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muriel_volestrangler

(101,382 posts)
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 03:17 PM Jul 2013

Iraq: Baghdad car bombings kill at least 30 people

Source: AP

Iraqi officials say at least 30 people have been killed in a wave of evening car bombings in commercial areas of Baghdad.

Police said the blasts struck late Saturday in the neighborhoods of Karrada, Baiyaa, Shurta, Tobchi and Zafaraniyah.

Police say the explosions were all caused by car bombs parked in commercial streets. Officers say the bombs went off after the breaking of the daily Ramadan fast when many people are out shopping or relaxing in coffee shops.
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The attacks are the latest in a wave of violence that has killed more than 200 people since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Read more: http://www.klfy.com/story/22891801/bombing-shooting-kills-8-people-in-iraq

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Iraq: Baghdad car bombings kill at least 30 people (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 OP
Let freedom ring! Vinnie From Indy Jul 2013 #1
Mission Accomplished !! warrant46 Jul 2013 #6
Let Freedom Reign warrant46 Jul 2013 #7
Thank gawd we FREEDOMIZED them! bvar22 Jul 2013 #2
Mission accomplished Botany Jul 2013 #3
Mission Accomplished!!!? B Stieg Jul 2013 #4
A peculiarly malevolent action. It would be bombing folks here on Christmas Eve. dimbear Jul 2013 #5
What purpose does this serve the attackers? penultimate Jul 2013 #8
Well... dusty trails Jul 2013 #9

warrant46

(2,205 posts)
6. Mission Accomplished !!
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 05:45 PM
Jul 2013

FLASHBACK: Bush Awards Iraqis Their Sovereignty — ‘Let Freedom Reign!’

Bush, whose Iraq policy has drawn criticism abroad and, more recently, at home, was passed a note from National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice that put it this way: “Mr. President, Iraq is sovereign.”

Bush wrote “Let freedom reign!” on the note and passed it back, according to White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
2. Thank gawd we FREEDOMIZED them!
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 03:43 PM
Jul 2013

Now they won't hate us for OUR freedoms so much!
Who is next for some Freedom Bombs?

Venezuela?
There were just Begging-for-It last week.
I'll bet that Latin America won't be so uppity with their Sovereign Nation bullshit if we teach them a Lesson like we did in Iraq!
Who's your Daddy NOW??!!! Hahahahahahahaa!

This is how we do it to you...
This is how we do it to you...
This is how we do it to you...

USA!..USA!...USA!










/sarcasm, (for the impaired)

Botany

(70,592 posts)
3. Mission accomplished
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 04:13 PM
Jul 2013


Rummy; Feb. 7, 2003: “It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.”

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
5. A peculiarly malevolent action. It would be bombing folks here on Christmas Eve.
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 05:18 PM
Jul 2013

Really, Iraqis? That really the vibe Allah gives off to you?

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