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FarCenter

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17. Syria and Iraq are far from over -- the whole region is a tinder-box

Reply to leveymg (Reply #12)

Fri May 17, 2013, 05:53 PM

May 2013

Scores killed in attacks on Iraqi Sunnis

At least 76 people have been killed in bombings in majority Sunni districts in Baghdad and surrounding areas in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months have officials said.

The spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed.

Friday's attacks pushed the three-day Iraqi death toll to 130, including Shias at bus stops and outdoor markets in scenes reminiscent of the retaliatory attacks between the two Islamic branches in 2006-2007 that claimed tens of thousands of lives.

In the deadliest attack on Friday, twin bombings near a Sunni mosque in Baquba, north of Baghdad, killed 41 people and injured dozens.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/05/201351719455459869.html

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It's Time To Discuss The Secret CIA Operation At The Heart Of The Benghazi Scandal [View all] FarCenter May 2013 OP

+10000. THIS is really the story. What was the US Ambassador doing there knowing all of that? riderinthestorm May 2013 #1

Yes yes yes! +1000000 dkf May 2013 #4

K&R Solly Mack May 2013 #2

Holy cow I had never heard this part before... dkf May 2013 #3

And this is why the Bengazi 'scandal' is going nowhere. reformist2 May 2013 #5

No. If Benghazi goes nowhere it's because 2 governments DevonRex May 2013 #16

There was s story out about a year ago. Wellstone ruled May 2013 #6

I'll take trying to create an Iran 1979 moment to turn Obama into the ReTHUG conceptualization malaise May 2013 #7

When this first happened and I'd put on my tinfoil hat deutsey May 2013 #8

Blowback. nt bemildred May 2013 #9

This is a valuable and well-written summary of the back story behind the attack. But, nothing leveymg May 2013 #10

+1. I remember leveymg. Very few people participated in those threads but you were there... nt riderinthestorm May 2013 #11

Thnx. The twisting of the narrative by the GOP probably benefits Obama in the long run by obscuring leveymg May 2013 #12

Syria and Iraq are far from over -- the whole region is a tinder-box FarCenter May 2013 #17

I smell a steenkin' Petraeus in this story. Whisp May 2013 #13

you know how the Pugs accuse the opposition of the same things they themselves do. Whisp May 2013 #14

"A source told Fox News" and "Rand Paul told CNN"... DevonRex May 2013 #15

Arms smuggling to Islamic Extremists in Syria TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #18

The "Arab Spring" will be the point at which Sunni Islamist Arabs began to consolidate their power FarCenter May 2013 #19

Weekend kick for a really important story nt riderinthestorm May 2013 #20

"Move along. Nothing to see here." - Generalissimo Pet Ray Us (R) Berlum May 2013 #21

Is this the old Rand Paul story being recycled? HereSince1628 May 2013 #22