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Suicide bomber kills 49 at Iraq funeral

reuters.com — A suicide bomber struck a funeral in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing 49 mourners and wounding 55 in an attack that suggests militants have launched a new campaign of violence in the north.

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  • yellowcakewalk, on 04/18/2008, -40/+21How's that quagmire going, BushTards?
    • AresDiggs, on 04/18/2008, -8/+19Yes bush is an idiot... and no matter how much bush ***** up on the whole Iraq thing, that does not make him responsible for someone deciding to blow 49 innocent people to bits at a funeral...

      So ***** you for thinking you are the coolest guy on the internet for taking a shot at bush
    • ironpirate, on 04/18/2008, -5/+2Too bad that suicide bomber didnt get you, what a shame
  • gojcaj, on 04/18/2008, -1/+62That's ***** up.
    • nullx42, on 04/18/2008, -4/+1God *****. You know what would have been awesome? if the bomb failed.. awkward.. but at least then the family members could ***** tare him to ***** *****. This makes me loose hope in us as a species. I really hope we just vanish in to nothingness. Digg me down all you want.
      • stubear, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2I dug you down but not for your comment. It's T-E-A-R and L-O-S-E, unless talking about weeds or you're dropping hope all over the ***** place.
  • mark076h, on 04/18/2008, -12/+6Another day, Another bombing in Iraq Whats new?
  • thesparrowband, on 04/18/2008, -2/+35what an *****
    • bs0l, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3what a bitch
    • schrutefan, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1This guy makes the Phelps' look like candy stripers.
    • bloggerjul, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2I don't believe in hell... but I wish there was really such a place for that ***** to spend eternity into...
  • funzo, on 04/18/2008, -1/+7damn...
  • TopSlacker, on 04/18/2008, -4/+77No matter how you feel about the war in Iraq, this kind of attack shouldn't be acceptable anywhere in the world.
  • Zlorp, on 04/18/2008, -19/+57Funerals for everyone!
    • Akaji, on 04/18/2008, -3/+15I laughed at that :(
      /hell
    • belteshazzar, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1unfortuantely i did too ... see you in hell.
    • kagebutsu, on 04/18/2008, -4/+1I was expecting a comment just like this.
    • dualboy24, on 04/18/2008, -1/+23Its sad how people find it funny, but if it was a bombing in a western country you would be dugg so far down...
      • Zlorp, on 04/18/2008, -1/+17i know, it sickens me how out of all of the concerns people have about the war, and reasons we claim we have to get out of it, that NONE concern the continual deaths of Iraqi civilians. We should ALL be ashamed.
    • cphelps, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Which way is hell?
    • bloggerjul, on 04/18/2008, -3/+1Sorry... not funny at all... bury...
    • Gwennyk, on 04/19/2008, -0/+0Now THAT was funny!
      I appreciated that, you have to laugh sometimes when all you read about is people blowing themselves up. Wishing Bush would do so.
  • rushco, on 04/18/2008, -18/+15allah akbar
    • subterfuge, on 04/18/2008, -6/+5God is great, indeed.
      • debuggercll, on 04/18/2008, -9/+2It actually says "Where is the toilet?"
        • itsgotyou, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4Down the hallway, first door to your left.
        • agentshiro, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4No thats "wään bäät ir-ráhha?" or "ain al-ḥammaam?"...

