Iraq Reviews: Suicide bombers kill 77 in Iraq

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[Frat Pack College Fraternity, Sorority, Frat Party Community Message Board Frat Pack Forum] Police said the bombers entered the small Sheikh Murad and Khanaqin Grand mosques with explosive belts strapped to their waists and detonated themselves when the buildings were at their busiest -- during prayers on the Muslim holy day.

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[Cracks in the Facade] That's the Way of the World 18 Nov Edition What's...: This week alone, there were three suicide bombings in Kabul, in which ten people were killed, including one U.S. soldier. U.S. forces are supposed to be significantly reduced next year, when they will be replaced by NATO forces.

[Terrorism News] IRAQ: DEATH TOLL IN MOSQUE ATTACKS MAY EXCEED 100: Baghdad (AKI) - The death toll from the two suicide attacks on mosques in the eastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Friday may be more than 100, according to a member of the local council, Ibrahim Ahmed, who made his assessment after seeing the destruction caused by the blasts and the bodies that were trapped in the rubble of the damaged structures. The blasts occurred when the two Shiite Muslim mosques were packed with people who were there for Friday prayers.

[A Little Touch of Harry in the Night...] FUBAR: BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 -- Suicide bombers killed nearly 100 people Friday in one of the deadliest days of Iraq's insurgency, bringing houses down on sleeping families in Baghdad and shredding Shiite Muslim worshipers in two mosques in the eastern part of the country just as the victims turned their faces up to the preachers to hear their Friday sermons.

[OxBlog] JOHN MURTHA: "WE HAVE BECOME THE ENEMY": From an i...: 18 -- Suicide bombers killed at least 90 worshipers Friday inside two Shiite Muslim mosques northeast of the capital near the Iranian border, and a pair of car bombs outside a Baghdad hotel that houses foreign journalists destroyed a nearby apartment building and left several more people dead.No, we are not the enemy. Those were not American mosques that the terrorists bombed today.

[Aquarian Conspirators: ALERTS, NEWS, COMMENTARY, and the occasional Rant] IRAQ: DEATH TOLL IN MOSQUE ATTACKS MAY EXCEED 100: (AKI) - The death toll from the two suicide attacks on mosques in the eastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Friday may be more than 100, according to a member of the local council, Ibrahim Ahmed, who made his assessment after seeing the destruction caused by the blasts and the bodies that were trapped in the rubble of the damaged structures. The blasts occurred when the two Shiite Muslim mosques were packed with people who were there for Friday prayers.

[Dailywarnews.blogspot.com] Today in Iraq: THE TRAGEDY OF IRAQ: General Prosecutor in Al Musel Demands for Prosecuting the commanders of the Wolf Brigade. Al Musel - Nainawa's general prosecutor has demanded for taking action against the Iraqi security authorities, "which executed illegal operations of detention and investigation and has published confessions of detainees, under torture, in the press, without referring to the general prosecution in the province." He pointed out, "The marks of torture were clear on the faces of those who confessed on TV screens after they were detained by the Wolf Brigade, under the interior ministry." “The confessions that were screened on TV are suspicious” (thanks to JSNarins for the link)

[Iris.org.il] IRIS Blog: Local Muslim leaders used mosque public-address systems to urge Muslims to attack the churches. (No one was injured in the blazes.)

[Juancole.com] Informed Comment: 'The US should demand as a quid pro quo for further help that the Iraqi government announce an amnesty for all former Baath Party members who cannot be proven to have committed serious crimes, including crimes against humanity .The US should join the regular meetings of the foreign ministers of Iraq's neighbors, with Condi Rice in attendance, along with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, employing a 6 + 2 diplomatic track to help put Iraq back on its feet through diplomacy and multilateral aid.

[Back-to-iraq.com] Back to Iraq 3.0: According to sources, who remain anonymous, al Qaeda in Iraq and Jaysh al-Muhammad, one of the largest Ba’athist groups, staged the joint operation in order to attack and kill members of one of the security firms stationed in the Palestine. Journalists were not specifically targeted, but because the plan was to get the huge cement truck bomb under the Palestine and bring down much of the building, I’m told, it seems impossible that journalists would have escaped injury.