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| Muslim Brotherhood claim Saddam preferable to occupiers |
| 2006-11-05 |
| And boast of Islamist inability to learn Despite the crimes perpetrated by Saddam Hussein, the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt said Sunday that the ousted Iraqi leader's actions pale in comparison to those of the current occupiers. The statement came after Hussein was sentenced to death by the tribunal in Baghdad. "There is no doubt Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and a despot who harmed Iraq and generated the disastrous situation in which his country is now engulfed," The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Mehdi Akef told AFP on Sunday. "But what are all these crimes that Saddam committed during his lifetime if you compare them to the crimes of the occupiers and those who help them?" he added. Akef argued that the trial would do little to deter other dictators across the Arab world. "Our dictators simply don't learn any lessons. They do not fear God and they will therefore not be intimidated by a verdict," the Brotherhood leader added. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #9 muslim first, intelligent human... second...if at all |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-05 15:38 |
| #8 Think Sunni Muslim Brotherhood v. Shia Tater Tots here... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-11-05 15:11 |
| #7 Islam will always prefer its own worst corruption to even the purest form of democratic fairness. Sadly, Iraq will probably prove this for us. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-05 14:59 |
| #6 HUFFINGTON POST COMMENTERS CLAIM SADDAM PREFERABLE TO OCCUPIERS Argh! Already 356 comments and counting! This is one of the reasons I stopped my daily lgf, too much people! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-05 14:46 |
| #5 HUFFINGTON POST COMMENTERS CLAIM SADDAM PREFERABLE TO OCCUPIERS |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2006-11-05 14:36 |
| #4 Actually, judging from the democratic improvements that have been happening in the ME, while their dictators may not learn, they are not entirely dense, either. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-11-05 14:33 |
| #3 He may be a (murdering, raping, people shredding) son of a bitch, but he's OUR son of a bitch. Stupid, but not exactly original. |
| Posted by: Glereth Glavick7187 2006-11-05 14:28 |
| #2 That last sentence above should read: Same holds true for Darfur, Somalia, East Timor, and Thailand just to name a few examples. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-11-05 14:07 |
| #1 This story makes the same point the Anglican Bishop was making in the previous article set forth below: If muslims are under attack by say, "others" in the balkans, then by all means intervene. But if muslims are oppressing and attacking muslims and "others", then don't you dare intervene because such intervention is presumed to be worse than muslim on muslim killing or muslim on "other" killing. Same holds true for Darfur, Soma |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-11-05 14:03 |