Iraq Claims Emergency As Insurgency Flares

[OKNancy]

With all the headline changing that Yahoo is doing on this story, I think it's best to re-post. Thanks to all of you on top of this story, and sorry your posts were locked as duplicates.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq


Iraq Claims Emergency As Insurgency Flares

By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday, as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah. Insurgents escalated a wave of violence that has killed more than 50 people the past two days.


Heavy explosions were heard in Baghdad as government spokesman Thair Hassan al-Naqeeb announced the state of emergency over the entire country except Kurdish areas in the north.


"It is going to be a curfew. It is going to be so many things, but tomorrow the prime minister will mention it," he said. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi will give more details Monday, he said.


Al-Naqeeb declined to say whether the announcement signaled an imminent attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah, saying, "We have seen the situation is worsening in this area. Any obstacle will be removed."

[maddezmom]

1. thanks OKNancy and about the explosions

Two blasts heard in central Baghdad


BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A powerful explosion rang out in central Baghdad on Sunday, witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on what had caused it.

The blast at midday (0900 GMT) shook windows in a central area. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage.

A smaller explosion echoed across the Iraqi capital nearly an hour later, witnesses said.

A U.S. military spokeswoman said she had no information on either of the blasts.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07695016.htm

[maddezmom]

2. 21 shot dead in Iraq police station massacre

RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead 21 policemen, execution style, in Iraq (news - web sites), one day after a scourge of car bombs and clashes against police and local government targets killed 36 people.


The renewed violence against symbols of Iraq's US-backed government came as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi looked set to mount an offensive on rebel-held Fallujah, in the heart of Al-Anbar province, where the police massacre occured.


About 200 gunmen ambushed the main police station in Haditha, a town 200 kilometres, (120 miles) west of Baghdad, and another smaller station in the nearby village of Haqlaniya, said a local police officer.


"The attackers disarmed the police, gathered them together and then shot them dead," he said of the Haditha raid.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=4&u=/afp/20041107/wl_afp/iraq_unrest_041107113701

[maddezmom]

3. 12 Iraqi Guardsmen Abducted, Executed

NAJAF, Iraq - Militants dressed as police abducted and executed 12 Iraqi National Guards who were traveling home to Najaf, an official with a leading Shiite party said Sunday.



The 12 men were kidnapped near Latifiyah, an area of frequent violence bout 20 miles south of Baghdad, said Abu Ali al-Najafi from the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (news - web sites), known by its acronym SCIRI.


They were heading home to Najaf on Thursday after a visit to Baghdad when the kidnappers, disguised as policemen, stopped their convoy, said al-Najaf, speaking from SCIRI offices in Najaf. The 12 were seized along with the convoy's driver, though a 13th guardsman escaped.


The assailants, who later identified themselves as members of a group calling itself the al-Furqan Brigade, tortured the driver, breaking his arm and sending him off with a ransom demand to their relatives, for payment of $1,000 for each "headless body of their dear one," Al-Najafi said.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_guardsmen_executed

[maddezmom]

4. Iraqi Declaration of State of Emergency - statement

Here is the Iraqi government statement declaring a state of emergency, read to journalists in Arabic and translated by The Associated Press

"Because of the continuation of a pattern of violence and terrorism and the daily operations of mass murder so that even children and women have not been spared, and that are committed by terrorist intruder groups against the sons of our people and in an indiscriminate manner, and because these groups went too far in practicing various malicious methods in their persistent attempt to paralyze the state's activities through their organized criminal practices of murder that reached the sons of our people, and because of these groups' deliberate destruction of the country's infrastructure on daily basis, and to block these groups that are pursuing their goal to hinder the correct democratic process, represented by holding general elections in all the country, and given that the government has exhausted all possible means and has made all the necessary and expansive contacts to include everyone in the peace process, instead of resorting to violence, we decided to declare a state of emergency in all parts of Iraq (news - web sites) with the exception of the region of Kurdistan for a period of 60 days starting the date this decision has been issued, based on the stipulations of Article No. 1 of the National Safety Law No.1 for the year 2004.


"The ministers must implement this decision on the basis of the requirements to provide security and to issue the necessary orders in the areas where it has been specified to start implementing the national safety law."


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=2&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_emergency_statement

[FlashHarry]

5. Martial Law. Great. Welcome to 'democracy.'

[maddezmom]

6. Two British troops injured in Iraq attack

LONDON (AFP) - Two British soldiers were injured in a suicide bomb attack near their base southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Ministry of Defence in London said.



"We are aware of an incident that happened at 9:22 am local time near Camp Dogwood," a ministry spokeswoman said. "There are two casualties. They are with the US medical chain. They have been airlifted out by the Americans."


She confirmed to AFP that the soldiers had been targets of a suicide bomber, and that both had been seriously hurt.


