allanf
02-08-2007, 07:47 PM
Why do we care, if it happend in Australia do you think America would put it number 1 news headlines all over the nation, NO, other events occur but that are more serious that dont get a mention but when something tragic happends in America its very horrific to us Australians, look what has been happening in iraq the past week which hasnt even been mentioned on the news and you guys can think to yourselves which one is more sad.
ALLOW ME TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE WITH Recent Events in Iraq! Sunday 29 July: 59 dead Baghdad: roadside bomb, mortars and shootings kill 6; 17 bodies. Bihbisa: gunmen kill 5 residents. Baquba: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen; body found. Balad: mortars kill 6; suicide car bomb at police checkpoint kills 4 policemen; body found. Kut: 5 dead. Falluja: policeman and ambulance driver shot dead. Saturday 28 July: 44 dead Baghdad: car bomb, Karrada; sniper attacks, Adhamiya; 20 bodies. Muqdadiya: US troops kill motorist. Hilla: 2 women killed in bomb attack. Tuz Khurmato: 8 executed by gunmen. Garma: head found inside cooler. Friday 27 July: 44 dead Baghdad: freed hostage blown up in booby-trapped car, also gunmen kill engineer and his wife at home, Saidiya; 7 bodies. Karbala: up to 9 civilians reported killed in clashes with US forces, 2 children among them. Mosul: 4 killed in shootings, 5 women's bodies found. Mussayab: roadside bomb kills 2 women. Thursday 26 July: 139-153 dead Baghdad: 61-75 killed by truck bomb, in this year's 19th major attack (50 or more victims), Karrada; roadside bomb, Bayaa; 20 bodies. Among the dead in Karrada, Abdul Khaliq al-Habir al-Anbaki, a caricaturist in al-Mutamar newspaper, killed with 11 members of his family. The Association of Muslim Scholars reports the killing of 15 people during a US airstrike in Madaen, 14 of whom were members of the same family. Hilla: roadside bomb kills 5 policemen. Kirkuk: bomb in market kills 7. Falluja: roadside bomb kills 3, among them 5-year-old Ahmad Uthman Abid. Tal Abta: attack at police station kills 6. Wednesday 25 July: 93 dead Baghdad: 45 civilians killed in suicide bombings during celebrations, Mansour, Ghadeer; car bomb, Shaab; 8 killed in US/Iraqi raid, Sadr City; 2 people from the same family shot dead at home, Madaen; 18 bodies. Kirkuk: gunmen kill two farmers. Himreen: 4 heads found. Iskandariya: 5 bodies. Tuesday 24 July: 59 dead Baghdad: mortars, Husseiniya; 18 bodies. Baquba: 8 bodies. Hilla: suicide truck bomb close to children's hospital kills 27. Basra: mortars on Al-Sadr hospital kills 3. Monday 23 July: 86 dead Baghdad: bus explosion, Bab al-Muathan; car bombs, Karrada; gunmen attacks, Waziriya; bomb in football field, Wahda; 24 bodies. Mosul: KDP members assassinated; 5 killed in gunmen attacks; body found. Tuz: 3 bodies. Khanaqeen: gunmen shoot dead 5 people after setting up fake checkpoint. Khalis: gunmen shoot dead 2 people at fake checkpoint. Ramadi: attack on police checkpoint kills 2 policemen BUT NO HEADLINE NEWS ANYMORE !!!
ALLOW ME TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE WITH Recent Events in Iraq! Sunday 29 July: 59 dead Baghdad: roadside bomb, mortars and shootings kill 6; 17 bodies. Bihbisa: gunmen kill 5 residents. Baquba: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen; body found. Balad: mortars kill 6; suicide car bomb at police checkpoint kills 4 policemen; body found. Kut: 5 dead. Falluja: policeman and ambulance driver shot dead. Saturday 28 July: 44 dead Baghdad: car bomb, Karrada; sniper attacks, Adhamiya; 20 bodies. Muqdadiya: US troops kill motorist. Hilla: 2 women killed in bomb attack. Tuz Khurmato: 8 executed by gunmen. Garma: head found inside cooler. Friday 27 July: 44 dead Baghdad: freed hostage blown up in booby-trapped car, also gunmen kill engineer and his wife at home, Saidiya; 7 bodies. Karbala: up to 9 civilians reported killed in clashes with US forces, 2 children among them. Mosul: 4 killed in shootings, 5 women's bodies found. Mussayab: roadside bomb kills 2 women. Thursday 26 July: 139-153 dead Baghdad: 61-75 killed by truck bomb, in this year's 19th major attack (50 or more victims), Karrada; roadside bomb, Bayaa; 20 bodies. Among the dead in Karrada, Abdul Khaliq al-Habir al-Anbaki, a caricaturist in al-Mutamar newspaper, killed with 11 members of his family. The Association of Muslim Scholars reports the killing of 15 people during a US airstrike in Madaen, 14 of whom were members of the same family. Hilla: roadside bomb kills 5 policemen. Kirkuk: bomb in market kills 7. Falluja: roadside bomb kills 3, among them 5-year-old Ahmad Uthman Abid. Tal Abta: attack at police station kills 6. Wednesday 25 July: 93 dead Baghdad: 45 civilians killed in suicide bombings during celebrations, Mansour, Ghadeer; car bomb, Shaab; 8 killed in US/Iraqi raid, Sadr City; 2 people from the same family shot dead at home, Madaen; 18 bodies. Kirkuk: gunmen kill two farmers. Himreen: 4 heads found. Iskandariya: 5 bodies. Tuesday 24 July: 59 dead Baghdad: mortars, Husseiniya; 18 bodies. Baquba: 8 bodies. Hilla: suicide truck bomb close to children's hospital kills 27. Basra: mortars on Al-Sadr hospital kills 3. Monday 23 July: 86 dead Baghdad: bus explosion, Bab al-Muathan; car bombs, Karrada; gunmen attacks, Waziriya; bomb in football field, Wahda; 24 bodies. Mosul: KDP members assassinated; 5 killed in gunmen attacks; body found. Tuz: 3 bodies. Khanaqeen: gunmen shoot dead 5 people after setting up fake checkpoint. Khalis: gunmen shoot dead 2 people at fake checkpoint. Ramadi: attack on police checkpoint kills 2 policemen BUT NO HEADLINE NEWS ANYMORE !!!