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| Iraq Says Jordan's Hosting of Sunni Critics 'Unacceptable' |
| 2014-07-23 |
| [An Nahar] Baghdad on Tuesday said Jordan's hosting of a meeting of Sunni Iraqis opposed to the Shiite-led government was "unacceptable". On Friday Iraq recalled its envoy to Amman without giving a reason, but the move came days after a meeting of some 300 Sunni holy mans, tribal leaders, myrmidon commanders and businessmen in the Jordanian capital. Delegates described a Sunni Islamist insurgency that has taken hold of swathes of Iraq in recent weeks as a "popular revolt". Islamic State jihadists are spearheading the campaign, which began in the Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... on June 9 and has since swept large parts of the country's northern and western provinces. The Iraqi government described those attending the meeting as "enemies of the political system and social fabric of Iraq". "The cabinet considers the hosting of these conferences an unacceptable hostility towards the Iraqi people by a friendly, sister country," the cabinet said, and asked that the foreign ministry follow up on the issue. Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has decried what he describes as foreign meddling in his country, and has accused countries in the region of arming and funding bully boys. Iraq was almost torn apart in 2006-2007 when the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, triggered a wave of sectarian slaughter between Shiite militias and Al-Qaeda-allied Sunni bully boys. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 See also TOPIX > [FreeRepublic = TownHall.com] THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN IS THREATEND BY THE "ISLAMIC STATE" [ISIS aka ISIL] - AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC [of Iran]. D *** NG IT, thats OWG Co-Superpower Rising Iran to youse all, brought to youse in living color courtesy of POTUS Obama + his "red lines"! HHHMMMM, HHHMMM no mention of Islamist Secularism??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-07-23 23:53 |
| #1 Since the Heshimites of Jordan and the Saudi's of the Magic Kingdom both have historical claims to guardian of Mecca and Calphate-status I expect the ISIS to start making deals or threats to those two before long. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-07-23 14:38 |