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| Mullah Fudlullah sez Iraqis should kick Sammy out |
| 2003-03-21 |
| A senior Lebanese Shiite Muslim cleric called Friday for Iraqis to topple President Saddam Hussein, blaming him for their country's destruction. Grand Ayatollah Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who strongly opposes the U.S.-led war on Iraq, also accused the United States of behaving like an "arrogant empire" by ignoring the anti-war protests worldwide. Delivering the Friday prayers sermon to about 2,000 worshippers at a mosque in southern Beirut, Fadlallah said: "America is challenging the world with war and disdaining all the millions of people who oppose the war against Iraq. It is threatening and rebuking the (UN) Security Council because it did not adopt its (U.S.) second resolution, which authorizes its war." Yeah. When a bunch of goobers get out in the street and roll their eyes and shout imprecations, we should adjust our foreign policy accordingly... "While confirming our rejection of Iraq's occupation by the arrogant (powers), particularly America, ... we call on the Iraqi people to topple the tyrant who has destroyed Iraq and thrown the Arab and Islamic region into disarray," he said. "I mean, Sammy has hosed things so badly we may never be able to get the old Islamic revolution going again..." Fadlallah called for support for an Iraqi revolt against Saddam. "We call on the free (peoples) in the world to help them (Iraqis) in their future uprising, so that they can decide their own fate and future by themselves," he said. Earlier this month, Fadlallah condemned Saddam, describing him as "the worst beast in human history, who killed his people, comrades, killed and fought Iran, occupied Kuwait and confounded his people and all our existence." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 It is a real effort to be evenhanded when one has been so FATWANIC(TM) for so long..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-21 15:23:53 |
| #1 Well, give the guy SOME credit points for TRYING to be evenhanded. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-21 13:28:50 |