The two soldiers were thought to be part of the Black Watch regiment, although they have not been named and their next of kin have yet to be informed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=8&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_britain_attack_041107152039

[maddezmom]

7. 52 Killed In Spate Of Attacks In Iraq, 60+ wounded

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&ncid=716&e=16&u=/washpost/20041107/ts_washpost/a30508_2004nov6

[alcuno]

8. Oh sure, NOW it's an emergency. What changed this week?

Who's going to enforce the curfews? Anybody? Anybody?

[leftchick]

15. F- Troop anyone?

Honestly, this is all beyond sureal. The whole world knows the US is fucked in Iraq except ameriKans. You reap what you sow morans....

[maddezmom]

9. Iraq Militants Threaten to Kill Three Jordanians

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Islamic group threatened to behead three Jordanian drivers on Sunday unless Jordan bans local firms from transporting goods to U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites).


"The Jordanian government has responded with indifference and failed to issue a statement banning dealings with the infidel American forces," said a member of the Army of Islam-Counter Attack Brigades on a video released to Reuters.


"We will subject them to the knife and kill them viciously unless the Jordanian government responds to this order in 48 hours," the masked man said.


The three men were among four Jordanian drivers kidnapped in western Iraq last week. The fate of the fourth is unknown.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=5&u=/nm/20041107/wl_nm/iraq_jordan_dc

[tandot]

10. Thanks, Bush. Hope you are proud for causing a Civil War in Iraq

Great job...strong leadership...well planned and executed war...what a great Commander in Chief you are... / sarcasm

[JusticeForAll]

11. It's not politically timed

My ass.

This Administration is so incalculably cruel and corrupt.

[maddezmom]

12. propaganda war begins:Iraq Broadcasts Foreigners' Confessions

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_arab_terrorists

[maddezmom]

14. please rate the story

You have given the news article Iraq Broadcasts Foreigners' Confessions a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 3.66 with 9 vote(s).

[lakeguy]

24. 3.69 with 16 vote(s)

[bluedog]

13. Bush Supporters in Church Today

Bush Supporters in Church Today


While the people they voted to continue slaughtering are dying faster than ever.

The preachers will deliver sermons giving thanks for dead Iraqis.

Then everyone will get in their SUVs and go shop at WalMart.

[Rose Siding]

16. In fact, that's EXACTLY what they'll do...

snip>
He is 29. She is 27. They have a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a 6-month-old, and they are considering having one more. They oppose abortion, favor a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman, and want more Supreme Court justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. They eat at home and shop at Wal-Mart. They homeschool their 5-year-old and are members of the nondenominational Church on the Rise, which is ''committed to helping families hold down the family fort in the 21st century," according to its literature. Its senior pastor said 90 percent of the 1,200 congregants voted for Bush.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2004/11/07/for_evangelical_family_bushs_victory_due_to_values_prayer/

As long as the electrodes aren't attatched to THEIR genitals, it's all good!

[TaleWgnDg]

34. Has our illustrious Commander-in-Chief . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
dropped the hydrogen bomb over Iraq, as yet, for the *good* of the Iraqi people? You know, clean em up for good, once and for all!?

Bomb them for Jesus!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Demeter]

17. You Know, Folks, This Isn't An Insurgency

This is a Revolution, like the one that started US on its way. And the US has much less of a chance of stopping Iraq than George III had of stopping US. They outnumber us, they have far more money on hand, plus the added pressure of oil, they have friends and we can't even buy some, and they have martyrs while our boys and girls have no desire to die for Mad George's mad plans. But most of all, they are fighting for their homes, so they have God and the right on their side. We do not, never did, never will.

[leftchick]

18. we have been saying that here for over a year now....

They are resistance fighters, that is how the world sees them as well. The only place that sees them as "anti-Iraqi" is right here in muriKa.

[maddezmom]

19. Commanders Give Marines Pep Talk in Iraq

as the commander send his troops to slaughter and to be slaughtered. And the CNN embed just said the military is going to be keeping track of kills on their hand??? WTF is this. :puke:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=2&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_countdown

[bluedog]

20. in our local the picture was

of soldiers lined up for "prayer"...st. pete times fl.

[maddezmom]

23. pro-* voters should read what they voted for: Marine readies 'angels' for

Marine readies 'angels' for journey home

~snip~

Scattered amid the bodies was a letter from one soldier's parents pleading with him to be careful. From another, a photo of a girlfriend; from a third, a sonogram of an unborn child; and from a fourth, a carefully folded letter meant for the soldier's family that began "If you're reading this something really bad has happened to me."

By the time Cotnoir, a 32-year-old sergeant from Lawrence, came across these possessions, the soldiers that owned them were dead: burnt to death inside their trucks, shot in the chest, or ripped apart by shrapnel.

"What you see out there, it's a real smash to reality," Cotnoir says, reflecting on his seven-month tour in Iraq. "You can't really prepare for it."

