Bombs kill 35 and Injure 60

   A truck blast blew up in Iraq while worshippers were leaving a Sunni mosque killing 35 people and injuring 60 or more.

   There were also massive protest over the detention of Amar al-Hakim on Friday by around 8,000 people near the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf.

   I often wonder if Bush orders the U.S. military to do these stupid things just so he can incite the Iraqis to more violence. It would be in George's favor, after all.

AP 

"The detention of al-Hakim represents an insult to the Iraqi people," said Hassan al-Shebli, a 45-year-old store owner who was among the protesters. "The Americans should avoid such irresponsible acts if they want to establish stability in the country."

Hundreds also took to the streets in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City and the southern Shiite cities of Karbala and Basra to protest the detention and call for an investigation.

But the protests were relatively small considering the influence of the al-Hakim family, indicating they were mainly aimed at sending a warning to the Americans.

"What happened is unacceptable," Shiite lawmaker Hamid Majid Moussa told Al-Forat television. "The Iraqi government and the American forces must put an end to such transgressions," Shiite lawmaker Hamid Majid Moussa told Al-Forat television.

 

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