These religious Muslim freaks are worse than wild beasts. In the meantime, Muslims here in the United States continue crying out that they’re being discriminated against. This is like members of the Mafia, who are not hit-men or in any way violent, complaining they’re being discriminated against simply for belonging to the Mob. Duh?
The sad part is that the United States government is sucking up to these people. Yet, what can one expect, really? We live in this ever-more politically correct environment where it has become almost a crime to call a spade a spade. And needless to say the spineless politicians will never denounce religious groups for fear of being persecuted and more importantly, losing votes.
This world has become one BIG hypocrisy. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
Photography: Reuters
BAGHDAD – The death toll for a grisly hostage situation at a government building in northern Iraq continued to rise Wednesday as grieving families buried the victims and Iraqi officials questioned how it could have happened.
Gunmen wearing explosives belts under military uniforms charged into the provincial council building in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Tuesday afternoon, shooting hostages execution-style, and spraying bullets and grenades throughout the building during the five-hour standoff.
Dr. Raied Ibrahim, the health director for Salahuddin province where the attack took place, said 57 people have so far been counted dead and 98 wounded.
Funeral processions on Wednesday crisscrossed the nearby city of Samarra, where officials said many of the victims lived, while those from Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, had mostly already been buried.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he would launch an investigation into how the government compound could so easily be overrun by insurgents.
“Such crimes will not deter our people and security forces from chasing and eliminating them,” al-Maliki said. “The criminals who planned and carried out this crime will not escape punishment.”
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad called the siege a “horrific act.”
“This attack demonstrates yet again that violent extremists are determined to undermine the stability, sovereignty, and self-reliance of a democratic Iraq,” the Embassy said in a statement.
No group yet has claimed responsibility for the strike. But Iraqi officials were quick to blame al-Qaida in Iraq for the slaughter, noting that execution-style killings and suicide bombers are hallmarks of the extremist group.
