:
IRAQ update (3#) -

# SUFIS TARGETED: Takfiri terrorists targeted the Qadiriya shrine in the Sinak district of Baghdad Monday. The powerful truck bomb exploded outside the Abdel Qadir Gilani Mosque associated with the Sufi denomination of Islam...

And Iraqi security forces had success in rescuing a group of minibus commuters who had been hijacked to the Fadil neighborhood without casualties. [france24]

# LIT FEST: Ghanim Hamid, a manager for al-Sumaria TV, recently put together an afternoon poetry and literary festival which was convened at the Iraqi National Theater. Its theme was National Unity. [usat]

# NET SURFING: Extremists aim to scupper students' free Internet access. First they blow up the Internet cafes, then they don't want to allow Internet access in safer university settings. Cute, real cute.

"Internet subscriptions have nearly
tripled when compared to 2004 numbers."

:: This article is a "good read" from IraqSlogger.

...