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Iraq
300 Sunni Tribal Leaders Demand Release Of Saddam, Call For Armed Resistance
2006-09-03
A coalition of 300 Iraqi tribal leaders on Saturday demanded the release of Saddam Hussein so he could reclaim the presidency and also called for armed resistance against U.S.-led forces.

The clan chieftains, most of them Sunni Arabs, included the head of the 1.5 million-member al-Obeidi tribe, said they planned to hold rallies in Sunni cities throughout the country to insist that Hussein be freed and that the charges against him and his co-defendants be dropped.

Hussein is being tried on charges of genocide and other alleged crimes arising from the Iraqi government's killing and forced relocation of ethnic Kurds in 1988, and he is awaiting a verdict in a trial that concluded in late July in the mass killings of Shiites after an assassination attempt against him in 1982.

"If the demand is not carried out, we will seethe and roll our eyes lead a general, sweeping and popular uprising," said Sheik Wassfy al-Assy, brother of the chief of the Obeidi tribe, which hosted a meeting of the clan leaders on Monday in Ramal, a village 55 miles southwest of Kirkuk. "As for whether [Hussein] will be reinstated in his post as president after his release, that will be up to him."

The leaders announced their demands on Saturday, as Shiite-Sunni sectarian violence and a move asserting Kurdish independence heightened fears that the country is sliding toward full-scale civil war.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#10  Zenster, we're offended. We would never associate ourselves with elements so gross.
Posted by: rectal cavities   2006-09-03 20:52  

#9  The only reason I can think of not to kill them all right now is that they will keep the Iranian Shiite agents in Iraq very busy for quite some time. What a hell hole.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-09-03 09:57  

#8  OP, read the post four down.
Four soldiers are facing death, for what?
Killing those who were trying to kill them. How do we know the "Iraquis" were terrorists?
They had handguns, but that's not good enough.
They had AK-47's, but that's not good enough.
They had bomb making equipment, but that's not good enough.
They were hiding behind two women - bingo. Straight from the terrorist handbook.
The soldiers were investigated by their own officers, and were found innocent of any wrong doing.
Later the heavy gun investigators were brought in. They used, as they admitted themselves, lies underhanded interrogating methods and constant grilling of the soldiers until one "broke".
Here in Auz we have let go an admitted Al Qaeda member, Jihad Jack, because there was not a lawyer present when he was intervied the Australian Federal Police in Pakistan. There is no evidence that lies, underhanded interrogation techniques or constant grilling were used. So we extend all the rights of a democracy to our sworn enemies, but deny them to our armed forces. No wonder I think we should be buying burkas for our women folk now while prices are low, because pretty soon after we have committed collective suicide as a culture by extending perverse "civil rights" to our enemies the prices are likely to sky rocket.
Posted by: tipper   2006-09-03 02:38  

#7  Wonder if there's room in Saddam's cell for 300 of his closest friends.
Posted by: GK   2006-09-03 02:37  

#6  Yes, well... good luck with that!
Posted by: Leigh   2006-09-03 02:00  

#5  This movement was ....... Unwise.

To say the least.
Posted by: newc   2006-09-03 01:08  

#4  Hey, US, NAPALM is your friend, and their enemy. Napalm a few of these "Sunni Leaders" and see how the rest of them come around. This is what we should have done in the first place. These people need to be shown who is truly mean, evil, wicked, bad, nasty, cruel and heartless, not just a jihadi wannabee. Pull out of Ramadi and napalm it until nothing's left. Screw "world opinion" - it's against you anyway. Tough on fluffy bunnies and baby duckies, but that's what the wahabbis hide behind. Kill them. Kill them all, and in horrible ways. That's all they understand, and all they'll be afraid of.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-09-03 01:01  

#3  This shit is inevitable. Saddam shoulda been in Hell two years ago.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-03 00:46  

#2  300 targets for contract hits.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-09-03 00:11  

#1  Summon a mass gathering of these goons, step outside for a smoke and call in an airstrike. These rectal cavities are the exact people who're impeding any reconstruction of Iraq. The Obeidi tribe must be made to suffer.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-03 00:08  

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