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2003-05-09 Iraq

Kurdish Leader Assails Arab Nations for Backing Hussein

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Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-09 07:25 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gee, would the Kurds be good caretakers of the sacred sites in Mecca and Medina? Just curious.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-09 08:28:57|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-09 08:28:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn right, Talabani. But you're not an Arab, so you just get dissed by the Arab world. You're a troublemaker in their eyes.

Yesterday's Chicago Trib had an article about mass graves at Al-Hillah, a town south of Baghdad. Saddam put a bullet in everybody's skull for activities for during the Shiite uprising. (Ouch, gotta make up for that!)

Anyway the article quoted a Human Rights Watch guy whining about how in Bosnia there were FBI and all sorts of forensic experts around, but in Iraq, the US just isn't interested. Huh?

Bosnia was a three-year live civil war. Everyone was involved and screaming about it, especially the Muslim world. Why? Crusades, man. Christians killing Muslims. Iraq? Shit, no problem, just the normal Muslim killing Muslim, and THESE Muslims were Shiite, to boot. No publicity from the Muslim world. Why? Saddam, our great and strong Arab leader stuff, plus how many Arab/Muslim govts. had done the same to their citizens?

So, here you go Muslim world. Focus on Algeria and cause a storm with your words and actions. Upset the apple cart. Go, you Al-Ahram, Al-Safir, Arab News. Take the bull by the horns, Mr. Amer Moussa, Sec. Gen. of the Arab League. Get off your asses and do some work for a change. Estimates are that at least 100,000 people have died since '92, when the military took over. Don't wait for westerners to do the job for you. Otherwise when the graves in Algeria are dug up, you'll just start whining that the West propped up the military govt. there, and we'll get guilt-ridden articles from Al-guardian, and the Arabs/Muslims govts/press bitching along with them with crocodile tears.

Posted by Michael 2003-05-09 13:05:44|| 2003-05-09 13:05:44|| Front Page Top

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