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One of our nation's best journalists quoted Shakespeare when he was going after Senator Joseph Mcarty for his Communist witch hunt in the 1950's. Edward R Murrow was the first that I know of to use this line. I am only a mere imitator. "The fault dear Brutus lies not in our stars, but in ourselves."



Suicide bombers attack police recruitment center

POSTED: 4:49 a.m. EST, November 12, 2006

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed at least 35 Iraqis and wounded 60 more Sunday outside the national police headquarters in western Baghdad, an emergency police official said.



The victims were among dozens waiting to join the police force outside the recruitment center in the Qadessiya district when the suicide bombers detonated their explosives belts.



At least 10 others died in four separate bombings, police said.



Four Iraqis died and 10 were wounded when a car bomb exploded near the Interior Ministry complex in central Baghdad.



Three Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a crowded street south of Baghdad in Yusufiya.



Two Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on a busy street in southwestern Baghdad's Radhwaniya district.



And one Iraqi was killed and 5 wounded when a car bomb exploded near an outdoor market in central Baghdad's Karrada district.



On Saturday, gunmen killed a truck driver and kidnapped 11 Iraqis after stopping four vehicles at a fake checkpoint south of the capital, Hilla police said.



At the fake checkpoint in Latifiya, about 25 miles south of Baghdad, gunmen took the four vehicles -- three minibuses and a truck -- along with the kidnapped Iraqis.



The Iraqis -- 11 men and three women -- were driving from Diwaniya to Baghdad for shopping when they were stopped. The gunmen left the three women and kidnapped the 11 men, the official said.



In other violence Saturday, two bombs planted in an outdoor market in central Baghdad exploded around noon, killing six and wounded 32 people, a Baghdad emergency police official said.



North of the capital near Baquba, a suicide car bomb explosion killed two people at the main gate of a police station in Zaghanya town, an official said.



Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi officer with the new Iraqi intelligence system as he was walking towards his parked car in the southwestern Baghdad neighborhood of Bayaa, police said.



Two civilians were killed and four more were wounded when a roadside bomb hit a car in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Zayuna, police said.



Iraqi police also recovered 18 bullet-riddled bodies in various neighborhoods around the capital Friday. Police were unable to identify the bodies.



The U.S. military said Saturday it has put up a $50,000 reward for anyone who helps find an American soldier kidnapped in Baghdad.



The 42-year-old Army Reserve specialist, Ahmed K. Altaie, was abducted on October 23 when he left the Green Zone, the heavily fortified section where the United States maintains its headquarters, to visit his Iraqi wife and family.



CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.



Before anyone thinks that what happened in Iraq is not their fault, please read on. Did you vote for George W Bush? I did and I regret it. Did you not bother with voting in 2004? Did you not even register to vote? I support our troops. They are following orders. The only other choice they have is court martial. Or a dishonorable discharge from the military could be in their future. That would make it difficult for them to find a job in the civilan world.



The Bush Administration did not have a plan of what to do in Iraq after Sadaam Hussein left office. They did not send enough troops to do the job in the first place. And God Forbid they have an exit statgery. These things were told by none other than Colin Powell. In case you do not know who he is, Mr Powell has been a general in the armed forces, served in the administration of at least two presidents (He was Dubya's Sec. of State before Condi) and served in Vietnam. I bet that Donald Rumsfeld paid no attention to one word Powell had to say about going into Iraq in the first place.



A grave mistake has been made. Those paying the ultimate price for it deserve the world's respect and gratitude. Their families deserve our prayers and support. The normal, everyday person in Iraq deserves to live in peace without the fear of insurgents killing them. They should not be dealing with what is happening over there now. I am not saying Hussein was a walk in the sun. He was evil. What I am saying that you do not try to get rid of one evil and unleased a dozen more in the process.



If you did not vote in the mid-term elections, the fault lies at your feet as well. The Democrats may controll Congress, but if you did not vote you cannot take credit for a bit of it.



The fault dear Brutus lies not in our stars but in ourselves. I doubt the members of the Bush administration will point the blame at the stars. However, I am sure not a one of them will stand up and hold themselves responsible for anything that has gone wrong here.

I found this little tidbit on yahoo news this morning.



New al-Qaida tape says 12,000 activated 20 minutes ago







CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in a new audio tape on Friday to have mobilized 12,000 fighters in the wartorn country.



The al-Qaida army has 12,000 fighters in Iraq, and they have vowed to die for God's sake" said Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, in an audio tape made available on militant web sites.



Also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, al-Muhajir became the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by the U.S. military in June.



Describing George W. Bush as "the most stupid president" in U.S. history, the al-Qaida leader reached out to the Muslim world and said his group was winning faster than expected in Iraq.



Now Bush and his administration can say that Al-Oaida is linked with Iraq. Once they tried to say that Sadaam Hussein and Osama Bin Liden were linked together in efforts to destroy the West. I am sure Hussein loved defying the West. I am also sure that Bin Laden and al-Qaida are determined to bring the West, particularly the United States, to its knees. What I do not believe is that al-Qaida was a major factor in Iraq before we went over there. We already had a huge problem with terrorists. Prolonged US presence in Iraq has made it worse.



Bush may not have meant to , but he has aided and abetted the enemy. The longer we are in Iraq, the more battle fatigued are boys and girls over there will become. The incidents of the rapes and murders of innocent Iraqis are just the beginning. We will have other soliders who have been in Iraq for far too long do similar things. The more this kind of stuff happens the more incensed the normal person in Iraq will become. This will make al-Qaida attractive to those who may have hated Hussein, but felt safer when he was in power. They will remember they did not have to worry about leaving every place they find for shelter just to stay one step ahead of the insurgents. They will remember that they did not have to worry about getting caught in the crossfire of sectarian violence. They will began to blame the United States. Soon they will hate the United States. It looks like we may creating terrorists in attempt to fight terrorism. One would think that this was not one of the goals of the Bush administration.

I have read two journals this morning that addressed the issue of people not understanding the VR manual about inductions into a coven. You can once you reach a level 5 be inducted without your consent into a house or coven. This is simply stated in the VR manual. I would think an intelligent person would read a site's rules before they join. I am an assistant coven master for the coven of Stone Guardians. I usually ask someone if they want to be in the Stone Guardians before I induct them. I do not want someone who will not work for the good of the coven.



If you cannot live with the fact that you may be inducted without your consent, maybe the Rave is not the site for you.