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 >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Increased security in Iraq for Shi’ite Ashoura
For the estimated 130 million Shi’ites in the world, today is Ashoura, the ceremonial commemoration of pain, which draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims.
Ashoura is also an occasion for an increase in tension between Shi’ites and Sunnis.
Pilgrims marched toward the Hussein Masoleum inflicting bleeding wounds on themselves with whip lashes and knife blades, in remembrance of the massacre in the year 680 of 72 Hussein followers.
www.asianews.it /view.php?l=en&art=5350   (618 words)

  
 dDH Vredessite: 'Nieuwe Oorlog': Is this man the mastermind of the massacres?
Ashoura, the holiest day of the Shia Muslim calendar, had been turned into slaughter at their holiest shrines.
Karbala was a massacre, and women and children were among the victims.
The Shia closed the streets of Baghdad for Ashoura marchers, even as their representatives on the US-appointed Governing Council demanded the presidency under the new constitution, to reflect their numbers.
vredessite.nl /andernieuws/2004/week11/03-07_massacres.html   (1689 words)

  
 Naharnet Newsdesk - 43 Killed in Ashoura Massacre in Pakistan
Naharnet Newsdesk - 43 Killed in Ashoura Massacre in Pakistan
The attackers struck in Quetta on the Ashoura holiday — the holiest day in the Shiite calendar — just hours after a series of coordinated blasts in Iraq hit major Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, killing at least 183 people.
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 List of massacres - profitable-forex-day-trading.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Massacre has a number of meanings, but most commonly refers to individual events of deliberate and direct mass killings, especially of noncombatant civilians, that would qualify as war crimes or atrocities.
Baibars destroys the city and massacres the population.
Baybars destroys the city and massacres the population.
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 Hazara.com - Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
First these terrorists find the weakness, and they are looking places where civilians are most vulnerable, and then they plan their attack with strategy that haven’t been seen and experienced before, thus no one in that region would be expecting the evil act.
After having a fresh memory of two massacres last year, these terrorists have done their act of evil and wicked again by opening fire in a crowded area, and killing about 50 of our innocent people.
The international community once again witnessed the massacre of innocent Hazaras by the same terrorist circuits who are involved in the killings of thousands of innocent human beings from the United States up to Indonesia, especially thousands of innocent Hazaras in Afghanistan.
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 FactsOfIsrael.com: The Muslim holiday of 'Ashoura': a bloody celebration of intolerance
The observance of Ashoura is one of the most important events in the Shia calender.
Ashoura marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Husayn, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in what is now Kerbala, Iraq.
Our sorrow during Ashoura is not because we worship Imam Ali or any other Imam, it is because we respect and appreciate the sacrifices of him and his family, just like you respect the ANZACS.
www.factsofisrael.com /blog/archives/000635.html   (11523 words)

  
 Sectarian Violence In Iraq Encyclopedia Article @ Forcibly.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Rebellions by Shiites and Kurds in 1991 just after the Persian Gulf War was met with a genocidal slaughter, more than 100,000 people from both groups were massacred.
The Ashoura Massacre of March 2, 2004, left more than 180 people dead in one of the bloodiest attacks of the insurgency.
Shia gunmen massacred 40 Sunni Muslims on July 9, 2006 in Baghdad.
www.forcibly.net /encyclopedia/Sectarian_violence_in_Iraq   (2602 words)

  
 Newsvine - How to Control a Society 101
1994 February 25: In the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Palestinian civilians in an attack in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
March 1: In the Brooklyn Bridge Shooting, Rashid Baz kills a Hasidic seminary student and wounds 4 on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City in response to the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.[5] June 18: Six Catholic men shot dead by Loyalists in a pub in Loughinisland, Co Derry.
June 1: 21 civilians, mostly teenagers from the former Soviet Union, are killed by a Hamas suicide bomber in the Dolphinarium massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel August 2: The last (at time of writing) IRA bomb on mainland Britain explodes in Ealing, West London, though there are no injuries.
thepef.newsvine.com /_news/2006/08/14/324345-how-to-control-a-society-101   (4945 words)

