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| Sunnis Starting to Get a Clue |
| 2005-07-04 |
| A Sunni Arab group called on Sunnis to take part in future elections on Monday and a leading Sunni hardline cleric condemned kidnappings, as police searched for a top Egyptian diplomat seized over the weekend. Sunnis boycotted the Jan. 30 vote, which went overwhelmingly to Shiites - an outcome that boosted the Sunni-led insurgency by convincing many Sunnis they would be marginalized in the new Iraq. We refused to participate unless we knew we would win. Political efforts to encourage Sunni extremists to join in the building of a new Iraq received a boost Monday when Dr. Adnan Al-Dulami, spokesman of the General Conference for Sunnis in Iraq, called on Sunnis "to organize themselves to take part in the coming elections and to start to register their names at the offices of the electoral commission." He said Sunni clerics would soon issue a religious decree repeating the call. Clerics were at the forefront of boycott calls before the January election. We're getting tired of killing, and besides, we're not getting anywhere. In what may be a hopeful sign, a hardline Sunni Arab cleric, Harith al-Dhari, condemned all kidnappings, calling them "a bad phenomenon that emerged after the occupation of Iraq by America and its allies." At least he didn't blame the U.S. for importing kidnapping. Al-Dhari heads the Association of Muslim Scholars, which is believed to have contacts with some insurgent groups. Sunni Arabs are estimated to make up about 20 percent of Iraq's 26 million people. In another sign of increased Sunni involvement in the government, however, Humam Hammoudi, head of the committee to draft a new constitution, said 15 Sunnis were approved Monday to join the committee and would begin work Wednesday. The inclusion of Sunnis on the committee had been delayed because majority Shiites and Kurds had accused nominees of links to Saddam's Baath party.You say you're a Sunni? You must have been linked to Saddam! |
| Posted by:Bobby |
#2 We're getting tired of killing, and besides, we're not getting anywhere. If they're really coming aorund, their first thought before those two is probably, "too many of us are being killed,... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-04 23:28 |
| #1 just think! we americans abandon Iraq tomorrow........our foes the sunnis would get slaughtered by the Kurds and the Shia........... |
| Posted by: ladida 2005-07-04 20:19 |