Friday January 6, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

Yesterday was the most bloody day in Iraq since the United States officially pulled out in December.

A series of coordinated bombings rocked Iraq. At least 72 Shiites were killed and many more were injured.

On one side of the country, pilgrims on their way to the Shiite holy city of Karabla were attacked by a suicide bomber. Others were killed and injured as roadside bombs exploded. One unexploded bomb was found. All the targets were Shiite pilgrims.

At the very same time, in the northern part of Baghdad, in the almost exclusively Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyeh, another series of explosions rocked the neighborhood.

These attacks are picture perfect examples of al Qaeda attacks against Shiites.

The internal conflict between Shiites and Sunnis will continue to foment. Al Qaeda wants to take advantage of this conflict and will continue to pound away at Shiite targets in Iraq.

To people who support al Qaeda, the Shiites represent heretics and they must be killed.

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