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| Iraq |
| Sammy hollers "jihad!" |
| 2003-03-18 |
| In his earlier years in power, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was an ardent secularist determined to stamp out any Islamic political thought, especially if it came from the downtrodden Shiite Muslim majority in Iraq. Now, in what could be the last days before a war, Hussein is casting himself as a holy warrior and the coming war as a battle between Muslims and infidels. Weak, Sammy. Very weak... "They are coming here, the enemy, to destroy Muslims," a preacher bellowed Friday at the Khadamiya mosque, the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in Baghdad. "Here in Iraq it is the beginning and after that, other Muslim areas will be attacked. So in this time we should be beside Islam before everything. And this is our great day to become martyrs. We should stand with President Saddam Hussein, God keep him, in this great day. This is not President Saddam Hussein's war. This is a Muslim war." Sammy's trying to make it one, and Mr Holy Man may find himself explaining his devotion to The Great Man in a week or so... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 "And why do the 72 'virgins' have red skin, horns, and long tails???" |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-18 20:31:21 |
| #1 "explaining his devotion to The Great Man" "It's hotter in Paradise than I thought! Say, isn't that a pitchfork? Ouch!" |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-03-18 14:22:44 |