Suspected al-Qaida bomb levels Baghdad hotel

UPI ^ | 3-17-04 | Mitchell Prothero

[Dog]

The quicker we get Zarqawi the better..

[CindyDawg]

This just happen?

[secretagent]

Demonstrate that the US cannot provide security. Attack moderates who might cooperate. Hope that the US and Iraqis cooperating with the US will retaliate against innocents, to recruit from the revenge pool.

This has worked in other countries.

[Indy Pendance]

This is the first story I've seen that links this possibility.

[rageaholic]

typical muslim terrorist operation, they soil their own nests.

[Lawgvr1955]

It wouldn't hurt if there was such a thing as "the collective anger of the Iraqi people" to these attacks of Muslim/Iraquis against Muslim/Iraquis.

[CindyDawg]

Oh, ok. I just got here and didn't see anything else. With the difference in time zone I thought it might have just happened. Any updates on injuries?

[dogbyte12]

As "culturally insensitive" as it may be, perhaps the pork option isn't a bad idea. How about just protecting targets with a vat of pork fat encased in plastic. It's less offensive than shooting them with pork, yet at the same time, we let it be known that they will be covered in swine if they try a suicide routine.

[Indy Pendance]

Last I read, 28 dead, 41 wounded.

[New Horizon]

No, it happened this morning. This post may actually eliminate the need to wallow through the 1000+ post "live" thread on the incident, where you have the usual FReeper personal attacks in every other post.

I'm not being sarcastic.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah I found it after posting but mostly chat now. I went back several posts and didn't see any updates.

[Cap Huff]

He's been linked to the Madrid atrocities as well --- no surprise.

[McGavin999]

This doesn't make any sense at all. I really do think it was a case of premature detonation. This is not an area worth targeting with that size bomb. The hotel only had between 10 and 15 guests and they were basically Arab, and the rest was homes. I think something happened to a truck bomb that was intended to detonate some place where they would kill far more than 25 people.

This thing looks more like a mistake than an intentional bombing. Stupid target, waste of a suicide bomber, it just doesn't make sense.

[Dog]

I tend to agree..

[Boot Hill]

"The quicker we get Zarqawi the better."

Problem is, our best asset for capturing Zarqawi (and Ibrahim al-Douri), is the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which is currently assigned to Afghanistan to hunt down bin Laden, Zawahiri and Omar.

--Boot Hill

[WV Mountain Mama]

I'm not too worried about being offensive. Blast 'em with pork. I'm sick of their crap. Maybe we could use pork grease like Holy Water at the borders, everyone that goes through has to get a dab.

[New Horizon]

As "culturally insensitive" as it may be, perhaps the pork option isn't a bad idea.

Do you really think that would be a deterrent?

Some imam or mullah would immediately create some addendum to the quran declaring that it would be acceptable to be intermingled with pig-parts in any attempt to defeat the evil Crusaders.

These freaks just make it up as they go. Just like mohammed did while he was raping 9 year old girls and gleefully killing the infidels.

If the muslims are so afraid of pigs, we should be flying in millions of swine as opposed to 200,000 troops...or making a bunch of pork laden cluster-bombs, or something.

I think this whole pig argument is probably overrated...but I wish it wasn't because I'd rather never eat bacon, pork-roast, or anything pig-related ever again than to see one more of our troops die fighting these assholes.

[Poincare]

...looks more like a mistake than an intentional bombing

Reminds me of the Weatherman townhouse explosion. Getting 1000 pounds plus of plastique and shells into a car is difficult not to mention making the car undrivable. I wonder if some stored munitions went off. ( The CBS evening news acted as if this "resistance" action refuted Cheney's critique of Kerry. Sheesh)

[Coop]

This post may actually eliminate the need to wallow through the 1000+ post "live" thread on the incident, where you have the usual FReeper personal attacks in every other post. I'm not being sarcastic.

No, you're just exaggerating greatly.