Deliberate? Rumors about Iraqi bridge tragedy abound

Hammorabi says some Iraqi media are reporting that the Al-Aaimah bridge may have been weakened before the stampede that killed 1,000 Iraqis. There are also rumors that the people on the bridge were exposed to poisoned gas.

There are some who think that this may have been a deliberate action caused by a Sunni extremist group most likely related to Al-Zarqawi terrorist. The aim was to ignite a civil war between the Shiites and the Sunni. The choice of the time and place was deliberate. The place was just before Al-Aadhamyiah which is a Sunni dominated area and the crowds are Shiites who came to commemorate the death of Imam Kadhom who was killed by Haron the ruler of Baghdad more than 1000 years ago.