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US troops shell Fallujah mosque
AFP ^
| April 16, 2004
| AFP
Posted on 04/15/2004 11:21:23 AM PDT by Eurotwit
THE second largest mosque in the besieged city of Fallujah was shelled by US forces today, an AFP correspondent witnessed.
The top of the minaret of the Hadret Mohammediya mosque and religious school was destroyed in the shelling at about 6.30pm (12.30am AEST).
Parts of the outer wall were also hit and most of the windows of the complex were destroyed.
US military commanders have said they would not shy from firing at mosques in the city if they determined they were being used by insurgents to attack troops.
The tenuous ceasefire in the restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, was unravelling today as occasional shelling could be heard in the town's industrial neighbourhood.
An Iraqi mediator earlier said both sides had agreed to a 48-hour truce extension from 9am (3pm AEST) yesterday to allow for two hospitals to reopen.
Hospital sources said five Iraqis had been killed and three others wounded in clashes between US troops and insurgents in Fallujah despite the truce which tried to calm days of clashes which have claimed hundreds of lives.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fallujah; iraq; muslims
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:21:23 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Let me guess - a sniper was in the top of the minaret - but somehow we will blame the American troops for attacking a religious building for no apparent reason...
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:23:15 AM PDT
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
To: Eurotwit
Well that screws up the call for evening prayers tonight.
To: Eurotwit
ROCK THE CASBAH!
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:25:37 AM PDT
by
Loyalist
(Liberate Hans Island from the Danish imperialist aggressors!)
To: Eurotwit
As they should!
It's only Gods house if Gods work is being done in it.
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:27:22 AM PDT
by
GottaLuvAkitas1
(Let's turn Iraqi sand into some useful glass!)
To: boxerblues
I'll believe it when I see it.
To: 2banana
Once they scrape him up, they'll be vindicated (actually they were when the first shot left the minaret).
God Bless our Troops!
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:27:56 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: boxerblues
Actually, a private with an AT4 was heard to say "Hey, watch this" seconds before the minaret disappeared in a cloud of smoke...
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:28:04 AM PDT
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
The people shooting from the Mosques care nothing about the mosques and are about as religious as John Kerry. They actually hope that the Marines will destroy the mosques in order to fire up other Iraqis.
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:28:29 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: 2banana
lmao ooops
To: Blood of Tyrants
The people shooting from the Mosques care nothing about the mosques and are about as religious as John Kerry. They actually hope that the Marines will destroy the mosques in order to fire up other Iraqis.
Exactly. They are hiding behind and using the norms of civilization against civilization, but they will not win.
To: Eurotwit
I hope the Marines take care of business.
Is Sadar getting all of those virgins ready for his thugs?
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:31:03 AM PDT
by
The South Texan
(The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
To: Eurotwit
Nothing sends the proper message like a fleet of D9 Caterpillars.
To: 2banana
Hey Y'all! Watch This!
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:31:17 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: Eurotwit
That's about time!! They can't run and now they can't hide. They'll have to fight like men and that they cannot do.
To: Blood of Tyrants
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, mosqueketeers, democ
rats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:35:29 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Eurotwit
The tenuous ceasefire in the restive Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, was unravelling today as occasional shelling could be heard in the town's industrial neighbourhood. And most of that was outgoing, trust me on that!
This is dated the 16th....it is still the 15th at GMT+3 for another ninety minutes. What's up with that?
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posted on
04/15/2004 11:37:58 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Coming to you live from HESCO city...)
To: boxerblues
He didn't get the message the his big hero Sadr surrendered Wrong verb tense. Sadr has not "surrendered", he is "negotiating" about surrender. And among Islamics, this generally means "talking about negotiating about talking about negotiating the possibility of surrending maybe, in order to buy time to fight some more".
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