  
 Iraq: One year on
Events like the Madrid bombings and the Ashoura massacres form the background to the mass demonstrations by anti-war activists, trade unionists, and socialists across the globe on 20 March, as they show their opposition to US imperialism’s invasion and occupation of Iraq.
For example, in the run-up to Ashoura Day commemorations, traditional fl Shia flags were hung on the outside of official buildings, something that has never happened before in Iraq’s history.
Whoever was responsible for the Ashoura Day massacres, one thing is clear: the massacre in Kerbala and Baghdad was yet another blow to US and British imperialism’s failed campaign to win the peace in Iraq.
www.socialistworld.net /eng/2004/03/17iraq.html   (6763 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Iraqi Bomber Kills Five; More than 1 Million March in Ashoura Ceremony - U.S. & World
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims began several days ago descending on Karbala, where Hussein is believed buried, for ceremonies marking Ashoura, the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic lunar calendar.
Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, was massacred along with about 70 followers by an army of Umayyads, their rivals for leadership of the Muslim community, during a 680 A.D. battle in Karbala.
Last year, eight suicide bombers killed 55 Shiites in an Ashoura ceremony, while in 2004, at least 181 people were killed in 2004 by twin blasts at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and Karbala.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,184333,00.html   (1303 words)

  
 IRVAJ English -
The Ashoura Massacre in Baghdad and Karbala made Tuesday, March 2, Iraq’s bloodiest day since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Three million had turned out for the first time in three decades to observe the Ashoura festival commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of Muhammad, in 680.
Three blasts killed 58 people in Baghdad in and around the Kazimiya shrine and 9 explosions, caused by bomb cars, backed by mortars, grenades and rockets, murdered more than 100 in the shrine city of Karbala, 70 miles to the south.
www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2004&m=03&d=03&a=4   (888 words)

  
 The Wide Awakes » Islamofascist Suicide Bomber in OK City Identity Revealed
May 15: Ma’alot massacre at the Ma’alot High School in Northern Israel by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members: 26 of the hostages were killed, 66 wounded.
September 17: Sabra and Shatila Massacre: the murder of hundreds of Palestinian civilians at refugee camps by Israeli-backed Christian Phalangist militiamen.
January : Wandhama Massacre - 24 Kashmiri Pandits are massacred by Pakistan-backed insurgents in Indian controlled Kashmir city of Wandhama.
thewideawakes.org /archives/2005/10/03/islamofascist-suicide-bomber-in-ok-city-identity-revealed   (10364 words)

  
 Edu_Rss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Eta Massacre in Madrid On a morning when we might have hoped that here in Spain many would have been joyfully celebrating last night's Real Madrid victory, unfortunately we are complelled to address more sombre matters.
Deliberate and indiscriminate wickedness in Madrid This morning's mass murder of 180 commuters in Madrid comes a week after the massacre of 200 pilgrims in Karbala.
Massacre in Madrid On a morning when we might have hoped that here in Spain many would have been joyfully celebrating last night's Real Madrid victory, unfortunately we are complelled to address more sombre matters.
www.downes.ca /archive/04/03_16_Edu_RSS.htm   (13163 words)

  
 1476 oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
After deliberating for four days how to deal with his adversary, who had thus maladroitly placed himself at his mercy, Charles decided to respect the parole he had given and to treat with Louis (October 1468), at the same time forcing him to assist in quelling the revolt.
The town was carried by assault and the inhabitants were massacred, Louis not having the courage to intervene on behalf of his ancient allies.
At the expiry of the one year's truce which followed the treaty of Péronne, the king accused Charles of treason, cited him to appear before the parlement, and seized some of the towns on the Somme (1471).
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 FYI - Question time - DiscussAnything.com -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
October 13: Lufthansa flight LH 181 was kidnapped by a group of four Arabs around the leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud".
1978 March 11: Coastal Road massacre: Fatah gunmen killed several tourists and hijack a bus near Haifa; 37 Israelis on the bus are killed.
A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine".
www.discussanything.com /forums/showthread.php?t=85672   (5229 words)

  
 Today in History: March 2, Events, Birthdays, Deaths, Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Killington, Vermont vote to become part of New Hampshire.
Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics was held on March 1-2, 2003 at
www.pixeljoint.com /pixels/content/history/March_2.asp   (803 words)

  
 A Fistful of Euros: Comment on A Videotape and A Recantation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It might look strange, heartless even, to write this at this very moment but I have a problem with the attention to the Madrid-bombings compared to the attacks in Karbala on Ashoura.
I'll elaborate on this subject later: I realise that I am very implicit with this statement but most readers here understand my point already I suppose.
On the other hand, if we are to be true multiculturalists, we should respect the fundamentalist Muslim view that while we love life, Muslims love death.
72.18.130.37 /~rrhszkz/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=456   (1183 words)

  
 List of terrorist incidents infoTurkish.com Herşey Hakkında Türkçe Bilgi
Massacres more generally are listed chronologically at List of massacres; assassinations are listed by location at List of assassinated people.
January : Wandhama Massacre - 24 Kashmiri Pandits are massacred by Pakistan-backed insurgents in Indian controlled Kashmir city of Wandhama.
Massacre katliam kılıçtan geçirme kılıçtan geçirmek toplu katliam yapmak
www.infoturkish.com /Turkey/List-of-terrorist-incidents.html   (12456 words)

