Very bad news in Najaf:
Four holes, about 12 inches (30 centimeters) by eight, are visible on the [Imam Ali] shrine's dome, AP cited one of reporters as saying. They appeared to have been caused by machinegun fire, it said.
I would not be surprised if Bush had never heard of this shrine.
- jim 5-14-2004 6:31 pm

According to this AP story in the Boston Globe:

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, said he was unaware of the damage to the shrine, but said: ''I can just tell you by the looks of where we were firing and where Muqtada's militia was firing, I would put my money that Muqtada caused it.''
It is very curious that Sistani has been so quiet. I doubt it can go on much longer.
Reports of the damage to the shrine, which includes the tomb of the son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad, Imam Ali, were widely reported across the Middle East by Arabic language television stations.

- jim 5-14-2004 7:34 pm [add a comment]


Stop desecrating yourself. Stop desecrating yourself.
- mark 5-15-2004 8:34 am [add a comment]





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