Cotnoir's job as part of the mortuary affairs unit was to recover dead soldiers and Marines from the battlefield, clean them up the best he could, inventory their belongings, and send them home.

more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/07/marine_readies_angels_for_journey_home/?rss_id=Boston%20Globe%20--%20City%20/%20Region%20News

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. Who'd have thought a Genesis fantasy song could become social commentary?

iii. IKHNATON AND ITSACON AND THEIR BAND OF MERRY MEN
Wearing feeling on our faces while our faces took a rest,
We walked across the fields to see the children of the West,
But we saw a host of dark skinned warriors
standing still below the ground,
Waiting for battle.
The fight's begun, they've been released.
Killing foe for peace. . . bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang...
And they're giving me a wonderful potion,
'Cos I cannot contain my emotion.
And even though I'm feeling good,
Something tells me I'd better activate my prayer capsule.
Today's a day to celebrate, the foe have met their fate.
The order for rejoicing and dancing has come from our warlord.

[TomClash]

21. Democracy, no - Martial law, yes

Way to go Bush

[Briar]

22. The new Saddam shows his colours

Meanwhile, Bliar's lies are shown up again. 450 Black Watch have re-deployed north of the Euphrates. Mission creep. Exactly what he denied was happening, the creep.

[ydya]

25. Nice to see that freedom is marching along nicely. Martial law

is the ultimate expression of freedom. Citizens of Iraq, you are now free to recognize that a Saddam dictatorship is bad but a Bush dictatorship is liberation. Enjoy the tortu....er....freedom camps.

And subjects of the Divided States of Amerikkka dont forget, when one of the relatives of the 2,00,000 dead Iraqi civilians strikes America in retaliation, blame the democrats. And then justify this war in retrospect as a pre-emptive strike against Iraqi terrorism. It is the moral and valuable thing to do.

[Straight Shooter]

26. This is exactly what bush wants because a deteriorating Iraq means a draft

Got to protect Murika, ya know?

[malletgirl02]

27. I knew I was right

At my discussion section last week for comparative politics this Rabid Republican kid claimed that everything was going great in Iraq. I knew what he was saying was complete bullshit. When he said that, I laughed, and I hardly every openly show my contempt for people, but it just pissed me off how he could think he could get way with such bullshit.

[truthseeker1]

28. Freedom is on the march

What the hell difference is martial law going to make??

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Useful for Allawi's election prospects

Prime Minister has power* to:

Impose a curfew for a short, defined period in areas facing serious security threats

Restrict the freedom of movement, assembly and use of weapons by Iraqis or foreigners suspected of crimes

Cordon off and search an area if its inhabitants are suspected of possessing weapons

Freeze the assets of those accused of insurgency

*Under the National Safety Law passed in July

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3990141.stm

Some of which might come in useful for hindering his opponents in the run-up to the election.

[Journeyman]

35. Well, the article says the state of emergency will only last. . .

60 days, which means the opposition parties will have, what? Two, maybe three weeks to decide on a candidate, put together their political campaign, and do all their stumping and assorted advertising before Allawi is declared the winner in a rigged election. Ah, yes, 21st Century democracy, where the ugliness of vox populi needn't intrude on the schemes of the artificially empowered.

[mhr]

30. Insurgents Protecting Their Country From Enemies Domestic and Foreign

When we will do the same?

From the US Declaration Of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

[flying_blind]

33. Our Media kills a Troubling Story that the Rest of the World Saw

The allegation that Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi shot seven restrained prisoners (killing six) in a fit of anger—with a number of witnesses present—is certainly newsworthy.

But, remarkably, the U.S. media has chosen not to cover it, preferring to accept official denials. The foreign press is not so trusting. The disconcerting result is that we simply aren’t getting the same picture of Iraq that citizens of every other English-speaking country see.

If you haven’t caught the story, here’s how Australia’s leading daily, the Sydney Morning Herald broke it on July 17th:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0716-01.htm

“Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days before Washington handed control of the country to his interim government, according to two people who allege they witnessed the killings.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0729-11.htm

[Judi Lynn]

36. He's morally challenged. Just call him Prime Minister, why not?

He definitely has everything _Bush and company look for. Just ask Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, whose regime, beloved of _Bush has actually BOILED prisoners alive before rendering them tortured to death.

_Bush has such high standards. See this site for more ilumination: http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/us-and-uz.htm



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Who can imagine U.S. Presidents as we envisioned them, in naive security in our grade school desks, setting these demons in place as our puppets in their countries?

[cubsfan forever]

32. How long before

the s-elected Hitler and his Nazi Brownshirts declare all of the US under martial law? Oh, I forgot: Patriot Act III, coming to a theocracy/dictatorship near you.

Professor 2

[maddezmom]

37. another headline change: U.S. Seizes Part of Iraqi Guerrilla Area

[high density]

38. It looks like the whole story has changed now

????

Here's the story that was covered in the post that started this thread: http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041107/ap/d8674s080.html