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Iraq Crackdowns Alienating Sunni Arabs, Leaders Warn | |
2005-11-14 | |
Such operations are âlikely to undermine both the political process in these provinces and the security situationâ in the run-up to the Dec. 15 elections, it added. âThe goal of these operations is to exclude Sunni Arabs from participatingâ in the elections, charged another Sunni group, the General Conference of the Iraqi People. The government must âhalt its military operationsâ and release political and religious leaders arrested in Diyala, it added. Iraqi security forces on Saturday arrested more than 350 people in Baquba, the capital of ethnically mixed Diyala province, including members of the Islamic Party. US and Iraqi troops have also been involved in major operations in Al-Anbar province, near the Syrian border, sweeping through several towns whose residents fled the offensives. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#13 Iraqi Sunni Arab leaders warned yesterday that military and police crackdowns were alienating their minority community in the run-up to December elections for a new parliament. This is absorutely unconscionable, an outrage of the first order, maybe even the second order!Recommend you contact the ACLU or Jesse Jackson immediately. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-14 22:07 |
#12 the sunnis are f'ing nuts |
Posted by: bgrebel9 2005-11-14 21:49 |
#11 "Iraq Crackdowns Alienating Sunni Arabs" You mean like the minority Sunnis That's not a bug, that's a feature. :-D |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-14 19:34 |
#10 Hey, idiots - you're a mouse beating on a dragon's nose. Keep it up, and he'll exhale and cook you to a turn. If you want the dragon to stop, stop pissin' him off. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-11-14 19:12 |
#9 It's not a Sunni Day |
Posted by: Whineck Craising7403 2005-11-14 18:07 |
#8 Sew the wind, reap the whirlwind. The "Sunni Leaders" time might be better spent removing the reasons for these on going military actions. Sorry, I forgot it is against allen's will to use your brain about this stuff. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-11-14 17:58 |
#7 You ain't seen nothing yet: think the Americans will be there --- protecting you from the Shia --- for ever? |
Posted by: gromgoru 2005-11-14 14:41 |
#6 Iraq Crackdowns Alienating Sunni Arabs, Leaders Warn So,...is that a threat? |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-14 10:45 |
#5 The world's smallest violin plays for the Sunnis... |
Posted by: doc 2005-11-14 07:38 |
#4 I ment "Good 'un" Not enough coffee. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-11-14 07:20 |
#3 Bravo! Bravo! God 'un, Zenster! |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-11-14 07:20 |
#2 Sung to the tune of: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" With apologies to Satchmo Grab your turban and bomb vest While you shout, âDeath to the West!â Life is way too fleet On the Sunni side of the street. Canât you hear the twang and splat Of gunfire on your doorstep Life is way too fleet On the Sunni side of the street. I used to fire in the air with my gun in the town square But the snipers are no fair ⦠this bomberâs a real goner. So I plant an IED Set the fuse for half past three Blood lust is so sweet On the Sunni side of the street [12 bar oud break] I used to fire in the air with my gun in the town square But the snipers are no fair ⦠this bomberâs a real goner. So Iâll never make no peace Kurds and Shiites in my gunsights This bloodlust is so sweet On the Sunni ⦠On the Sunni, Sunni side of the street |
Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-14 03:03 |
#1 This is terrible. Maybe the Sunnis will start sheltering foreign Salafi terrorists, funding suicide bombers, assasinating Shia politicians, and using mosques to preach terror and hide arms. I know! We'll call De Vile-pine and Chirac. They know all about dealing with angry Sunnis. |
Posted by: 11A5S 2005-11-14 00:11 |