Suicide attack in Iraq!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-03-22 10:17am

SHIIIIIT!

From BBC:

Iraq suicide attack kills four

Four people have been killed in a suicide bombing
at a checkpoint near the northern Iraqi town of Halabja.

The bomber drove up in a taxi and detonated the
device, killing himself and a journalist filming nearby.

The other dead were Kurdish peshmerga fighters.

Nine people who were injured have been taken to
hospital in Sulaymaniyah.

The area where the bombing happened is controlled
by an Islamist group known as Komola.

EDIT?: Journalist was Paul Moran, a Canadian cameraman per NPR.

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-03-22 10:33am

Let the martyring begin.. Hopefully an Isolated event or else the MPs will have to ever watchfull

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-03-22 10:46am

Lets hope it is really an isolated attack,but the islamic fundies called for more bombings like this

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-03-22 10:51am

It will only happen for so long until the armed troops over there start getting defensive.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-22 02:41pm

Montcalm wrote:Lets hope it is really an isolated attack,but the islamic fundies called for more bombings like this

Yeah. Makes you wonder if maybe there aren't some of those terrorists in there. Not necessarily Al-Queda but Saddam does have ties to Palestinian-Lebanonese terrorists.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2003-03-23 01:55am

This is what you lot will have to <cough> look forward to <cough> for the duration of the New American Century that you'll be occupying Iraq.

I won't be so crass as to say 'I told you so' when the first occupation troops get blown up by a suicide bomber, so I'll say it in advance. I told you so.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-03-23 04:55am

Australia lost a cameraman up north to a suicide attack earlier today...

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-03-23 03:27pm

What a shame. It will probably be impossible to stop such fanatics after Iraq is taken by US forces, and fanatics like them will probably be the biggest obstacle for a post-Saddam government.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-23 03:41pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:What a shame. It will probably be impossible to stop such fanatics after Iraq is taken by US forces, and fanatics like them will probably be the biggest obstacle for a post-Saddam government.

Indeed. It's damn shame that they're their own biggest problem.