BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 28 — Members of a Shiite militia killed at least 15 Iraqi soldiers in fierce fighting today in the southern city of Diwaniyah, Iraqi officials said.
Some of the soldiers were executed in a public square after they ran out of ammunition, said Maj. Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi, the commander of the Iraqi army in the area. He said that the fighting began overnight after soldiers arrested a man linked to the Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/28/world/middleeast/28cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1156824000&en=878847851a4960ef&ei=5094&partner=homepage
2006-08-28 02:41:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
this is just another day in the life of being in Iraq bud. stuff like that happened all the time while i was there, so I wouldnt put too much weight on this as the overall condition of the country going into a bad situation. the country is already in a bad situation.
2006-08-28 03:06:36 · answer #1 · answered by Tanner S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's a bad sign for Iraq, and it's more of the same. This in fighting has been going on for centuries and will continue until Iraqis (and all Middle Eastern countries) learn to separate church from state. It's a kind of undeclared civil war.
2006-08-28 09:50:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bruce prayed for Russia and that worked. Bruce has just begun to pray for Iraq Bruce was the key to the Orion project. Puff my magic dragon one big boomba after another laser beams in an hyperbolic cone We go fast
2006-08-28 09:45:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's just more of the same... is everyone ready to stay in Iraq for about 50 years holding off a civil war? Hope you like tax increases to pay for it!
2006-08-28 09:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well maybe if the shi'ites didnt fight like Pu.s.s.i.e.s. we wouldnt have that problem, considering most of the iraqis like us being there. If terrorists didnt flock from other countries to fight us there would even be attacks against troops. the shi'ites are just mad because they cant slaughter innocent civilians with government support anymore, i.e. Saddam doesnt allow it.
2006-08-28 09:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a bad sign for THE WORLD that it has come to this. But unfortunately, it IS just more of the same.
2006-08-28 09:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by talz_talz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just more of the same , murder the defenseless in the name of religion .
2006-08-28 09:48:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, just more of the same.
2006-08-28 09:46:51 · answer #8 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