Rocket hits BBC office in Baghdad
By John Amato Thursday May 08, 2008 9:00pmAnd the violence continues:
A Katyusha rocket hit Friday the BBC office east of Baghdad with no human casualties occurring.
The office employees told KUNA the rocket hit the editors department but did not cause any serious damages.
More from McClatchy and it's not pretty: Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq, Thursday 8 May 2008
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They better hurry up with that Disney Project
Time for McCain to go on another shopping spree with Lieberman and Graham. They can let us know that everything is "joyful" in Baghdad.
Obviously the rocket was sent by Al Qaeda/Shiite/Sunni/Iranian insurgents from Obama's minister Wright.
Cheney: Things Are Going ‘Swimmingly’ In Iraq
Cheney says thing are going " swimmingly. "
Dr. Biitter Hussein (Mission Accomplished) Matt @ 4:
Beat me by one minute. you have to be fast around here.
Being how I live here in the EU and see the news coverage here much more truthfull then CNN, I think its something out of the ordinary to rocket a BBC news station. The BBC covers the Iraq war with far more grit and truth then CNN. Iam just wondering who the BBC pissed off enough to warent a rocket attack? Some groups, ppl, etc, isint happy with the bbc. Might they be covering a story that has yet to air about the iraq war and some ? were sending a message?
anything is possible as we now see in Iraq. There are other EU news stations that cover more of the ugly side of war, then just showing some burned out car bomb. I think that showing the real horror of war, just might wake the war pigs supporters up!
Just saying,,,
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Swimming!
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Um, Tony Blair? Paging Tony Blair ............
Bloody Swimmingly
Warfare in Beirut: more Mideast trouble for Bush, U.S. allies
McClatchy Newspapers - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
WASHINGTON— Iranian-backed Hezbollah's seizure Friday of large swaths of Muslim Beirut in a blow against the U.S.-backed Lebanese government is the latest in a string of setbacks to U.S. allies in the Middle East and the latest bad news for President Bush from a region that he set out to remake five years ago.
Heres a little tidbit I found to be interesting.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24545735
How long has this fubar war been going on now? 5 years?
And their just now putting the right armored vehicles into Baghdad.
This admin truly is fucked up.
L.A. Confidential @ 11:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, is killing and injuring innocent civilians in Lebanon.
The Bush administration accused Iran and Syria on Friday of fueling ongoing violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country's western-backed government.
Iran Iran Iran
L.A. Confidential @ 13:
And the plot thickens.
Iran on Friday accused the United States and Israel of fueling the deadly sectarian fighting in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority.
L.A. Confidential @ 14:
Enjoy your summer guys,
we're in for an October Surprise.
Nope, not going to say it . . . .
*
mudshark hussein @ 12:
I don't think you can make that argument anymore.
It's not 'this administration....'
It's not 'the Neocons.....'
It's not 'the Republicans....'
It is, in fact, us. The person looking at you in the mirror.
We are letting the Democrats suck Bush off.
We are getting ready to elect a fool for President who will no more pull us out of Iraq than he would...
Show up to vote....
Stand up for the Constitution....
Penalize the TelCos for their breaking of the law....
Tune in next year and you'll be singing the same tune...along with everyone else here....
I got one question for ya, and yeah I stole it from Biden so sue me pal, that question is:
'Then what? Then what Mr. Progressive Activist?' What are you gonna do when Hillary/Obama announces that our forces must stay in Iraq for...
Oh...a hundred years....
JoGoBamma(formerly Jo) @ 15:
If not sooner then that.
The dems are funding it and nobody will stop it.
They own it and can build whatever they want.
L.A. Confidential @ 18:
CRAWFORD, Texas, May 9 (Reuters) - The United States is conferring with the U.N. Security Council and others in the Middle East about possible measures against those responsible for the recent violence in Beirut, the White House said on Friday.
The White House has accused the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah of inciting the violence in the Lebanese capital and routing forces loyal to the U.S.-backed government.
"no human casualties"
are reporters now considered less than human?
ya....we are "winning" the war
oh and look how bush has made the middle east so stable
if i were barack obama, i would be the one to drop out of the race
who the fuck in his/her right mind wants to become president in the midst of this shitpile?
Blimey, those terrorists blokes are bloody blighters, what?
L.A. Confidential @ 20:
the only thing we can do is send in planes...which we saw by the israeli/hizbollah war of last summer...doesnt do much, but cause death to civillians
we cant send in ground troops....we dont have them
unless, this is a lead up to a bombing of iran...and then i want a full investigation as to who really is funneling monies to hizbollah
can everyone say..."covert cia operation"?.....i knew that you could
L.A. Confidential @ 20:
While I think they will try to start something with Iran over this, I feel we're pretty safe for the time being.
