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| Iraqis welcome ulema's fatwa, return looted properties |
| 2003-04-12 |
| The jubilant Iraqi people have responded to a call by the ulema and returned properties they looted during the recent chaos in Iraqi cities, the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera TV channel said on Saturday. Hey! It could happen... Al-Jazeera further stressed that the response followed a fatwa (religious order) earlier issued by the Iraqi ulema urging the nation to return all private and state-owned properties they had looted during the first days of the fall of the Ba'athist regime. According to the network, thousands of people are heading towards mosques to return such properties. "Looting is wrong? Gosh. We didn't know that. Here, let's take all this stuff back..." Residents in Baghdad criticized the US forces for being quick to provide security to Iraq's oil reserves but neglected to provide security to civilian and other government properties. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 for a moment there I thought Fred was Murat. |
| Posted by: john 2003-04-12 19:41:41 |
| #5 They're not heading towards the mosques, they're heading towards the bazaars.(sp) |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-12 16:39:44 |
| #4 Hey, they are starting to make some relavant fatwas. That is a good sign! Al-Aska Paul |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-12 16:10:57 |
| #3 Ummm... Sounds like Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-04-12 15:31:15 |
| #2 I hope our forces are not overrun when all the looters change direction suddenly. Hey, Fred! Can we have a new category for this kind of article? Delusional Daily, Lala Land, Fatwa Fun, Weasel World, etc. It would be a central repository for stories from Al-Jazeera, the Iraqi Information Ministry in exile, Kimmie, Maureen Dowd, Jacques Chirac, etc. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-04-12 15:08:58 |
| #1 Like the US knew there was a refrigerator shortage? But we knew they would try and blow the wells. |
| Posted by: George 2003-04-12 14:09:45 |