Abrams'd!

Old city lost! Reclaim it! Defend the old city walls!

/enemy territory dork

Holy Shiite Batman!

/had to be done

Oh oh, the Shiite is about to hit the fan !

Holy Shiite Shrine. Nice.

Great headline.

What? No mention of the desertions of iraqi troops/officers?

/not suprised

That's gold Jerry,....GOLD!!!
(Kill em' All!!)

While "signs of the apocalypse" has become a cliche, isn't this, in fact, one of them?

Whats GWB gonna do when Al Sadr gets elected president (assuming he lives that long)

I hope they flatten it.

Git 'er done!

Does anyone else see the inanity of Iraqi insurgents bombing their own people, city, and heritage? All suicide bombers who operate in their homelands are idjits.

TheDirtyNacho-Dyamite planted! They've breached the old city wall! Defend the anti-tank guns!

This is the most holy site in all of Shiite Islam. If we take it out, maybe we can really start shaking their faith. After all, must not be so high on God's list if He let it get destroyed, right?

/looking at YOU, Mecca

followup to...?

Let's see...Crusaders attacking the holiest Shiite shrine. What could go wrong?

Another disaster coming in Iraq. Oh well, this series of disasters was inevitable. On March 19th, 2003, the die was cast. The only thing yet to find out is the exact nature of the debacle and how bad it will be.

Shrine on you crazy diamond.

Yay! Let's kill that "shiite head"

mess with mecca and we're all farked. and it wont just be the muslims, the international community will be pissed.

"Whats GWB gonna do when Al Sadr gets elected president (assuming he lives that long)"

Probably go on vacation.

Anybody for a game of Civilization? Doesn't owning the Great Wall wonder prevent an invasion? Tanks rule!

Why is it we have to kill these particular people again?
I keep forgetting.

See, Canyoneer, that's exactly the wrong kind of thinking. We need to defeat the enemy, and the best way to do that is to destroy everything they hold sacred.

2004-08-16 12:00:42 PM QuesoDelicioso
I hope they flatten it. "

See? This is a perfect example of why America will never win the war in Iraq, and always be hated by the Arab world. Complete, mind boggling ignorance.

"You men form a human shield around me!"

haha. go karts.

Oh God no, not the International Community! What -ever- will we do?

No, Cormee, not ignorance. A choice.

Funny headline -- took me a sec to get it.

Kinda stupid using that as your base of operations to fight the evil American infidels.

Glass. Parking. Lot.

the situation is getting very delicate. it may be sadr will deliberately try to lure the troops into doing some damage. we don't really have any idea, but i would imagine there must be underground areas, also does anyone actually know for sure where sadr is? how many are in the shrine?

it will be a test of the us army, they should be up to it

So, non-ignorant folks, tell me, why exactly these people deserve this sort of treatment? What reasoning is there behind turning them into ashes?

Turning them into ashes is easier than house-breaking them.

/got less than nothing

They chose to hole up in their religion's holiest shrine while defying a vastly superior force, so the the blame is theirs when the shrine goes up like a roman candle.

I think it should be pointed out that the Shiites, the folks we ostensibly were saving in Iraq, are now the group we're fighting against.

If Americans were truly aware of the importance of the shrine and cemetery in Shia Islam, we likely wouldn't be in such a hurry to blow the places up, as zero good will come of it in the long-term.

I really don't understand our massive gripe with al-Sadr. Yes it's a rebellion, but maybe we could.. you know, negotiate.

Our troops should not even be responsible for this.

CNN is already reporting that Sadr's folks will blow up the Mosque:

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.main/index.html

Twenty-five heavily armed foreigners holed up inside the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf have rigged it with explosives and are threatening to blow up the building if attacked, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday in a written statement.

I dunno. I'm sure it's a nice mosque and all, but this is kinda win/win. They blow up the mosque instead of facing defeat. We are done with them. The locals get upset at insurgents for destroying mosque. It might anger the radicals, but they were angry anyway.

ok tough guy

Ahhhhh but if the Muslims were destroying say, the Vatican, then it would be OK, cause it's war, right?

OTOH, history has taught all religions that holy places don't mean shiite when it comes to war.

poloomacho

Why they knocked down the twin towers of course! No wait.. Nevermind.

What's to know? The shrine is the resting place of Imam Ali, son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad. Like I said before, destroy it and shake the religion. It is, as they say, a high-value target.

So many of you make me ashamed to be American.

And those "Shiite" jokes..comedy gold! I do tell you!


Farking tossers.

Where no doubt these dipsh*ts are holed up, waiting for the Marines to blast their church to rubble so they can garner world sympathy for their inherent stupidity. It should be obvious to the world community that these people are using religion as a cover for their political motives. But it isn't. Tell me again that this endeavour into Iraq was worth the price.

These "holy warriors" are morons. They strike me as 5 year olds with Kalashnikovs.

I think we here in the United States should just admit to the world that we have been conquered by satan and be done with it.

We are killing the people who Saddam persecuted and who are troops died to liberate.

"shake the religion"? is that like disturb the hornets nest? then what? just aggitate the moderates as well as the fanatics for the sheer joy of it? whats the benefit?