Iraqis Call Shuttle Disaster God's Vengeance
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Immediate popular reaction in Baghdad on Saturday to
the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew --
including the first Israeli in space -- was that it was God's retribution. "We are
happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said.
"God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have
encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said. Full story