More death and destruction as a result of these Islamic religious freaks. There really is no hope for these people, they are worse than beasts for killing their own kind.
And how many times have we read “… al-Qaida’s last stronghold in Iraq.” This is BS, the truth is that al-Qaida insurgents are everywhere. These people are even right here in the United States, so how can the article state that their last stronghold in Iraq is in some un-named northern city?
Quite frankly, I believe our military is totally clueless when it comes to knowing where these scum-bags are, what their targets are and when they’re going to strike. It’s like standing out in the middle of the night trying to eliminate the rat population armed with a broom. One rat runs out of a crevice and by the time it is swatted to death there are ten more rats running around. The bottom line is there is no way to get rid of all the rats; they live among the people, are quite skilled at hiding and reproduce, well, like rats. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
BAGHDAD – Twin suicide bombings killed four Iraqi policemen and a soldier in separate attacks Thursday, officials said, in a northern city long considered al-Qaida’s last stronghold in Iraq.
The noontime violence targeted a police checkpoint and an Iraqi army camp on opposites sides of Mosul, located about 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
A third attack west of the city was thwarted when police opened fire on a suicide car bomb speeding towards a cattle market in the nearby town of Tal Afar, blowing it up, according to a Mosul police officer
The police officials spoke on who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
Iraq’s security forces are frequently targeted as the American military prepares to end its combat mission in Iraq this summer, even as violence around the country has dropped sharply from when it teetered on the brink of civil war in 2005-07.
The worst of Thursday’s attacks came at a police checkpoint in western Mosul’s al-Shefah neighborhood.
Police said the suicide bomber with explosives strapped around his body blew himself up near the checkpoint around 12:30 p.m., killing four policemen and wounding four others. The casualties were confirmed by Mosul morgue official Saad Abdul-Moneim.
A half-hour earlier, two men detonated their explosives belts outside the main gate of an Iraqi army camp in eastern Mosul’s Kokjali neighborhood. The police official and Abdul-Munaim said one soldier was killed and five more wounded in the blast.
It was not known if the attacks were coordinated.
Mosul has long been known as an al-Qaida recruiting ground for suicide bombers and other Sunni insurgents. It resides on one of Iraq’s political and ethnic fault lines, and includes Sunni Arab, Christian and Kurdish communities.
The ability of insurgents to target Iraqi security forces raises worries about their ability to protect the country as all but 50,000 American troops leave by Aug. 31 — the first step toward a full American military withdrawal by the end of next year.
Meanwhile, a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad killed two policemen on a late morning patrol and wounded four others, said a police official and a medic at nearby Kindi hospital. Four bystanders also were injured, the officials said.
