

Yemen crisis: Islamic State claims Sanaa mosque attacks muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #5

I just saw it on the news. Little Tich Mar 2015 #9

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)

1. 142 dead in Yemen mosque bombings: medical official

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:36 AM

Mar 2015

#BREAKING 142 dead in Yemen mosque bombings: medical official

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/578941967524061184

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

2. That's horrendous.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:10 PM

Mar 2015

quadrature

(2,049 posts)

3. perpetual war... from 2011 to forever

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:29 PM

Mar 2015

Libya...
Syria...
Yemen...

do any other countries need our 'help'?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,317 posts)

6. It's religious terrorism

Reply to quadrature (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 08:48 PM

Mar 2015

with neither 'us' nor our ally - the official Yemen government - involved. It's fanatical Sunnis murdering Shi'ites because they regard them as 'polytheists'.

quadrature

(2,049 posts)

8. it is also tribal ...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 09:47 PM

Mar 2015

but tribes tend to split along
religious lines

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)

7. Sunni/Shia conflicts go way back.

Reply to quadrature (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 09:31 PM

Mar 2015

We are not responsible for this.

This is a group of Sunnis who are very fanatic and hardcore, unlike more traditional Sunnis.

If you look at what happened in 1802, you can see the similarities between that and now:
https://ballandalus.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/the-wahhabi-sack-of-karbala-1802-a-d/

Mosby

(16,311 posts)

4. story doesn't seem to be getting much attention

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:23 PM

Mar 2015

Sad.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,317 posts)

5. Yemen crisis: Islamic State claims Sanaa mosque attacks

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 08:45 PM

Mar 2015

Islamic State (IS) say its militants carried out suicide bombings on two mosques in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, which killed at least 137 people.

The attacks are the first claimed by IS - a Sunni group - since it set up a branch in Yemen in November.
...
A statement from Islamic State published on Twitter promised further attacks.

"Let the polytheist Houthis know that the soldiers of the Islamic State will not rest until we have uprooted them," the statement said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31989844

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

9. I just saw it on the news.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 10:40 PM

Mar 2015

This is so horrible that I’m almost at a loss for words. This is the lowest form of barbarism. These poor victims were at their Friday prayers, in a mosque.

It seems likely that it was IS that did it, after all, it’s the terror group with the lowest moral standards in the middle east. I also know that IS considers Shia Muslims to be apostate, and fair game wherever they are.

It’s still incomprehensible.

F**k you, IS.

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