But that S.O.B. is a power hungry "War Time Preznit". So yes, there is reason for concern.
We simply don't have the forces or strength , To make a move on Iran.But again, That S.O.B. will try something, given the chance.
Maybe America will put their foot down now?
Condi was recently in the area, wasn't she. Naturally.
Whatever happens next will not be good. Hug the people that you love and stock up on supplies.
The 19% of Americans who still support Bush do so because they think he is bringing on the end times. The worse things get, the better job they fell Bush is doing.
A.Citizen @ 17:
A Citizen
I have to agree.
Neither Hillary or Obama are walking their talk.
They're both currently serving as US Senators and both have an influence on the direction the sail is set.
Ken @ 6:
I hear that. Now-a-days I'm inclined to do a lot of things half-fast.
A.Citizen @ 17:
Hey, I was against this war before it even started, so don't lay that bullshit on me pal.
And HRC and Obama was not my first or second choice for that matter.
Take your condescending attitude and ram it up your snout.
Take a hike pal, and don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.
Unfortunately, there's precedent for this. Against the wishes of other NATO nations, so the word went, General Wesley Clark had decided to bomb Serb television. CNN had been tipped off and withdrew its staff from the building prior to the missiles hitting the target.
'Once you kill people because you don't like what they say, you change the rules of war'
http://www.revisionisthistory.org/nato1.html
Here is Glenn Greenwald's latest on the Pentagon Propaganda Program.
If it weren't temporarily suspended those con men would be out selling their snake oil saying that everything in Iraq is swell.
I for one am pounding on this drum until it is center stage. That was an ILLEGAL Propaganda Program pure and simple.
Just the other day I was part of conference call to constituents by John Dingell, my representative.
There were not many questions, they were softballs. I cued up to ask a question. His staff came on the line and I unloaded.
1) No FISA compromise, no warrantless wiretapping, NO RETROACTIVE IMMUNITY.
2) Where is the outrage in Congress over the Pentagon Propaganda Program.
Suddenly the conference was over, there were no more questions. I did leave a voice mail.
Do I wonder if Dingell didn't want to talk about those?
mudshark @ 29:
How do you really feel Muddy? lol
Captain Bitter Elitist Hussein Kangaroo @ 32:
grumpy, why ? : )
The Kuna link doesn't work for me. Were the BBC offices targeted?
Rico @ 30:
Yeah, and we know the Bushies would never deliberately target the news media in Iraq. [snark] Nor would I put it past the Bushies to do a black ops against the BBC using Katushas.
L.A. Confidential @ 11:
But, but, but herr dubyah has been telling the world that his middle east democracy spreading experiment is changing the face of the world!
The MSM is ignoring the Pentagon propoganda scandal, first reported by the NYT and now 8000 pages are available online. The idea was to recruit military "analysts" to help sell the Iraq war. One of Petraeus' first acts was to meet with these so-called analysts.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_pro...
http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/milanalysts/
Friar Tuck @ 7:
its doesnt seem to be reported by the BBC either on its news website.
ferrofluid @ 38:
Yeah, I didn't see it either.
Trittydi @ 16:
I wonder if it was 23 minutes early, that would have been poetic or karma... :)
A.Citizen @ 17:
Their are two kinds of reality; the way things ought to be; and the way things are. It doesn't matter who gets elected. The troops are coming home. We are out of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. The only people in this country with the money to fight this war are the richest 1%. You think for 5 minutes they are going to write a blank check to the Pentagon. I'll file that one under a cold day in hell. They already bled the poor dry. They don't have any money. Hell, half of them are about to lose their homes. The only reason this war has gone on as long as it has is to protect the ego of Bush. It won't matter. The historians will still judge him as the biggest douche-bag ever to sit in the White House.
mudshark @ 29, plus all the other great people who are here tonight, thank you. My feelings exactly.
Captain Bitter Elitist Hussein Kangaroo @ 2:
they can pick up scarves for Stewart and O'LIElly.
L.A. Confidential @ 11:
where's the evidence of Iran?
CoIntelPro against Repug DoucheBaggery @ 44:
You're behind the times CoIntelPro, we don't need evidence anymore.
JoGoBamma(formerly Jo) @ 15:
U agree.
I agree, sorry
Friar Tuck @ 7:
Have we forgotten what happened to Al Jazeera in Iraq in the early stages of the occupation?
I wonder what the headlines would read like if a rocket hits the future Disneyland style ride: "It's a Small World"
or maybe they will just rename that ride: "It's a Small World War" ????
Funny. I thought the war in Iraq was over, for all the coverage it received this week on CNN. (NONE)
Keep in mind that back in 2005 Cheney also said the Katrina relief effort was going swimmingly.
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