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None of this surprises me .... it's been expected by me ever since the first day the US invaded Iraq. It was a must leave by our military forces ..... yesterday ..... yesteryear ..... and I am very very sorry that more Iraqis will die because of the West's presence in Iraq .... but it's the nature of the beast when invaders, invade, and locals collaborate with the invaders. I suspect many more will die before any US footprints are finally erased from Iraqi soil/sand. IMHO

This thread will track some progression of sectarian violence post US military forces departing Iraq.





http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/22/iraq-violence-thurs.html
Baghdad death toll rises in bombings
Worst violence in months co-ordinated to wreak havoc as U.S. leaves country
The Associated Press
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 4:48 AM ET

Iraqi officials say a car bomb exploded near a cafe in western Baghdad, killing five people and pushing the day's death toll for a series of blasts to 65.

The explosion Thursday evening followed a string of at least 14 other blasts that went off in the morning across the city. It devastated nearby shops and damaged cars.
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The bombings may be linked more to the U.S. withdrawal than the political crisis, but all together the developments heighten fears of a new round of sectarian bloodshed like the one a few years ago that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war.

Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz and company are murderers...

this is a known fact

But I heard on Rachel's show that as early as 5 months ago, the American people preferred the republiklans running congress over the Democratic folks running congress, 46 to 41% (recent days that has flipped due to tax issue)

That at this point over 40% of this population could still want these domestic terrorists running things, well, i can assure you it has convinced me of what the future will bring...and while I care about the Iraqi people and what these murderers have done to their society, I will only have time and energy to focus on my own society and how those same murderers are trying to murder me and my children and my wife.

Point well taken about the BushCo murderers. They've weakened our nation from within causing many citizens to become 'at risk' while also making us top targets abroad in the world. Mission Accomplished.

much to be considered about the reasons and origins of violence in Iraq.

Michigan companies closer to part in Iraq projects

with the private contractors, security and otherwise in place we should not discount their proximity or ability or their interactions. they certainly have an interest in continuing violence wether by directly carrying them out or provoking them.

10 days later ....... the payback handwriting is on the wall.




http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns- ... 4031.story

Allawi says Iraq headed for "sectarian autocracy"

Jim Loney Reuters

10:03 a.m. CST, December 28, 2011


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The head of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said Iraq "stands on the brink of disaster" and issued a list of demands on Wednesday in a political crisis triggered by charges against a Sunni leader.

Iraqiya leader Iyad Allawi, in an editorial for the New York Times, said Iraq was heading towards a "sectarian autocracy that carries with it the threat of devastating civil war."

Sectarian tensions are running high in Iraq ten days after the last U.S. troops pulled out. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, accused of running death squads.

and here it comes .... the undoing of Western Democracy forced into place. al-Sadr will not go away... and, in fact, some think that he'll take charge of Iraq. US "Opposes "! Really? What will we do? Go back in??




http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... ament.html
Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Iraqi political bloc loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr called for parliament to be dissolved and new elections held as sectarian tensions increase.

“The existing political partners cannot reach solutions and there are blocs carrying out foreign agendas while others work with terror,” said Baha al-Araji, head of the al-Ahrar bloc, which has 39 seats in the 325-member parliament.

Tensions between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite- led allies and Sunni politicians have intensified since a warrant was issued last week for the arrest of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni, on terrorism charges.

The case comes amid concern that the pullout of U.S. troops will leave a security vacuum in Iraq, which seeks investment and expertise to develop the world’s fifth-largest crude reserves. Iraqi crude oil production has jumped to the highest level in at least 20 years, or more than 3 million barrels a day, Hussain al-Shahristani, deputy prime minister for energy affairs, said Dec. 22.

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The U.S. would oppose dissolution of the Iraqi parliament, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said today.

This week we so far have this ......



http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2012/January/middleeast_January88.xml&section=middleeast&col=
Boycott, walkout mar Iraq parliament session
Ahmed Rasheed and Serena Chaudhry (Reuters)

3 January 2012
BAGHDAD - Members of the Sunni Muslim-backed Iraqiya bloc boycotted Iraq’s parliament and cabinet on Tuesday, accusing Shia Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s bloc of governing alone in a power-sharing coalition that was supposed to ease sectarian tensions.

The political turmoil that has stoked concern of renewed sectarian strife erupted as the last U.S. troops were leaving in mid-December, when Maliki sought the arrest of a Sunni vice president and asked parliament to remove Maliki’s Sunni deputy.


..... and then this:


http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2012/jan/05/iraq-bombings-targeting-shiites-kill-78/
Iraq bombings targeting Shiites kill 78

By The Associated Press

Posted: January 5, 2012

BAGHDAD — An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled out last month.

The attacks come ahead of a Shiite holy day that draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across Iraq, raising fears of a deepening of sectarian bloodshed.

The attacks began during Baghdad’s morning rush hour when explosions struck the capital’s largest Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City and another district that contains a Shiite shrine, killing at least 30 people, according to police.

Several hours later, a suicide attack hit pilgrims heading to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing 48, police said. The explosions took place near Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad.

The new improved 'democracy' in Maliki's Iraq post US military forces departure.




http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/2 ... 8E20120124
Car bombs kill 14, wound 75 in Iraq capital
2:52pm GMT

By Kareem Raheem

BAGHDAD | Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:31pm GMT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four car bombs exploded in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding 75, underlining a political crisis that threatens to revive sectarian strife in Iraq.





http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worl ... 49209.html
Iraqi authorities hang 34 people in a single day

BAGHDAD : More than 30 people were executed by Iraqi authorities on Thursday following their conviction for various crimes, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. It is the largest number of confirmed executions within a single day in years.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said she was shocked to learn that 34 people, including two women, were executed in Iraq on Thursday. "Even if the most scrupulous fair trial standards were observed, this would be a terrifying number of executions to take place in a single day," she said.

The United Nations believes at least 1,200 people have been sentenced to death in Iraq since 2004, but the government is reluctant to release official figures. The UN said at least 63 people are thought to have been executed since mid-November of last year.

I'm afraid I don't understand the point to the thread. Other than the Bush Administration, I'm not aware of anyone who wasn't convinced that, once we left the violence between those battling for control would sky-rocket.

Perhaps we also need a thread about barometric pressure and rain, or perhaps wall switch positioning and the related incidents of light bulbs illuminating?

Despite the author's attempt to align Obama with Bush, as he often does (unfairly in this case as with most), it is a good thing to remember, wars never work out well for anyone other than the pricks that start them for profit reasons...

Where the holy bat-sh*t do you guys get that I'm aligning Obama with Goober????!!!!!!!!

Of course this Iraq afterbirth is still Goober's clusterf**k!!! It's been Mission Accomplished in Iraq ever since Goober and DickWad started jerking themselves off over this f**king ME wet dream during BushCo's insane 8 yrs!!!!

The last I heard, US military forces are next door in Kuwait. USAF is clearing permissions to fly over Iraq. US PMC / contractors are still all over in Iraq. Bad shit is still going down in Iraq. What's so f**king hard to figure out???!!!

you just did it right here, again

look, we get your deal, trust me...my deal is republiklan politicians and many republiklan rank and file are poison to our country, literally poison...anything that detracts from a full on ELECT NO REPUBLIKLANS approach is annoying to me

Did what??!! There's still (war/conflict) 'action' taking place inside Iraq!! The thread clearly states that it's a watch thread after US military (combat) ground forces has pulled out of Iraq and that's exactly what the thread is doing. There's nothing here in this thread crucifying the Prez.