Iraqi Shiites/Sunnies react to death sentence of a former VP - They blow up 100 people

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Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence

BAGHDAD: A series of bombs ripped through mainly Shi'ite Baghdad districts on Sunday after Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, ending one of the bloodiest days of the year with more than 100 killed across the country.

The violence and the sentence for Hashemi, a senior Sunni politician, threatened to stoke sectarian tensions in Iraq where a Shi'ite-led government is battling political instability and a Sunni Islamist insurgency nine months after U.S. troops left.

After Sunday's court ruling, car bombs tore through six districts around Baghdad, hitting a restaurant and a cafe. Another bomb went off in a busy commercial area, killing more than 50 people following bombs in other cities nationwide.

"I heard women screaming, I saw people running in all directions, chairs scattered in the street. My windows were blown out, my mother and two kids were injured too," said AllaMajid, still shaking after a blast in Baghdad's Sadr City.

Hashemi, who is unlikely to return to Iraq from Turkey, had accused Maliki's government of controlling the judiciary and of orchestrating a crackdown on Sunni opponents. He had refused to appear in a court he dismissed as biased.

He and his son-in-law were both found guilty in absentia of murdering a female lawyer and security official, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a judiciary spokesman said.

"This is a political decision. All our respect to the Iraqi judicial system, but this was political," said lawmaker Jaber al-Jaberi, a member of Hashemi's Sunni-backed Iraqiya party.

Hours before the sentence was announced, a wave of bombings and shootings had already killed at least 58 people and a car bomb had exploded outside a French consular office in Nassiriya in southern Iraq.

Since the last U.S. troops left, Maliki's Shi'ite-led government has been politically deadlocked and insurgents have continued to strike, hoping to ignite the kind of sectarian tensions that drove Iraq close to civil war in 2006-2007.

http://articles.time...jaber-al-jaberi

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence

BAGHDAD: A series of bombs ripped through mainly Shi'ite Baghdad districts on Sunday after Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, ending one of the bloodiest days of the year with more than 100 killed across the country.

The violence and the sentence for Hashemi, a senior Sunni politician, threatened to stoke sectarian tensions in Iraq where a Shi'ite-led government is battling political instability and a Sunni Islamist insurgency nine months after U.S. troops left.

After Sunday's court ruling, car bombs tore through six districts around Baghdad, hitting a restaurant and a cafe. Another bomb went off in a busy commercial area, killing more than 50 people following bombs in other cities nationwide.

"I heard women screaming, I saw people running in all directions, chairs scattered in the street. My windows were blown out, my mother and two kids were injured too," said AllaMajid, still shaking after a blast in Baghdad's Sadr City.

Hashemi, who is unlikely to return to Iraq from Turkey, had accused Maliki's government of controlling the judiciary and of orchestrating a crackdown on Sunni opponents. He had refused to appear in a court he dismissed as biased.

He and his son-in-law were both found guilty in absentia of murdering a female lawyer and security official, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a judiciary spokesman said.

"This is a political decision. All our respect to the Iraqi judicial system, but this was political," said lawmaker Jaber al-Jaberi, a member of Hashemi's Sunni-backed Iraqiya party.

Hours before the sentence was announced, a wave of bombings and shootings had already killed at least 58 people and a car bomb had exploded outside a French consular office in Nassiriya in southern Iraq.

Since the last U.S. troops left, Maliki's Shi'ite-led government has been politically deadlocked and insurgents have continued to strike, hoping to ignite the kind of sectarian tensions that drove Iraq close to civil war in 2006-2007.

http://articles.time...jaber-al-jaberi

Thanks, GWB !

[Teddy B 17,252]

Thanks, GWB !

Don't forget Israel. I'm sure you can find some way to spread the blame to everyone except the lowlife scum who carry out these attacks.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Don't forget Israel. I'm sure you can find some way to spread the blame to everyone except the lowlife scum who carry out these attacks.

95% of Americans know there was no insurgency in Iraq before GWB wrecked the place.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Ahhhh... more 'peace'.

[Teddy B 17,252]

95% of Americans know there was no insurgency in Iraq before GWB wrecked the place.

Whether that's true or not, that justifies these attacks how?

Edited September 11, 2012 by Teddy B

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Don't forget Israel. I'm sure you can find some way to spread the blame to everyone except the lowlife scum who carry out these attacks.

Compare, contrast:

A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm

Project for a New American Century: Rebuilding America's Defenses

Whether that's true or not, that justifies these attacks how?

Who is justifying these attacks ????????

[Teddy B 17,252]

Who is justifying these attacks ????????

You are.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

You are.

No, I have not. (Except in the wishful figments of your imagination.)

[Teddy B 17,252]

No, I have not. (Except in the wishful figments of your imagination.)

By deflecting the blame to anyone other than the scum that carry out these attacks you justify their actions. That's exactly what you have done with your "Thank you GWB" comment.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

By deflecting the blame to anyone other than the scum that carry out these attacks you justify their actions. That's exactly what you have done with your "Thank you GWB" comment.

There was no insurgency before GWB wrecked the country, and you know it. It was a stupid, senseless war that has created a nightmare.

[Teddy B 17,252]

There was no insurgency before GWB wrecked the country, and you know it. It was a stupid, senseless war that has created a nightmare.

Thank you for solidifying my point.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Thank you for solidifying my point.

You didn't have a point, only ad hominem.

[Teddy B 17,252]

You didn't have a point, only ad hominem.

You've been had, very easily I might add. People with your mindset are the problem.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

You've been had, very easily I might add. People with your mindset are the problem.

I'd say the ones who got suckered into paying for a senseless, needless war in Iraq are the ones who've been had.