Comments on: Samarra Shrine Bombed Again http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:38:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tlaloc http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/comment-page-1/#comment-133252 Tlaloc Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:18:15 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/#comment-133252 I've read some reports that it was an inside job done by some of the Iraqi troops tasked with protecting the shrine. That would answer your question. I've read some reports that it was an inside job done by some of the Iraqi troops tasked with protecting the shrine. That would answer your question.

]]> By: Triumph http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/comment-page-1/#comment-133241 Triumph Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:31:37 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/#comment-133241 <blockquote>Not good. My understanding, from an NPR report this morning, is that U.S. and Iraqi Shiite troops were guarding the shrine at the time. How sabateurs were able to pull this off despite that safeguard is unclear.</blockquote> Come on! This is clear evidence that the escalation is working wonders. This is a move of desperation on the part of the terrorists and indicative that the insurgencies are in their last throes.

Not good. My understanding, from an NPR report this morning, is that U.S. and Iraqi Shiite troops were guarding the shrine at the time. How sabateurs were able to pull this off despite that safeguard is unclear.

Come on! This is clear evidence that the escalation is working wonders. This is a move of desperation on the part of the terrorists and indicative that the insurgencies are in their last throes.

]]> By: Andy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/comment-page-1/#comment-133229 Andy Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/samarra_shrine_bombed_again/#comment-133229 Short of a 500,000 troop lockdown, does anyone actually think the American presence can reduce sectarian violence by any amount? Short of a 500,000 troop lockdown, does anyone actually think the American presence can reduce sectarian violence by any amount?

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