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Excerpts; link below; my emphasis.
"The country's Shiite political leadership on Monday angrily denounced an American-backed military raid on a Shiite compound that left at least 16 people dead, as political leaders suspended talks over the formation of a new government."
"President Jalal Talabani said he would lead a joint Iraqi-American committee to investigate the incident, but the governor of Baghdad halted cooperation with the American government and Shiite militiamen made a show of force in eastern Baghdad vowing retaliation against American troops."
"In the village of Kasak, between Mosul and Tal Afar, a man wrapped in explosives detonated himself at an army recruitment center, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 30 others, an official at the Interior Ministry said. The center is located in front of a joint American-Iraqi military base, though the American military said that no American troops were wounded in the attack. "
"There was something tragically wrong, and it's got to be explained or it's going to be seen by many to be a crackdown on certain political factions in Iraqi politics," said Haydar al-Abadi, a top advisor to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. "We are facing a crisis."
"The assertion that worshippers were among the victims gained widespread currency on Monday, even if it was in dispute among Shiite officials.
"Entering the Mustafa Shiite mosque and killing worshippers was unjustified and a horrible violation from my point of view," Interior Ministry Bayan Jabr told the Al-Arabiya television news network. "Innocent people inside the mosque offering prayer at sunset were killed."
Jawad al-Maliki, a deputy of Prime Minister Jaafari's Dawa Party, accused the American command of committing "an ugly crime" that "has dangerous political and security dimensions intended to ignite the fire of civil war"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/27cnd-iraq.html?ex=1301115600&en=b0759741840ddd3e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
"The country's Shiite political leadership on Monday angrily denounced an American-backed military raid on a Shiite compound that left at least 16 people dead, as political leaders suspended talks over the formation of a new government."
"President Jalal Talabani said he would lead a joint Iraqi-American committee to investigate the incident, but the governor of Baghdad halted cooperation with the American government and Shiite militiamen made a show of force in eastern Baghdad vowing retaliation against American troops."
"In the village of Kasak, between Mosul and Tal Afar, a man wrapped in explosives detonated himself at an army recruitment center, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 30 others, an official at the Interior Ministry said. The center is located in front of a joint American-Iraqi military base, though the American military said that no American troops were wounded in the attack. "
"There was something tragically wrong, and it's got to be explained or it's going to be seen by many to be a crackdown on certain political factions in Iraqi politics," said Haydar al-Abadi, a top advisor to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. "We are facing a crisis."
"The assertion that worshippers were among the victims gained widespread currency on Monday, even if it was in dispute among Shiite officials.
"Entering the Mustafa Shiite mosque and killing worshippers was unjustified and a horrible violation from my point of view," Interior Ministry Bayan Jabr told the Al-Arabiya television news network. "Innocent people inside the mosque offering prayer at sunset were killed."
Jawad al-Maliki, a deputy of Prime Minister Jaafari's Dawa Party, accused the American command of committing "an ugly crime" that "has dangerous political and security dimensions intended to ignite the fire of civil war"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/27cnd-iraq.html?ex=1301115600&en=b0759741840ddd3e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss