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"Iraqi Governor Is Assassinated"
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 20 - The governor of a southern Iraqi province was assassinated today by a roadside bomb, officials said, in the latest attack to open up the prospect of escalating violence among Shiites.
The killing of the official, Muhammad Ali Al-Hassani, was the second time this month that a provincial governor was assassinated. On Aug. 11, the governor of Qadisiya Province was killed in a roadside bomb attack in a southern region that has been a battleground between Shiite factions.
In today's attack, Mr. Hassani was leaving his house in the Rumaitha area of Samawa in Muthana Province for his office when he and a number of his security personnel were killed by the bomb, an Iraqi army commander said.
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|8.20.07 @ 1:51PM|#
Okay, everybody form a circle.
Good, good. Ready? On three.
One, two, three...
FAP 2 3 4
FAP 2 3 4
FAP 2 3 4
FAP 2 3 4
FAP 2 3 4
Russ 2000|8.20.07 @ 1:51PM|#
If the US invading Iraq causes Iraqis to kill Iraqis, Bush might decide invading Iran is a good idea.
Anonymo the Anonymous|8.20.07 @ 2:10PM|#
But what about all the Iraqi governors who weren't assassinated today?
|8.20.07 @ 2:12PM|#
Stop trying to confuse us with facts. We're going to wait for General Petraeus to tell us how things are going in Iraq.
|8.20.07 @ 2:15PM|#
Peaceful days demonstrate that the plan is working, and we need to stay the course.
Bad days demonstrate the severity of the threat, and why we need to stay the course.
It's the ONDCP statistics scam all over again.
Double Hog Back Growler|8.20.07 @ 2:47PM|#
SCHOOLS!!!!
FRESHLY PAINTED SCHOOLS!!!!
ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS IN PLACE IN SAID SCHOOLS!!!
FRESH PAINT!!!!!!!
SCHOOLS!!!!!
e|8.20.07 @ 4:11PM|#
FAITH-BASED ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS IN PLACE IN SAID SCHOOLS!!
Double Hog Back Growler,fixed that for ya!
Deliver Us From Vendetta|8.20.07 @ 5:18PM|#
With Iranians killing Kurds and Turks massing troops on the border with Iraq and a U.S. Presidential Election coming soon to a poll booth near you . . . it is a perfect storm for a war with Iran.
D.H.B.G.|8.20.07 @ 5:54PM|#
oooh! right! good call, "e".
(love your hit, "hello cruel world" from 1992, by the way!)
|8.20.07 @ 7:17PM|#
Double Hog Back Growler,
Nice middle finger!
Bart Simpson|8.20.07 @ 11:16PM|#
I didn't do it. It was the owner of the Kwikee Mart.