CIVIL WAR
"Let us pray in this hour that nothing can divide us, and that God will help us against the Devil! Almighty Lord, bless our fight!? -- Adolph Hitler to the SA in 1930."OCCUPIED BAGHDAD, New Iraq -- In the northern city of Tal Afar, there were reports that militants were in control and that Shiites and Sunnis were fighting in the streets, a day after two car bombs killed at least 20 people. Police Capt. Ahmed Hashem Taki said Tal Afar was experiencing "civil war." Journalists were blocked from entering the city of 200,000.14 U.S. Occupation Soldiers Killed in 3 Days in Iraq As of Tuesday, at least 1,643 U.S. military personnel have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003.
U.S. army facing huge desertion problem in Iraq warThe images of bombed villages and desperate people, of dogs eating corpses thrown into a mass grave, and the most constant of all is the image of a young Iraqi girl, no more than eight or nine, all but one of her arms severely burned and blistered and the sound of her screams.
Attacks, Kidnappings Claimed by Al-Zarqawi (copyright 2005 U.S. Government)
Aug. 19, 2003: A truck bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad kills 23, including top U.N. envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
May 11, 2004: Kidnapped American businessman Nicholas Berg is beheaded while being videotaped, and the voice of the knife-wielder is identified as al-Zarqawi's.
Sept. 30, 2004: Bombings in Baghdad kill 35 children and seven adults as U.S. troops hand out candy at the inauguration of a sewage treatment plant. Al-Zarqawi's group claims responsibility for attacks that day, but it is unclear if these include the explosions that killed the children.
Mundus Vult Decepi - The World Wants to be Deceived