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| Mullah Fudlullah warns US over Iraq war |
| 2003-03-27 |
| âBritish and US troops are discovering they are not welcome in Iraq,â Senior Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah said Wednesday, after coalition forces faced fierce resistance in the south. âThe people continue to view these soldiers and their presence in Iraq as an occupation force,â said Fadlallah in a statement sent to AFP. âThe Americans and the British are shocked by the significant resistance of the Iraqi people after they thought the road to Baghdad would be strewn with flowers.â Fadlallah said the suffering of the Iraqi people under President Saddam Hussein will not make them forget who brought him to power in the first place, and supplied him with weapons, alluding to western support for the Iraqi leader during his war with Iran in the 1980s. Separately, Fadlallah said Wednesday that âeverybody is in a stalemate,â adding that âWashington has started to read the message of the Iraqi people accurately and it will not be welcomed by them in the future as it is not welcome now.â In a TV interview Tuesday, Fadlallah said that the area of Najaf, a holy city for Shiite Muslims, would not accept occupation even if it suffered. Fadlallah also called on residents there to âsupport freedom.â He said Israel will not stage any military attack against Lebanon because the US does not want to open new fronts, neither here nor in Syria. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 typical for a cowardly mullah, huh? He urges others to risk/lose their lives while he (an important religious figure) holds down the home 'fort'. I read and reread the interview and can only surmise his happy ass is seated in Lebanon, sending Fatwa faxes to AFP and his cannon fodder off to their deathes, It seems to me that the best way to discourage suicide attacks is to insist that the brave mullahs ordering them - lead them |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-27 21:22:01 |
| #1 This guy's first name is Elmer, isn't it? |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-03-27 19:29:23 |