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| Iraq |
| Sistani urges people to fight back as militants widen grip |
| 2014-06-15 |
| [Iraq Sun] Iraq's top Shiite holy man exhorted all able-bodied Iraqis to take up arms Friday after advancing Sunni-led bully boyz seized more towns. US President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... has meanwhile ruled out sending US troops into combat in Iraq but said that other options are being reviewed as crude oil prices scaled to their highest levels this year. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's appeal was the most urgent sign of the heightening concern of the country's Shiite majority as Sunni forces of Evil widened their grip in the north and east of Iraq, and threatened to march south, towards Storied Baghdad. Sistani used Friday prayers to call for those "capable of carrying arms" to stand up to the Sunni forces of Evil from the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIS) who took two more towns overnight and were reportedly fighting just 50 miles from Storied Baghdad. "People who are capable of carrying arms and fighting the forces of Evil in defence of their country ... should volunteer to join the security forces to achieve this sacred goal," said Sheikh Abdulmehdi al-Karbalai, delivering Sistani's message. The UN says hundreds have been killed - with forces of Evil carrying out summary executions of civilians in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... The US is meanwhile weighing its options. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... told an audience in London: "Given the gravity of the situation I would anticipate timely decisions from the President regarding the challenge." Obama did not specify what options he was considering, but he ruled out sending US troops back into combat in Iraq. "We're not going to allow ourselves to be dragged back into a situation in which, while we're there we're keeping a lid on things, and after enormous sacrifices by us, after we're not there, people start acting in ways that are not conducive to the long-term stability and prosperity of the country," Obama said from the South Lawn of the White House. The ISIS forces of Evil have already taken Mosul, the country's second city, and Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's birthplace and stronghold. |
| Posted by:Fred |