Comments on: At Least 30 Killed in Baghdad Mosque Bombings http://news.antiwar.com/2009/07/31/at-least-30-killed-in-baghdad-mosque-bombings/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: couscous http://news.antiwar.com/2009/07/31/at-least-30-killed-in-baghdad-mosque-bombings/comment-page-1/#comment-3190 couscous Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:53:21 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=5270#comment-3190 <a href="http:\/\/wire.antiwar.com\/2009\/06\/26\/motorcycle-bombs-kill-20-in-baghdad-attacks-5\/" target="_blank">Don’t forget that the bombings are almost always blamed on the occupation since there were none before the invasion.</a> <i>Followers of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose movement is gearing up to contest national elections on Jan. 30, blamed the Americans for the recent bombings, saying they were using them as an excuse not to withdraw completely. Sadrist protesters took to the streets in Baghdad's Sadr City district and other cities after Friday prayers, burning American flags and denouncing the violence. "The latest criminal acts inside Iraqi cities are clear proof that there will be no withdrawal and that the occupier is trying to find pretexts to stay in our holy land," al-Sadr aide Salman al-Fraiji said.</i> Don’t forget that the bombings are almost always blamed on the occupation since there were none before the invasion.

Followers of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose movement is gearing up to contest national elections on Jan. 30, blamed the Americans for the recent bombings, saying they were using them as an excuse not to withdraw completely.

Sadrist protesters took to the streets in Baghdad's Sadr City district and other cities after Friday prayers, burning American flags and denouncing the violence.

"The latest criminal acts inside Iraqi cities are clear proof that there will be no withdrawal and that the occupier is trying to find pretexts to stay in our holy land," al-Sadr aide Salman al-Fraiji said.

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