The bombing of a mosque that has so far resulted in 82 Iraqi deaths further underlines the point made by the U.N. bombing last week; that it is not the U.S. occupation that is being "resisted", but rather Iraqi self-government and independence. (link via Tim Blair)
The slain (and presumably targeted) Shiite cleric opposed attacks on coalition troops:
Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim, Iraq's best-known Shiite Muslim politician, was a voice of moderation despite his fierce opposition to the presence of foreign troops in his homeland.Posted by dan at August 29, 2003 09:22 PMHakim, killed in yesterday's car bombing in Najaf told his followers that the way to remove the US and British soldiers was not by guns, but by unifying and speeding up the reconstruction of the war-shattered country.