BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2007
Iraqi Pilgrims Attacked; 2 GIs Killed
Massive Procession Of Shiites Targeted By Militants; PM Rails Against Western Critics
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Female pilgrims walk past Iraqi security forces on the road where unidentified gunmen had opened fire and threat pilgrims on their way to city of Karbala in neighborhood of Sadiyah in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki (shown here in a July press conference) responded to comments by U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin calling for his ouster. He was not amused. (AP/Pool)
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Photo Essay Shiites Mark Ashoura One of the holiest days of year for Shiites marked amid increased tensions with Sunni Muslims.
But the meeting, attended by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, failed to win a pledge by the main Sunni bloc, the Iraqi Accordance Front, to return to the government. This month's Sunni decision to bolt al-Maliki's government plunged the country into a political crisis.
The meeting brought al-Maliki together with fellow Shiite Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the head of the northern autonomous Kurdish region Massoud Barzani and President Jalal Talabani, who is also a Kurd.
They said they agreed on some issues that the U.S. has set as benchmarks for progress, among them holding provincial elections, releasing prisoners held without charge and changing the law preventing many former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party from holding government jobs and elected office.
But no details were released and committees must hash out final versions of legislation to be presented to parliament. Iraqi officials have announced similar deals in the past, only to have them fall apart.
Nevertheless, White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore called the resolution an "important agreement."
It is "an important symbol of their commitment to work together for the benefit of all Iraqis," she said in an e-mail statement. "We will continue to support these brave leaders and all the Iraqi people in their efforts to overcome the forces of terror who seek to overwhelm Iraq's democracy."
Before the meeting, al-Maliki lashed out at American critics, saying Clinton and other Democrats who have called for his ouster should "come to their senses" and stop treating Iraq like "one of their villages."
He also lambasted the U.S. military for raids in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, adding new strains ahead of next month's showdown in Washington over the future of the U.S. mission.
The grim combination of ongoing violence and political deadlock have increased frustration in both Washington and Baghdad, with American lawmakers increasingly critical of al-Maliki's performance and Iraqi leaders growing weary of what they consider unfair U.S. criticism.
Clinton and Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have called for al-Maliki to be replaced.
"There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of their villages, for example Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin. They should come to their senses," al-Maliki said at a news conference.
Al-Maliki denounced recent U.S. military actions in the Baghdad Shiite neighborhoods of Shula and Sadr City that according to the Iraqis resulted in civilian deaths. The U.S. military said eight "terrorists" were killed but no civilians.
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- CARL LEVIN AND STENY HOYER ARE BOUGHT BY THE ISRAELI LOBBY....THAT IS WHY THEY WONT CUT FUNDS FOR THIS WAR!
MOST OF AMERICA SUPPORTS ISREAL AND THIS IS NOT A BAD THING BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BUY OUR POLITICIANS... - Reply to this comment
- LOOK WHO IS TARGETING CIVILIANS!!!
Qaeda warns of attacks ''worse than 9/11''
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070530102648.wuwa6k96&show_article=1
Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out ''Martyrdom'' Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD154907
Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp
But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.
"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.
Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.
The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
American Al Qaeda Member Threatens Attack
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/29/terror/main2865282.shtml - Reply to this comment
- It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry
USA''s PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961
"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961
One ought never to turn one''s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein
Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. - Reply to this comment
- there is no peace with fascist nazi islam%u2026.. there never has been in it%u2019s 1400 year existence%u2026
dnc are like john adams and want to give the jihadist their lunch money hoping they will leave us alone....
gop are like thomas jefferson and want to spend their lunch money on weapons and go kick the jihadists in their arses.....
What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad
Thomas Jefferson knew about fascist nazi islam..... he killed plenty of them....
In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli''s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:
The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
muslim justifies slavery and piracy%u2026
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?6bdec278-6a71-4436-bc4d-29d1c54b0ad7 - Reply to this comment
- lars008,, The UAE has slavery, other than that, America was the last country to get rid of it -
- Except for the illegal smuggling, & missuse of thier labor that is modern slavery & Tom Delays & the GOP''s lies to Pacific Islanders to give them jobs in the USA, & only moved them to US Trust Terratories,,
,,, They work long hours in sweat shops, in unlivable conditions & many end up in forced prostitution & abortions. - Reply to this comment
- Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won''t Run ''Opus'' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam
A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.
http://salon.com/comics/opus/2007/08/26/opus/ - Reply to this comment
- Lars000,,, Do you have any idea what is going on in Egypt ??? --- They have elected leaders, who say once all thier people have what they need, they willingly will return to Islamic Law..
.. Thier religion is no differant than Evangelism, absoultly no difference at all. - Reply to this comment
- Lars000 -- You are approaching negitive numbers fast ------- Pay attention to your own country --- Bush has attacked our own equal rights, like Choice & Marriage, & Our Justice System.
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- One of the principle differences for Jews and Christians in Muslim lands (pre-1940) were the taxes and fees they paid. Same *** persons in America.
Regards,
Posted by nancy_naive at 03:52 PM : Aug 27, 2007
muslims have never and will never grant equal rights to non muslims... not just Jews and Christians...
are you pro slavery haji girl??? - Reply to this comment
- Religion of Peace?: Islam''s War Against the World (Hardcover) by Gregory M. Davis
http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Peace-Islams-Against-World/dp/097789844X
The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World''s Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer
http://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Muhammad-Intolerant-Religion/dp/1596980281/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/002-8081703-9164051
Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America by Brigitte Gabriel
http://www.amazon.com/Because-They-Hate-Survivor-Islamic/dp/0312358377/ref=pd_sim_b_1_img/002-8081703-9164051
While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer
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America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It by Mark Steyn
http://www.amazon.com/America-Alone-End-World-Know/dp/0895260786/ref=pd_sim_b_3_img/002-8081703-9164051
The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to Islam (and the Crusades) by Robert Spencer
http://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Crusades-Guides/dp/0895260131/ref=pd_sim_b_4_img/002-8081703-9164051
Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror by Nonie Darwish
http://www.amazon.com/Now-They-Call-Infidel-Renounced/dp/1595230319/ref=pd_sim_b_5_img/002-8081703-9164051
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
http://www.amazon.com/Infidel-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali/dp/0743289684/ref=pd_sim_b_1_img/002-8081703-9164051 - Reply to this comment
Author Thomas Friedman on Obama's Afghanistan plan and the war on terror.
