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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Fallujah ruled Taliban-style |
| 2004-06-24 |
| ...U.S. and local Iraqi officials struck a deal in May that allowed the all-Iraqi Fallujah Brigade to take control of the city. But according to city residents and U.S. military officials, the Brigade has little influence and the experiment has turned Fallujah into a hotbed of radical groups. Some of the groups are affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian militant who has claimed responsibility for the beheadings of U.S. contractor Nicholas Berg and South Korean translator Kim Sun-il. Besides conducting summary executions of suspected American sympathizers, various groups of Fallujah Mujahideen (holy warriors) have imposed harsh interpretations of Islamic law much as the former Taliban regime did in Afghanistan. They have banned liquor and pop music and have threatened to cut off the hands of thieves, dispensing justice through a six-week-old "Mujahideen court." ...Fallujah resident Saad Najam Abdullah visits Baghdad so he can drink alcoholic beverages without fearing arrest and said as many as 14 alleged collaborators have been shot dead on the streets for giving information to Americans...Despite his own lapses into vice, however, Abdullah talked approvingly of the militant crackdown. "The Mujahedeen are applying Islamic laws very precisely against the criminals," he said. This chaos in Fallujah was alluded to by Hamurabi blogger in "A Bloody Day in Iraq", which was posted today . |
| Posted by:rex |
| #16 Ex lib what the hell have you been taking lower the dose before you give yourself more brain damage. My friends are in power I don't think so. As I said before Saddam would never have allowed a Taliban style government to take over and he would have been absolutely right |
| Posted by: Antiwar 2004-06-24 4:57:15 PM |
| #15 This would never have happened with Saddam |
| Posted by: Antiwar 2004-06-24 4:48:18 PM |
| #14 Antiwar, normally I don't pay much attention to your manifestos, but I am curious about what you and your ilk think about Dr. Jim Cairns. I assume that you have heard of him if you are from Australia. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-25 2:20:21 AM |
| #13 Antiwar is AGAINST the people ruling Fallujah! (no friends there) Wait until Antiwar's mosque finds out! Junifer says to Antiwar: Glad to see you are back and full of it! Well, I agree with the "you are back and full of it" part. Islamics never understand our idioms! : ) Too funny. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-06-25 1:02:31 AM |
| #12 *channeling Murat* Appearance in 5,4,3,.. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-06-24 8:18:13 PM |
| #11 the three stooges |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-24 8:09:27 PM |
| #10 Hi antiwar! Glad to see you are back and full of it! I'm ready to fight these RB necks to the end! Let's find NMM and make a Troika! |
| Posted by: Junifer 2004-06-24 7:54:21 PM |
| #9 This would never have happened with Saddam Saddam was never able to gain full control of Fallujah. Instead of a "Taliban", organised crime ran the city. Baghdad's control boiled down to bribing the reluctant, accepting 'taxes' and favors from the criminal, and rewarding the collaborators. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-06-24 7:28:18 PM |
| #8 Antisemite-- You are calling for the US to level Fallujah right? Finally, something you say I can agree with! |
| Posted by: BMN 2004-06-24 5:31:07 PM |
| #7 This would never have happened with Saddam Of course it would have - the difference would be that it wouldn't have been reported in the news, you stupid little twit. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-24 5:01:51 PM |
| #6 Auntie (sigh)--Lord, you are tiresome. This wouldn't have happened under Saddam because he had his own Taliban going, only it was Baathist, which is shari'a+Marxism. But even more importantly, it's not happening now under the about-to-be assumed sovereign government of a free Iraq. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-06-24 5:00:53 PM |
| #5 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Antiwar TROLL 2004-06-24 4:57:15 PM |
| #4 "This would never have happened with Saddam." Antiwar: what do you care? Your friends are in power in Fallujah. Isn't that what matters? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-06-24 4:53:00 PM |
| #3 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Antiwar TROLL 2004-06-24 4:48:18 PM |
| #2 Well of course the poor sap spoke approvingly...he wants to make it to the next day in one piece. Fallujah will have to be made an example of if there is to be any true hope of success. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-06-24 4:35:56 PM |
| #1 "The Mujahedeen are applying Islamic laws very precisely against the criminals," he said. When they came for the Jews I said nothing because I was not Jewish.... When they came for the Protestants I said nothing because I was not protestant.. When they came for the Catholics I said nothing because I was not Catholic.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-24 4:04:30 PM |