It’s Time For A Forwarding Address
While CNN doesn’t seem to care, CBS notes: Iraq Braces For Worst After Shrine Blast
(CBS/AP) Suspected al Qaeda bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra’s revered Shiite shrine [The Shrine of the Ali Al-Hadi and Hassan Al-Askari] on Wednesday, adding new provocation to old a year after the mosque’s Golden Dome was destroyed.
The attack stoked fears of an upsurge in intra-Muslim violence. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government asked for U.S. troop reinforcements in Samarra, 60 miles north of here, and for a heightened U.S. military alert in the capital.
But within hours, three Sunni mosques south of Baghdad went up in flames, reports CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan, and attackers set fire to three more mosques in the capital itself.
Shorter General Barry McCaffrey [USA Retired] on NPR “Oh shit, it’s time to leave!”
Juan Cole echoes that sentiment, in a very scholarly fashion.
[Note: The CNN top stories at 7PM CST were pathetic, even for an “Entertainment” section.]
