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| Zarqawi beheads Iraqi soldier in Ramadi |
| 2005-01-21 |
| Militants loyal to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi beheaded an Iraqi soldier in a rebel stronghold in broad daylight on Friday and left a note warning other Iraqi troops to quit, witnesses said. They said nine men pulled up in two cars to the center of Ramadi, dragged the soldier out of one of the vehicles and cut off his head as residents looked on. They left the body, dressed in army fatigues, in the street with the severed head placed on the torso. A note was found at the scene purporting to be from Zarqawi's group, Al Qaeda Organization of Holy War in Iraq, warning Iraqi soldiers, National Guards and police that a similar fate awaited them. Iraq's fledgling security forces have borne the brunt of attacks by insurgents who accuse them of collaborating with U.S.-led forces they want to expel from Iraq. Insurgents often clash with U.S. and Iraqi troops in Ramadi, a restive city some 110 km (68 miles) west of the capital, where anti-American sentiment runs high. Earlier on Friday, residents tore up leaflets U.S. troops were handing out in Ramadi encouraging people to vote. Interest in the elections is low in Sunni Muslim Ramadi, where few voters have registered and a low turnout is expected amid widespread violence and intimidation. An influential Sunni group of clerics has urged Iraqis not to vote in protest against U.S. attacks on Sunni cities, and the country's main Sunni party has pulled out of the running. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Talk about voter disenfranchisement! Rev. Jackson... aren't you going to say anything? Reverend? hello?hello? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-01-21 11:30:26 PM |
| #5 "Ramadi, the Next Fallujah™" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-21 6:55:44 PM |
| #4 These guys are just the bitterest , sorest losers any man could possibily hope (never) to meet . My thoughts go out to every Iraqi soldier that has decided to fight these impotent , angry , delusioned , deranged rats . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2005-01-21 6:54:00 PM |
| #3 Article: Interest in the elections is low in Sunni Muslim Ramadi, where few voters have registered and a low turnout is expected amid widespread violence and intimidation. These guys will come to realize what many people in democracies have discovered over the years - just because you don't vote doesn't mean that people you don't like won't take office. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-01-21 4:46:01 PM |
| #2 The ACLU hear about this? Maybe they can sue him. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-01-21 12:59:10 PM |
| #1 An easy solution to this is to set up polling stations far outside, but within walking distance, of the city limits, in large, open areas, with people dispersed at wide intervals and snipers deployed to both shoot anybody who runs and those who try to set up indirect weapons to menace the polling station. People can enter the polling area from anywhere in a large circle around it, waiting to be waved over a few at a time. Anyone who tries to observe the voters or note names is arrested and held for many months. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-01-21 12:17:26 PM |