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November 19, 2005
Suicide bombers kill scores in 2 Iraqi cities
Topics: IraqShiite mosques targeted near Iranian border; Baghdad hotel hit
[Image - Iraqi firefighters carry away a man injured in twin car bombings Friday in Baghdad.]
Suicide bombers have killed scores of people in the eastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin near the Iranian border, and in Baghdad. According to Iraqi police, the carnage in Khanaqin occurred when two suicide bombers detonated near or inside two Shiite Muslim mosque . (Hat tip - Maggie, a Hyscience author)
Hospital officials say that at least 90 people were killed in the attacks, however, according to the U.S. military, more than 150 Iraqi civilians were killed or wounded in the attack.
The Khanaqin town mayor said many children were among the dead because fathers had brought their sons to the prayer service.
Related information from a post by Maggie that we've combined with the above latest information:
Once again we see the results of sectarian violence in Iraq. This time the targets were two small Shia mosques in the northeast of Iraq, and the much larger target of a hotel that targets foreign journalists in Baghdad. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the trucks failed in their mission and blew up an apartment complex instead.
More innoncent lives have been lost because of the Sunni hatred towards the Shia. The most recent basis of the violence appears to be the finding of a bunker with Sunni Arabs being starved or beaten to death. It seems to me that the Sunnis love to torture, kill, and maim the Shias, but when they are recipients of the same thing they cry foul.
And so continues the mindless violence and the political immaturity of many of the Muslims of Iraq. They allow sectarian violence to keep them driving them apart from compromise and peaceful settlement of political and religious disputes.
According to one Kurdish theory on the origin of the name, Khanaqin, "Khanaqin" consists of two Kurdish words: Khan, which is the Kurdish for place and Qeen, which is the Kurdish for displeasure. It is said that due to; the strategically location of this city on the Irak-Iran border; its richness in oil; the high fertility of its soil; and the availability of water from the river of Alwand; these factors have resulted in putting the city on the map of desired places to occupy and to rule by foreign powers and states.The misery of the people of Khanaqin, who were fed up with seeing their city had become a place of conquest and aggression, was just a fact. They were, however, clever in keeping and hiding away their anger, and waited the right moment to overthrough the occupants. Therefore the city is called Khan qeen, which means in Kurdish the place of anger. Putting in mind the kindness of the people of Khanaqin, and the peaceful coexistence of different religions, sectarians and ethnical groups making this theory irrelevant and inapplicable. However, it should be added that people of Khanaqin have always participated in the major Kurdish movements such as the movement of Shaikh Mahmood in Sulaimaniya, the movement of Aylol, and the new uprising in Kurdistan after the defeat of the Iraqi army in the Gulf war.
Posted by Richard at November 19, 2005 12:06 AM
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