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| Cleric Calls for (ho hum!) Resistance in Iraq |
| 2003-09-05 |
| A senior Shiite cleric called Friday for peaceful resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and warned his followers were running out of patience. Imam Sadreddine al-Qobanji spoke to more than 15,000 people who jammed the Imam Ali mosque, Iraq's holiest Shiite Muslim shrine. He said last week's bombing outside the mosque - which killed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and dozens of other people - was aimed at sowing discord in Iraq. "Once we find that this road (peaceful resistance) has come to a dead end, we will adopt other means," said al-Qobanji, who had been al-Hakim's deputy. "Those who killed al-Hakim were hoping we would collapse. They wanted to sow discord among us. They wanted to force a change in our path. We tell them we will not collapse, there will be no discord and there will be no change in the path," al-Qobanji said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Just another Mullah momma passing gas. |
| Posted by: Paul 2003-9-5 5:39:30 PM |
| #2 Here's an idea: resist the cocksuckers blowing shit up, instead of resisting the US. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-5 3:48:16 PM |
| #1 Actually, when compared against the usual calls made by the usual suspects, I find this remarkably moderate on the face of it. "Once we find that this road (peaceful resistance) has come to a dead end, we will adopt other means," is as good a way to say "I'll never say never" and not lock himself into an untenable position. Even the US won't commit to not attacking NKor, since that would compromise the negotiations. As confirmation, he points out that the attack was intended to throw them off balance and force them to a path of violence against the occupation. It IS an occupation. However, for the moment, it appears that al-Hakim is willing to give the process some time and allow us to prove that it is temporary. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-9-5 3:26:12 PM |