Gunmen kill nine people in Iraq minibus attack...

Peter Frank

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Wed Nov-30-05 02:04 AM
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Gunmen kill nine people in Iraq minibus attack...

Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:50 AM ET

BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a minibus north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding two, police said.

A police official said 10 masked gunmen carried out the attack near the town of Baquba, some 65 km (40 miles) from the Iraqi capital.

Iraqi and U.S. officials expect a surge in guerrilla violence in the run-up to national elections on December 15 when Iraqis will vote for their first full-term government since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Sunni Arab guerrillas are waging a campaign of suicide bombings, shootings and assassinations in a bid to topple the present Shi'ite- and Kurd-dominated government, which is backed by Washington.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-30T065048Z_01_FOR024604_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-ATTACK.xml&archived=False

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Amonester

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Wed Nov-30-05 02:11 AM
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1. The Viet Cong 2 :-(

http://www.vietnampix.com/popvc.htm

http://icasualties.org :cry:

http://costofwar.com :grr:

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Peter Frank

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Wed Nov-30-05 03:31 AM
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3. 1Yes 2Yes and 3Yes...

This another Vietnam (only this time we overtly began a civil war)
Our best and brightest young souls are dieing in droves now -- we can now only what they might have accomplished.
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

We are weary because this war was unnecessary. Afghanistan was a no brainer -- we had to go in. If Iraq had attacked us I'd be energized by the war. But facts are facts; we're in Iraq for PNAC reasons.

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Erika

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Wed Nov-30-05 02:12 AM
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2. So are these Iraqis against occupation & a puppet government

or terrorists? Rummy was a little weak on defining these terms.

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sofa king

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Wed Nov-30-05 08:57 AM
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4. What, is Hamas vacationing in Iraq, now?

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