Thank you our heros that gave all.
RIP
May God comfort and provide peace to all the familys and love ones.
May God also be with the family and friends of these Iraqis that perished while seeking freedom for their country and fellow Iraqis.
Posted on 02/13/2005 7:12:05 PM PST by BlackVeil
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen assassinated an Iraqi general and two companions in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Sunday, and election officials said an alliance of Shiites won the most votes in the Jan. 30 elections.
On the military front, three U.S. soldiers were killed when their vehicle rolled into a canal Sunday, the military said. The men from Task Force Danger were on a combat patrol near the town of Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad, the U.S. command said in a statement.
In violence in the north, insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy and a government building near the city of Mosul, leaving at least four people dead, hospital workers said. Two Iraqi National Guard troops were also killed while trying to defuse a roadside bomb.
U.S. hopes for a larger NATO role in Iraq suffered a setback when German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Sunday rejected calls for the alliance to protect U.N. operations there. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan also ruled out a U.N. security role.
The United Iraqi Alliance, a Shiite dominated list of candidates backed by Muslim clergy, won the most votes in the Jan. 30 balloting for a 275-member National Assembly, officials said Sunday. A Kurdish alliance was second; U.S.-backed interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's list was third.
The vote was the first free election in Iraq in over 50 years and the first since Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was ousted from power after the U.S.-led invasion. The new assembly will elect a president and two vice presidents, who then will choose a prime minister, who will form a government
Sunni Arab extremists, fearing a loss of their privileged position, have accused the Americans of manipulating the election to install Shiites and Kurds in power. Sunni Arabs, an estimated 20 percent of the population, form the heart of the insurgency, and many of them boycotted the election.
In the Baghdad assassination on Sunday, the gunmen struck as Brig. Gen. Jadaan Farhan and his companions were traveling through Baghdad's Kazimiyah district, an Iraqi police officer said on condition of anonymity.
A claim of responsibility for the attack in the name of al-Qaida quickly surfaced on a Web site that often posts statements by Islamic militants. The claim described the brigadier general as a senior commander in the Iraqi National Guard and the guard commander at Taji camp, an American facility about 15 miles north of Baghdad.
There was no way to verify the claim's authenticity.
In the battle just north of Mosul, insurgents fired on the convoy in Al-Qahira district, leaving at least four people dead and two wounded, doctors at the Al-Jumhuri Teaching Hospital said.
Insurgents also fired a rocket at the governor's building in Mosul, killing one woman and one man, as well as injuring four others, officials at the hospital said. Two Iraqi National Guard troops were killed on Mosul's airport road while trying to diffuse a roadside bomb, police said.
NATO's role in Iraq has been limited to a small training mission in Baghdad and logistics support to a Polish-led force serving with the U.S. coalition. Iraq war opponents led by France and Germany have prevented the alliance developing a wider role, and have refused to send their own troops, even on the training mission.
Fischer, Germany's foreign minister, said his country would not veto a NATO decision to do more, if it was backed by the other 25 allies. But he insisted "we will not be sending soldiers to Iraq."
Fischer emphasized German efforts to help Iraq in other ways — through military and police training outside the country, economic aid and debt relief.
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Thank you for the links, and military families should get support at the moment.
http://www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com/flash/UntilThen.swf
May God comfort those who mourn.
Dang. Tough road ahead, to be sure. IMO, freedom will prevail.
Over the next few weeks, a reaction will start about the election. A lot of people were waiting for the election, thinking that this or that might be solved, which it isn't.
The Shias are ready to cry foul that they have been told they got 48% of the vote. To them, it looked 65% or more.
I found an on-line Iraq-American dictionary. Just for grins, I decided to see if Shi'ite translated to anything Americanese ---well, well, well the answer is a big time yes. It translates directly to Democrats.
Thank you our heros that gave all.
RIP
May God comfort and provide peace to all the familys and love ones.
May God also be with the family and friends of these Iraqis that perished while seeking freedom for their country and fellow Iraqis.
This is very sad news.
'U.S. hopes for a larger NATO role in Iraq suffered a setback when German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Sunday rejected calls for the alliance to protect U.N. operations there.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan also ruled out a U.N. security role'
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