          Haha! Nice try there trying to trick me, next thing you know I'll be in a predominantly Arabic speaking country, crapping my pants because the people around me think I'm just praising God...
  • tommy68, on 04/18/2008, -18/+47the religion of peace and love strikes again.
    • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -10/+14This kind of behavior is not condoned by Islam. It violates many tenets of the religion. Don't equate extremists with the rest of the Muslims, they are just thugs who thirst for power
      • Yage2006, on 04/18/2008, -1/+4IT is the non-extremists in islam that allow this to happen, It is passive terrorism.
        And I see no other religion in this day and age that steeps to such tactics.
        • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2This is true, I don't see why other Muslims don't speak out against these acts. It seems like you can relate economics to the fact that no other religion has such violent extremists though. Though I don't know any numbers, it seems that the majority of muslims (Arab muslims anyways) live in a pretty impoverished state, and therefore it makes it easier to lash out against other cultures/religions better off than they and use their religion as a conduit despite the fact that they distort what their religion is truly about in order to lash out the way they do
      • michaelb323, on 04/18/2008, -0/+0ZING!
      • mrbeagle, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Name a Christian/Sikh/Buddhist suicide bomber.
        ...
        I rest my case
        • wattersm, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1If they had the technology during the Crusades there would have been.
    • subterfuge, on 04/18/2008, -8/+6if your comment had not been related to an article about a sunni suicide attack, i would have assumed you meant christianity
      • tommy68, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1show me one incident of a christian blowing themselves up too kill inocent people
        • agentshiro, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Someone who sets up a bomb in a crowded marketplace is no different than someone who runs in there with the bomb on their chest. These guys (meaning terrorists, not Muslims) think by dying while killing innocent people, they'll be rewarded in heaven. Paul Jennings Hill, a member of Army of God, "expected a great reward in Heaven". Someone could argue, well that has nothing do with anything, because the Army of God isn't Christian; well, in my book (no pun intended), someone who blows themselves in the name of Islam, isn't a Muslim.
    • PocketWatch, on 04/18/2008, -3/+3It wasn't Islam that did this, it was some crazy nutjob. Don't use some religion as a scapegoat for the reckless actions of one.
      • nullifidian0, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2So their religion was in no way inspirational for this ***** to do this? Nice try.
    • hybridcreation, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2More like...A twisted, radical perversion of the religion of peace and love strikes again
  • Nhmarine, on 04/18/2008, -11/+3Ironic that suicide bombers would strike at a funeral, but at least it was death in a place of death....
    • subterfuge, on 04/18/2008, -1/+11yeah, they could just sweep all the bits and pieces into a mass grave. how convenient!
  • JBmtk, on 04/18/2008, -5/+10bury this...this only helps their cause by making their coward acts known
    • helliottlaw, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1Yes, then all of us can go about our merry ways, completely oblivious to the despicable acts of violence happening half way across the globe...it's a shame that the spokes of media censorship aren't churning like they did during the Holocaust - now we have to actually push a button ourselves to blot out the injustices of the world!
    • Katana314, on 04/18/2008, -1/+5I have to say, it seems strange to call someone a coward when he gives up his life for his beliefs. I'm not saying I support him, but...
      • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1Good point

        P.S. Digg basically just told me to shut the ***** up. I tried to post this and it told me that "The force is strong with you, please wait a few minutes before commenting again." Sorry guys, I just have a lot to say about this topic.
      • br0wnstar, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1It's cowardly to attack those who are unarmed and have no intention to fight. An honourable way to die would be fighting as a soldier and not killing innocent civilians.
        • wrs123, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1True, as cowardly and despicable as their strategy is, it takes immense courage and devotion to do what they do. You can't deny that.
  • whoreable, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3Thats two days this week, with a 50 death attack..
  • Alix7, on 04/18/2008, -6/+34" Iraq is mostly stable, it's just that one bombing a day that discourages everyone "

    ~ Laura Bush
  • vik16, on 04/18/2008, -5/+2Now that's irony.
    I'm glad to live on this side of the world
  • cricketsymphony, on 04/18/2008, -10/+2Digg is really aiming to attract a more mainstream audience, for better or worse
    this is something i'm used to reading through google news, not my nerdy/geeky/techy/witty digg of yesteryear
    • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -0/+6I think its good that Digg covers everything. Personally, I'm sick of reading about the haxor new video card nvidia has built or any of that other crap
      • MacEnvy, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2I'll never get sick of reading about the latest video card, but I'm also glad that the same place can inform me about these types of events as well.

        Expansion is not a bad thing, especially considering you can disable specific categories in your account settings if you so choose.
    • cricketsymphony, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1yeah, i don't really have a strong opinion yet. i think it's a good mix of content and my comment was meant to be a neutral observation.
  • mattwalton56, on 04/18/2008, -6/+1...wow...
  • g0nad, on 04/18/2008, -16/+10***** muslims.
  • nullifidian0, on 04/18/2008, -5/+16Let me guess... some ***** decided this was a good idea because their god sanctioned it?
    • dtfinch, on 04/18/2008, -2/+6The Quran and hadiths clearly say they go to hell if they murder another Muslim or kill themselves in battle. I imagine they try to rationalize that the Muslims they're killing aren't really Muslims, and that somehow it doesn't count as battlefield suicide if they manage to kill other people. Or they get some other guy to do the suicide bombing for them, and say they'll kill his family and find someone else to do the bombing if he doesn't.
      • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3I'm glad someone else hasn't lumped extremists into the entire body of Islam. Spread the word, we don't need this to turn into any more of a culture war than it is.
  • mark076h, on 04/18/2008, -22/+26Your an idiot if you think Obama is going to change anything if he becomes president
    • Gloogle, on 04/18/2008, -2/+11No one is, it's to complicated of a matter, the only solution is to pull out and let them be. Something thats also very bad because this will generate a lot of backflash. Like that movie Munich.
      • Baloo52, on 04/18/2008, -1/+0Please...'Letting them be' isn't an option...and nor is military occupation of Iraq. The kind of extremism seen in the Middle East didn't develop overnight or start when George Bush invaded.

