MSNBC: Pro-American Mayor of Baghdad Shot

[phillybri]

No details yet, quick mention on MSNBC.

[Ripley]

1. Just a quick mention?????

Can you imagine if Gore were President? They would be screaming it's a debacle!!! It's a disaster!!! It's a quagmire!!! It's the worst handling of foreign policy EVER!!!

But noooooooooooooo.

[dArKeR]

2. So why don't the spineless Dems. say this on the air? Why doesn't

someone sue the media?

http://www.geocities.com/darkerxdarker/

[Sagan]

3. and a U.S. soldier killed along with him, per Yahoo.

Same attack that killed the 8 year old child.

The media SUCKS in getting these stories straight. They put out fragments and then just kind of lose interest.

Way to support the troops, assholes.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030716/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_829

[dArKeR]

11. "They're killing more Iraqis than they are Americans

"They're killing more Iraqis than they are Americans," West said, shaking his head.

Well, If a spineless Dems. or a Media Whore doesn't call West on this. I could be wrong, but I haven't seen hardly any stories claiming Iraqi citizens have been killed by Iraqis.

This is something that could be proven in court.

[lanlady]

4. not in Baghdad

but somewhere else:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=16982&mesg_id=16982&page=

They're sending a message to "collaborators."

[phillybri]

5. Aha...thanks for the correction

Appreciate it!

[liberalnurse]

6. Man there is some real serious shit happening over there!!!

Where are all those embedded reporters when ya need them?

[eek]

7. Pro-american Mayor, Son Killed In Iraq -Guardian link

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-

Pro-american Mayor, Son Killed In Iraq

From the Associated Press
Wednesday July 16, 2003 3:29 PM


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The pro-American mayor of Hadithah in western Iraq was shot and killed Wednesday along with one of his nine sons, the U.S. military reported.

The military spokesman said he could offer no other details, but the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera said Mohammed Nayil al-Jurayfi's car was shot up by unidentified attackers as he drove through the city of about 150,000 about 150 miles northwest of Baghdad.

The Qatar-based broadcaster said al-Jurayfi's car caught fire after the attack. Al-Jazeera also said residents of the city had accused the mayor of collaborating with coalition forces.

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:dunce:
WOOO! We're kickin asssss!
USA USA USA! hi-five hi-five hi-five
:grr:

[Neutrino]

9. Once again, we have to go outside the U.S. to get news.

Thank you Al-Jazeera. Even though your English Website has been
knocked off the internet, you still come through with up to the
minute news for the World.

[CBHagman]

8. And this is the safe, prosperous Iraq Bush and Rumsfeld speak of

Dear God, what have we done? It sickens me to even look at the paper in the morning.

And I concur with the poster above who says that the media and most of the politicians have given Bush a pass on this. You can bet that a President Gore would be raked over the coals and footage of every funeral would be on TV, with a logo such as "THE BODY COUNT." These are evil, evil times.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. No prob: Mayors are shot all the time in America

:eyes:

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

12. AP reports he's dead. And his 8 yr old son - dead

AP report

BAGHDAD, Iraq (July 16) -- A U.S. soldier, an 8-year-old Iraqi child, and a pro-American mayor and his son were killed Wednesday as pro-Saddam Hussein insurgents unleashed a string of violent attacks on the eve of a recently banned Baath Party holiday.

The soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a supply convoy west of Baghdad near the Abu Ghraib prison, a U.S. military spokesman said.

The grenade blasted into the soldier's truck, hurling him out, as the 20-vehicle convoy passed along a main highway Wednesday morning. Soldiers at first believed a bomb was remotely detonated as the convoy passed.

CNN showed footage of Iraqis cheering at the attack scene.

Sgt. Diego Baez, who escaped without injury from the truck, wept over his comrade's death.
''We slept next to each other just last night. He was my best friend,'' Baez said.

Meanwhile, the pro-American mayor of Hadithah in western Iraq was shot and killed Wednesday along with one of his nine sons, the U.S. military reported.

The military spokesman said he could offer no other details, but the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera said Mohammed Nayil al-Jurayfi's car was shot up by unidentified attackers as he drove through the city of about 150,000 about 150 miles northwest of Baghdad.

more.........

[VolcanoJen]

13. Subject line is wrong, but we'll leave this one open...

Although the subject line is in error, it was essentially the earliest post on this topic, and corrections have been made and links added in replies.

Sorry about the confusion. :-)

VolcanoJen
DU Moderator

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