  
 Morbid: Death tolls « The General Paper
100,000–300,000 - Jews massacred in Poland by the Cossacks led by Chmielnitzki, (1648 - 1649)
Not all terrorist acts have been accounted for.
87,000 - Chinese massacres of Tibetan pro-independence protestors (Tibet, China 1959)
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 WTF Squad - Content
January 31: JRA—PFLP attack on a Shell facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait.
May 17: UVF detonates 3 car bombs in Dublin and one in Monaghan; 33 dead — the deadliest toll of any one day in Ireland's 'Troubles'.
March 11: Coastal Road massacre: Fatah gunmen killed several tourists and hijack a bus near Haifa; 37 Israelis on the bus are killed.
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 Correction Omniangels Middle East Karbala
When pilgrimages were once again permitted in Karbala in March of 2004, more than a million Muslim pilgrims attended.
Yet another tragedy occurred; however, when bomb attacks killed and wounded hundreds of pilgrims resulting in what is now know as the Ashoura Massacre.
The Middle East Karbala Correction Omniangels share this Sacred Site focal point with a group of Safeguard Omniangels, the Iraq Karbala Safeguard Omniangels; and a group of Virtue Omniangels, the Iraq Karbala Virtue Omniangels.
www.blessingscornucopia.com /Angels_Angelic_Orders_Correction_Omniangels_Middle_East_Karbala.htm   (693 words)

  
 Varifrank: July 2005 Archives
Muslim Leader of Syria Massacres Thousands of Muslim Civilians,Including Women and Children in Hamma Syria
Muslim leader of Iraq Massacres thousands with UN Outlawed Mustard Gas
Muslim leaders needlessly waste thousands of lives in reckless Human Wave attacks.
varifrank.com /archives/2005/07/index.php   (19203 words)

  
 Mideast Updates 3-6 - www.ezboard.com
West Bank and Gaza Strip remained sealed until end of Purim festival amid high level of terrorist threats.
Bremer: Al Qaeda terror operative Zarqawi carried out Ashoura massacre Tuesday, is hiding somewhere in Iraq.
Iraq’s Governing Council reconvenes Monday after two days consultations on standoff that delayed signing of key interim constitution Friday.
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 ARE we in a World War? You be the judge...
Known as the Ashoura Massacre, Al Qaeda carries out suicide bombings at Shia holy sites killing 181 and wounding over 500.
Three car bombs explode in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 32 and wounding 114, most of them Israeli tourists.
Beslan school hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia results in a massacre of children.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1449535/posts   (6912 words)

  
 Varifrank: Question of the Day: Is London Really Bush's Fault?
AFTER MASSACRE OF US TROOPS, PRESIDENT SETS NEW TONE IN FOREIGN POLICY; WITHDRAWLS ARMY IN DISGRACE, SENDS WORD OF APOLOGY TO SOMALI PEOPLE FOR TRYING TO FEED THEM.
RWANDA MASSACRES KILL 800,000– PRESIDENT SENDS HIS APOLOGIES.
SHOOTOUT AT TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD ARCHIVE RESULTS IN ONE WOUNDED REPORTER AS ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE PRESIDENT IS AN 'ALIEN DOPPLEGANGER' FAIL.
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 Lone Star Times » Friday Open Comments Thread
* January : Wandhama Massacre - 24 Kashmiri Pandits are massacred by Pakistan-backed insurgents in Indian controlled Kashmir city of Wandhama.
* March 2: Ashoura Massacre: Suicide bombings at Shia holy sites in Iraq kill 181 and wound more than 500 during the Ashura.
* May 29: Al-Khobar massacres, in which Islamic militants kill 22 people at an oil compound in Saudi Arabia.
lonestartimes.com /2006/02/24/friday-open-comments-thread-7   (10443 words)

  
 Home > Roosevelt Field, New York, NY, 11530, Roosevelt Field Real Estate, Roosevelt Field Yellow Pages, Roosevelt ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
25 - Corpus Christi Massacre (Mexico City, 1971)
7–60 - Massacre in Côte d\'Ivoire by French troops (Côte d\'Ivoire, 2004)
5 - Greensboro massacre (Greensboro, North Carolina, 1979)
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 Government: ** Terror Timelines.**   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
— Sept. 5, 1972: Munich Massacre —11 Israeli athletes are murdered at the Munich Olympics by a group calling themselves “Black September,”said to be an arm of Fatah, operating under Arafat's direct command.
— March 1978: Coastal Road Massacre —Fatah terrorists take over a bus on the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway and kill 21 Israelis.
* 19 - Patt junction massacre, (Israel, 2002)
www.rant-rave.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4395   (4328 words)

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