- Deja vu American Indians, Romans, Greeks, Vietnam, et
al. Men who don't remember HISTORY, or more likely, never learned it in
the first place, have plunged us into a time warp. Months ago they knew
an attack on Najaf, the holiest of holy cities in Iraq, was a very bad
idea. But they did it anyway. And to add insult to injury, our illustrious
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt claims the Iraqis did the damage to the
golden dome of the Imam Ali mosque themselves.
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- Talk about disturbing hornets' nests. The repercussions
from this no-brainer attack are beyond supposition at this point in time.
To damage (not totally destroyed, so far, but stay tuned for that) any
country's holy place brings out a fury not unlike that of mother lions
or tigers,or bears OH MY!, when their babies are threatened. It's a fight
to the death, for certain.
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- There'll be no civilized talks around a big round table.
This is not negotiable. This is now war with capitols letters, W A R. This
is the beginning of the MAJOR combat that Bush claimed was over on May
1, 2003.
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- I expect the next news flash will be to report all of
the various countries now angered enough to join the Iraqi's in killing
every American on their soil. No more just telling the Yankees to home.
No more talk, period. Or I could be wrong. Maybe the Bushites will come
up with a way to leave and still convince some Americans they just came
home because they gave Iraq their freedom and they were at the stage where
they could run their own country.
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- Yeah, that's the ticket. I can hear it coming from Bush's
ear and out of his mouth any minute now. News at 6 p.m. - be there.
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- http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-05-14-iraq-fighting_x.htm?csp=24
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- U.S. storms into Najaf, battles with al-Sadr's militiamen
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) ó Friday, May 14, 2004
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- Excerpts: One of Shia Islam's holiest shrines was slightly
damaged by apparent gunfire, prompting calls for revenge and even suicide
attacks.
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- Top aides of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened
to unleash more attacks across the once-calm Shiite south and in the fetid
Shiite slums of slums of Baghdad. One even urged citizens to register for
suicide squads, starting Saturday.
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- In Baghdad, Hamid al-Bayati, spokesman for a mainstream
Shiite group represented on the Iraqi Governing Council, called the fighting
in Najaf,the world's greatest center of Shiite theology and scholarship,
a "big mistake" that could inflame sectarian passions.
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- "America is the enemy of God," fighters shouted.
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- Four holes, each approximately 12 inches long and 8 inches
could be seen on the golden dome of the Imam Ali mosque, burial place of
Imam Ali IbnAbu Talib, the Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law and
Shiites' most revered saint.
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- It is located about 100 miles south of Baghdad on a high
desert plateau overlooking the world's largest cemetery where Shiites aspire
to bury their dead.
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- Militia members blamed the Americans for the damage,
but Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Iraq,
said al-Sadr's men were probably responsible:
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- "The Americans had better leave Iraq after this,"
said Jassim Mohammed, 22.
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- Another man, Abu Zahraa al-Daraji, 22, added:
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- "The Americans have crossed a red line."
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