        We've been letting them be for years and it has only led to extremism, oppression, and anti-western sentiment...The only time we've been involved is to broker oil deals or to give them guns to fight our enemies (funny how we bought the Afghanis guns, and now we fund the very extremism we're fighting through our oil consumption.) We need to offer educational incentives and ways to help them develop their economies slowly weening them off dependence on oil alone. Look at all the business going on in Dubai today and where it is in terms of freedom and the lack of extremism, there's no reason that can't be status quo for all the Middle East.

        All of us (including the extremists) just need to start realizing that books are much more effective educational tool than guns...
        • 1timeuser, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1We never should have gone anyway. Some of you are going to think of me as heartless but... IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WATCH OVER/ TRY TO CONTROL THE WORLD. WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AS IT IS!
        • sodade, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1"We've been letting them be for years and it has only led to extremism, oppression, and anti-western sentiment.."
          You need a ***** history lesson. America - ***** with the Middle East since 1953!
      • MacEnvy, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2I agree. There's no good answer, but I am absolutely certain that the wrong answer is to spend a few more trillion dollars of our tax money by keeping us there (a la McCain), when the infrastructure and potential of our own nation is crumbling under the effort.

        Also, I'd rather my uncle not have to go to Iraq for a FOURTH tour with the Air Guard. His family needs him right now more than the Iraqi government does, and we're continually making the US less safe by taking sides in the conflict.
    • AvidPreatorian, on 04/18/2008, -3/+16you're* an idiot

      /ironic all the way
    • pintomp3, on 04/18/2008, -2/+7let's elect mccain instead we can have this in iran too. maybe we can re-invade vietnam.
  • mlock2k, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3They have been doing this for years over there it never gets easy to see.
  • Saiyanz, on 04/18/2008, -4/+8we ***** up that country more than it already was. woops.....
    • dtfinch, on 04/18/2008, -5/+1I think we're still well below Saddam's body count.
      • itsgotyou, on 04/18/2008, -2/+2A good tactical nuclear strike will fix that.
    • mike17032, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Not really. You just didnt hear about it or give a ***** about it before we invaded. This is not new.
  • GoKings, on 04/18/2008, -5/+6But... but... The surge is working...
    • diggrific, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1The surge targeted Bagdad. This occurred in Northern Iraq.
  • mrzack, on 04/18/2008, -11/+5The US govt treats is marines and soldiers like crap. Poison them with depleted uranium, agent orange. The Walter Reed debacle, suicide rates going up, multiple deployments, having to buy their own armor, lack of armor for Humvees, depression rates at an all time high, mental instability... while the rich industrialists sit and sip their red wine. The screwed soldiers should take up arms and chase the Fascists out of the white house and Pentagon, but probably Blackwater would be called in to shoot at our troops. ***** this Government.
    • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1The unfortunate thing is that soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen have been dealing with bad politics ***** them over forever. The only difference now is that people are becoming aware of it because of advances in media distribution. If Congressmen would grow some nuts, forget about winning that next election, and actually try to agree for the sake of getting SOMETHING done, this wouldn't be such a problem. Where is the political courage nowadays? Correction: when are we going to get some political courage EVER?
    • Tyorant, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1You people always have something to complain about. Maybe look at some of the good ways your government treats the troops, or would that make your argument too balanced for you?
      I'm not saying I like the war in any way, but you are picking and choosing because you have this idea in your head that the troops are mistreated.
      • mrzack, on 04/18/2008, -3/+1Depleted uranium is not some IDEA in my head. Agent Orange and Gulf War syndrome is not made up *****. Stop living in Denial. It ain't just another river in Egypt. Somebody gonna pay.
        • Tyorant, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Did you listen to me?
          I said you were picking and choosing bad points without considering anything but that.
          I don't deny "Gulf war syndrome" and it's not your place to assume I do. Ii'm just sick of the amount of pessimistic people in the world who only focus on the ***** and not the good as well. If you live your life like that you're going to be pissed off at everything for the rest of your life.
  • scrmxtc, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1talk about dying twice. at least there's 1 guy there that already has a coffin.
  • Vileputrid, on 04/18/2008, -4/+5Well it looks like the troops are doing an outstanding job rite?
    • talonstriker, on 04/18/2008, -2/+5They probly are. But there is no way in hell that a military force that is less than 1% of Iraq's population can be atop of everything. On top of that, this is guerilla warfare we're talking about. Modern military systems don't match up very well against such tactics. (I think a modern military has beaten guerillas only a few times...the taliban and in south africa come to mind)
    • mike17032, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3Yes, this is clearly their fault.

