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| "Resistance" Fighters get US-Citizen Voice |
| 2005-06-30 |
| EFL - buried at the end of an Operation Sword article In another development, former Cabinet member Ayham al-Samarie announced that he has formed the National Council for Unity and Construction of Iraq to give representation to Iraqi fighters. Al-Samarie, a dual Iraq-U.S. citizen, is thought to have strong tribal links throughout the Sunni triangle, where the Sunni branch of the insurgency is concentrated. The announcement on Wednesday marked the most serious effort to date to draw disenfranchised Sunnis into the political process. It followed confirmation from U.S. officials including Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that the United States has negotiated with some insurgents. At a news conference in a Baghdad home, al-Samarie said the new political front is representing "resistance" fighters who have not carried out attacks against civilians. Except by demolishing thier electricity and water supplies? Nearly all car bomb and homicide attacks carried out against Iraqis are thought to be the work of Islamic extremist groups such as Al Qaeda in Iraq. But at least one prominent Shiite legislator dismissed al-Samarie's effort. "The general terrorist program is to attack electricity plants, water and oil pipelines, mosques, churches and to target the innocents, police and the army. These are terrorist acts, and cannot be represented as acts of resistance," said the legislator, Saad Jawad Qandil. It's a fine line, Saad... The insurgents al-Samarie represents want U.S. troops to leave Iraq in one to three years the old "timetable" trick! and military campaigns against Iraqi cities and towns to end, al-Samarie said. They won't put down their arms unless all their goals are met, he added. A British newspaper this week reported that al-Samarie brokered two recent meetings between U.S. officials and a group of rebels. Al-Samarie confirmed the talks but wouldn't give details. Al-Samarie was electricity minister in the interim government and comes from Samarra, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles north of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #5 Ya know, I made the snide remarks in the original post, assuming this "dual Iraq-U.S. citizen" was a leftie islamofastshit©. (I never could spell fascist.) It is possible he could be pulling the two sides together, isn't it? I mean, maybe he'll turn out to be a hero, yes? Maybe? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-06-30 14:06 |
| #4 "Resistance" Fighters get US-Citizen Voice Lessee . . . they've already got Michael Moore, Dick Durbin, Ted Kennedy, Robert Scheer, the entire staff of The Nation, Daily Kos, Democrat Underground, and Howard Dean. Why do they need another one? |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-06-30 13:00 |
| #3 mojo...to expand on your post, we need to also ear-tag this creatures (just like Wild Kingdom) while they're at the meeting, to make it easier to round 'em up later!! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2005-06-30 12:15 |
| #2 Ok, here's the deal: We really don't want to stop killing you assholes by the carload, but our friends here say it would be really helpful, so we'll take their word for it. But get this, and get it good - You are to dissapear, vanish, vaporize. Blend in to your society and don't cause trouble, at least not shooting type trouble. If we ever even hear your names again, we will be back to finish the damn job. That is all. |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-06-30 11:30 |
| #1 The sunnis make up 15-20% of the country, they cant expect to run the whole show under a democratic system. Personally, my advice would be to kill myself if I were a sunni. Then you can make a pollitical statement, get probably a few virgins or something, maybe even an AK-47 in the afterlife. |
| Posted by: Bigjim-ky 2005-06-30 09:01 |