Shiite Barbarians burn Sunni worshippers alive
Published Fri, Nov 24 2006 2:04 PM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics, War on Terror, United Nations
obviously hasn't figured out that the Iraqi military isn't ready to do anything about it. From the
Seattle Times:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Shiite militiamen doused six Sunni Arabs with kerosene and burned them alive as Iraqi soldiers stood by, and killed 19 other Sunnis in attacks on their mosques today, taking revenge for the slaughter of at least 215 Shiites in the Sadr City slum the day before.
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In Baghdad, al-Sadr followers warned they would suspend their membership in parliament and the Cabinet if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets with President Bush in Jordan next week, a member of parliament said. Bush and al-Maliki were scheduled to meet Wednesday and Thursday in Amman.
The al-Sadr bloc in parliament and government is the backbone of al-Maliki's political support, and its withdrawal, if only temporarily, would be a severe blow to the prime minister's already shaky hold on power.
Legislator Qusai Abdul-Wahab, an al-Sadr follower, blamed U.S. forces for Thursday's bombings in Sadr City because they failed to provide security.
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The bloodshed underlined the impotence of the Iraqi army and police to quell determined sectarian extremists at a time when the United States appears to be considering a move to accelerate the handover of security responsibilities.
"We condemn such acts of senseless violence that are clearly aimed at undermining the Iraqi people's hopes for a peaceful and stable Iraq," said White House spokesman Jeanie Mamo.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan also condemned the violence and in a statement urged "the Iraqi people to heed the calls by political and religious leaders from all sides for calm and restraint to prevent an escalation of the situation."
So Kofi Annan actually has something useful to say about this, but that's all it is, talk. Meanwhile Democrats are calling for a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. Our European "allies" talk about getting out of Iraq.
The problem with all of this is that we can't really leave until the Iraqi military is ready to provide security for all of the Iraqi people. If the Iraqi's can't take care of their own house then they'll fall to the terrorists on both sides of the sectarian violence as soon as we leave.
This continued violence is what comes from "negotiating" with terrorists like al-Sadr. Part of our focus should be to root them out and destroy them. Anything less, especially a "limited" fight will ultimately result in a fallen Iraq and a victory for the terrorists.
Linked at Rightwing Guy, Basil's Blog.
Update: It turns out that the A.P. article was false. According to CENTCOM the incident described did not take place.
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chrys responded with:
 | Amazing when you know they complain so loudly if something representing their religion is threatened. "Religion of Peace" - how can we ever forget! It must be written in the Koran (page 3,666 maybe!) Geez. Good Post. |
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