      You ***** useless *****.
      • Vileputrid, on 04/18/2008, -1/+0Well they've been there over 5 years, does expecting something good out of that time make me an *****?
    • hybridcreation, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1The troops are only doing what they are allowed to do. Blame the Iraqi "government" for sitting around with their thumbs up their asses bickering about who is going to get the most power and blame our leaders for sitting around with THEIR thumbs up THEIR asses watching it go on.
  • MyBacchanalia, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1Wow, that seems especially ***** up.
    Question: does anyone know what the main reason for suicide attacks are in Iraq? What different groups are doing it and why?
    • AmICoolNow, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Because THEY HATE OUR FREEDOM!
    • MyBacchanalia, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Why did I get digged down? It was an honest to goodness question. I'm not American, okay, my country isn't at war with Iraq. I know it seems obvious, but it seems like a really important question why Iraqis are bombing other Iraqis and it's being blamed on Al Queda.
  • ShempRider, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1"A suicide bomber struck a funeral in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing 49 mourners and"

    himself.
  • mayhemchaos, on 04/18/2008, -10/+2Religon of Peace

    'nough said.
  • tommy68, on 04/18/2008, -4/+5in hindset maybe Sadam was the only one who could control those stone age sand farmers
  • Harboggles, on 04/18/2008, -5/+1Religion 1
    World 0
  • Ne007, on 04/18/2008, -7/+1cool...49 less people in the world.
  • kendrew, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2Maybe the suicide bomber wanted an even 50 to be dead....
  • Iceman4, on 04/18/2008, -3/+2Allah Akbar.

    What a crock of *****.
  • phrawgh, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1Bulk discount?
  • hamobu, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1bastards!
  • Pillage, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1How convenient?
    I'm sorry, it really is terrible and we shouldn't trivialize it..but still..c'mon this IS the internet.
  • Elderon, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3So the point of this was? Look, I can see the point of roadside bombs and suicide bombing Us troops and whatnot ( as sick and disturbing as they are at least I see the point of them) but what point does bombing a funeral serve? was it merely to try and make people fearful of helping us or something? I fail to see how something like this garners sympathy with anyone unless they are trying to blame it on someone else? My sympathy goes out to everyone injured / killed by this. Bunch of assholes are ruining it for everyone over there.
    • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2You hit it on the head with the scare tactics. They know that most of the people in Iraq won't side with them based on logic because their mindset is completely illogical and Iraqis don't want another totalitarian regime keeping them under its thumb again. Therefore, the only way they can get support is by scaring the ***** out of them. Join or die type of situation.
  • sin2051, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4i wonder what'll happen at those 49 peoples' funerals
    • hypodan, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1The possibilities are almost endless.
  • IHaveCrayons, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2I think this was the most probable thing to happen given the turn of events. The Awakening groups really are undermining the insurgency foothold in Iraq. Usually, it's just Sunnis killing Shiites. With the recent order of attack on Shiite militia (even though many security forces quit) there may very well be a turning point in Iraq. Both Sunni and Shiite seem to be slowly coming together for a common goal. Of course, the armed Awakening groups may very well turn into an armed militia group it does show that Iraq is maybe moving away from its usual ethnic fighting. No longer is it Shiite versus Sunni which, in my mind, is a good step.
  • hellotyler, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1I predict attacks will steadily increase as the election grows closer and closer. I'm not exactly sure how this will effect them, it could go either way. :( How lame. Let's just let them sort their own ***** out, now that Saddam is out of the picture.
    • wrs123, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1If we let them try to sort their own ***** out now while their military/police force is barely on its feet (if at all), they will just get another Saddam. Thats what these groups that plan these bombings are after. They want power. They want it so bad they will convince their minions to kill themselves in order to scare the ever living ***** out of anyone that opposes them.
  • turbakt, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2Overkill.
  • rahamm, on 04/18/2008, -3/+1"The Surge is working"
    • diggrific, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1The surge targeted Bagdad. This occurred in Northern Iraq.
    • rahamm, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1I was being ironic.
  • jsin1276, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1What the hell is wrong with these people? I was over there last year and I saw all this crap that they did as a lifestyle and it just makes no sense.
  • PacketScan, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2That's a Bitch Move.
  • redd2600, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1I'm gonna go watch the Apache gunner video again
  • CaviMike, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2one bombing a day = stable?
  • exinco, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1what the benefit or who benefit of it
  • IWDA4, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1He must have been dying to do it ... srsly though ... why are people on this planet so ***** up?
  • nydwarf, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3What kind of ***** goes to a funeral to blow people up? Talk about twisted.
  • Wrangler76, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2For those thinking that it was just your everyday funeral bombing: "Survivors said the funeral had been for two members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood security unit who were killed on Wednesday. "

    Very evil and twisted, but effective. They're basically threatening new recruits with potential harm to their family if they join the US-backed security forces.
    • Seipher, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1But i wonder how many new recruits they will get from the families that lost people who WEREN'T part of the security force? Attacks like these do spawn fear, but they also spawn a sense of retribution.
    • hybridcreation, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2"They're basically threatening new recruits with potential harm to their family if they join the US-backed security forces."

      The very definition of "terrorism".
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