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| Fallujah adopts Taliban theocracy |
| 2004-06-05 |
| In the wake of the U.S. Marines pullout, the Sunni city of Fallujah has become a Taliban-style theocracy, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service. In the city of 300,000, about 30 miles north of Baghdad, al Qaida-inspired clerics are the ruling authorities, backed by the guns of Saddam loyalists who have imposed their own version of Islamic law. The comparison to Afghanistan under the Taliban is not coincidental. Many of the clerics who have taken over Fallujah either studied in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia or were urged to adopt the Taliban example. As a result, women must cover their hair and faces. If they don’t, they are beaten in the streets. Naturally, beauty parlors have been shut down. Men have been ordered to grow beards and barbers have been warned not to shave customers. Indeed, the barbers have been given strict guidelines on what kinds of haircuts are permissible. Those selling or imbibing alcohol are now flirting with death. Already, several dealers have been flogged naked in the streets of Fallujah in full view of passersby. A man found drunk in Fallujah was also beaten to a pulp. People have been encouraged or ordered to participate in the beatings. The United States has deployed the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in Fallujah. But security officers have not intervened as Al-Qaida-inspired gunmen direct traffic, harass businessmen and look for victims on the streets. The Coalition Provisional Authority has a presence in Fallujah, but hasn’t done anything either. Last month, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States would not object to an Iraqi theocracy. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #25 Hi Reap this is Sow, Sow this is Reap. This Islamic Theocracy would never have happened with Saddam. |
| Posted by: Antiwar 2004-06-05 6:38:27 AM |
| #24 Pappy, cool! |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-06 1:18:06 AM |
| #23 Pappy, the Take link confirms what Lt Suits said on his radio interview a few days ago. I've heard a lot good about him. BTW, Austin Bay, who contributes to Strategypage, is either in or on his way to the region. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-06-05 11:42:24 PM |
| #22 Troll, maybe. Loathsome, definitely. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-05 9:22:54 PM |
| #21 1-1.5 million dead during Saddam's reign And yet, it seems, they have very short memories. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-06-05 6:04:44 PM |
| #20 LHR, I think that 5-7 million "disappeared" number in the Nat Geo article is misleading. The number includes 4-5 million exiles. The best guesstimate I have seen is 1-1.5 million dead during Saddam's reign, still a very substantial portion of the population. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-05 3:12:26 PM |
| #19 Has anyone seen the latest National Geographic. A pretty good magazine right, it's got a good reputation right. Iraqi Shiia under Saddam 5 to 7 million people murdered!!! What a complete idiot this thing called "antiwar" is. How do idiots like this live with themselves? Is this the same person who says "partial birth abortion" is ok, but also say's smoking a cigarette on the beach should be outlawed?!?!? These people make me so very very sick, the left is a sickness that must be crushed to be cured!be crushed to be cured! |
| Posted by: Long Hair Republican 2004-06-05 2:49:38 PM |
| #18 Antiwar, are you delusional or just praying for the bad guys to win so you won't have to admit you're a babbling moron? |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-06-05 1:24:11 PM |
| #17 Jo antiwar this link is for you, check it out. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-06-05 1:10:19 PM |
| #16 Pappy, the Take link confirms what Lt Suits said on his radio interview a few days ago. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-05 12:37:11 PM |
| #15 Neat Link A5131. Reads like the real thing to me. So okay fine, the WoT is best fought in the dust of Iraq. It is a good thing. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-05 12:31:21 PM |
| #14 #11 Anonymous5131 Your post of the link to the Marine point of view is really good. Thank you. It is interesting that the best reporting of the on the ground reality has not been from the press or embedded reporters, it has been from the marines and soldiers themselves. |
| Posted by: Jake 2004-06-05 12:22:34 PM |
| #13 Strategypage has a different take than Geostrategy-Direct. Then again, the latter is a 'professional' outfit, while the former merely has a lot of connections to troops in the field. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-06-05 12:00:06 PM |
| #12 actually, I was off the mark on Anti-semite in rereading her comment, she was just being truthful: "...Hi reap, this is Sow" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-05 11:56:37 AM |
| #11 not sure the veracity of this site, but check out the counterpoint to above: Marine POV of Fallujah.. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5131 2004-06-05 9:50:50 AM |
| #10 Who got rid of the Taliban in the first place, Antisemite? You were in favor of that one, right? I am looking forward to your words of support when the US flattens Fallujah and then Tehran. |
| Posted by: BMN 2004-06-05 9:27:37 AM |
| #9 You sure do like that BDSM sex thing don't you Anti.How else do you explain your love of Saddam and his Rape Squads.This Taliban like thing won't go very far. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-06-05 9:17:40 AM |
| #8 I used to write that troll off as a naive kumbaya singer, but she continualy exposes herself as truly stupid. Maybe I should change my opinion on the matter. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-06-05 9:07:52 AM |
| #7 An ugly, loathsome troll. |
| Posted by: docob 2004-06-05 8:29:42 AM |
| #6 you'd rather have more Iraqis dead than living temporarily in flux, huh, Antisemite? Your blathering is tiresome, your logic undiscernible, you are truly a troll. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-05 7:46:46 AM |
| #5 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Antiwar TROLL 2004-06-05 6:38:27 AM |
| #4 Be very careful about what you wish for because someday you may get it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-05 5:05:40 AM |
| #3 I guess opening a bar with mud wrestling is right out then, eh? Likewise the pork processing plant? Darn. Shouldn't take these sorry, fun-hating bastards long to clear out anybody with a lick of sense, after which we can just raze the whole place. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-06-05 2:52:03 AM |
| #2 Hey, make that, a city of 299,000! More like it. |
| Posted by: smn 2004-06-05 2:08:11 AM |
| #1 I set let them suffer until they come crying to us to save them from the mullahs and terrorists. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-06-05 1:29:24 AM |