This'll be short and to the point--today, apparently, Shites went rampaging down some neighborhoods, looking only for Sunnis, and
executing dozens in cold blood.
Women and children were also targeted. I'm not sure that anyone really cares anymore--let me rephrase that...nobody is shocked anymore--but this is just stunning. Apparently, residents tried calling the Ministries of the Interior and Defense, but got no response. I'd love to know the sect that leads both of those Ministries...
Some bits below:
From both CNN and MSNBC (links above):
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen roaming a Baghdad neighborhood on Sunday killed at least 40 unarmed Iraqis as soon as they identified them as Sunnis, emergency police said.
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Gunmen -- mostly "young reckless teenagers" -- started to pick up Sunni youth and execute them in public, while others went door-to-door looking for Sunni families who stayed behind, Makki said.
After warning one Iraqi woman she had 10 seconds to leave, the gunmen killed her and her children, Makki said.
Wow. Now targeting women and children. And then there's the question as to why nobody (police???) came to help:
The violence continued for eight hours, Makki said, blaming the Ministries of Interior and Defense for not responding, and saying U.S. forces responded too late to stop most of the killings.
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Deputy Prime Minister Salam Zikam Ali al-Zubaie, a Sunni, called the attack "a real and ugly massacre," and threw responsibility on Iraqi security forces that are widely believed to have been infiltrated by Shiite militias blamed for the surge in recent sectarian attacks.
The whole read sounds like a complete nightmare. Wanton, daylight attacks on civilians based soley on sect divisions. Will the media FINALLY cop to the notion that, yes, Iraq is now in a full-blown civil war?
I'm guessing someone will be writing another diary just like this in a few days, this time documenting the destruction the Sunnis just laid on the Shites. Lather, rinse, repeat. Thanks George for your brilliance in this theater. Digusted I continue to be.