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| U.S. Forces Raid Homes of Sunni Officials |
| 2005-09-29 |
| Fallout from the Abu Azzam arrest? Do we have some hard evidence linking the "political" wing with the "militant" wing (to use Reuterese). Or are we just giving up on the Sunnis and through playing their games? BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces raided the homes of two officials from a prominent Sunni Arab organization on Thursday, arresting bodyguards and confiscating weapons, Sunni officials said. Adnan al-Dulaimi, secretary-general of the Conference for Iraq's People, was present during the early morning raid on his home in western Baghdad, the group said. No violence was reported when the U.S. soldiers arrested four of his bodyguards and confiscated 20 AK-47 assault rifles, said Mehdi Salih, a spokesman for the conference. The other raid took place at the Baghdad home of Harith al-Obeidi, another senior official in the organization, said Iraq's largest Sunni political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party. The U.S. military said it conducted several raids in those areas of Baghdad on Thursday, but couldn't immediately say which homes or Iraqis had been targeted. "These raids are based on false tips from people who want to marginalize Sunnis and hinder their participation in the political process," al-Dulaimi said in an interview with Associated Press Television News. "So I appeal to the United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union and the U.S. government to intervene to solve this problem." Both Sunni groups condemned the action, calling it an abuse of Iraq's Sunni minority, and suggested the raids could derail efforts by Sunnis to get last minute changes in the country's draft constitution, which will face an Oct. 15 national referendum.I think that you marginalized yourselves. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #10 It's not just the Iraqi Sunni Arabs (lovely "former" Baathists that they may be). It's the Sunni Arabs throughout the region (Saudi Arabia, etc) that can't bear the thought of the natural rulers beng thrown over by those Shiites. And it's the anti-government Sunni Arabs that are getting all the foreign support, so it isn't just their own delusions that are at work here -- it's the delusion of the entire region that when the Americans lose their concentration (soon, they think), those who held power before will be able to take power again. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-29 20:00 |
| #9 KBK Different guy, same tribe. Guess where the false tips are coming from? |
| Posted by: john 2005-09-29 13:38 |
| #8 Answering my own question: The Defense Minister is Saadoun Dulaimi. Different guy, apparently. |
| Posted by: KBK 2005-09-29 13:04 |
| #7 "Landshark!" |
| Posted by: doc 2005-09-29 12:02 |
| #6 The Sunnis are incapable of becoming a legitimate part of the new Iraq because they refuse to be ruled over by people they once ruled. They have fooled themselves into believing they can play nice now, and sneak back into power when we leave, but Zarqi don't play by the rules, so they can't even pretend and they are fucked plain and simple. There will be no peace between the Sunnis and Shiias in Iraq now or ten years from now. I say let the Shiia have their day, and in another ten or twenty years if they have forgotten that we gave them a country and they get all friendly with Iran we can go wipe the floor with their asses too. EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-09-29 11:55 |
| #5 This is the same al-Dulaimi who pronounced on the Tal Afar raid a couple of weeks ago: "MG Lynchâs statements cannot be dismissed as posturing, as there is support from this assertion in the Iraqi government. Iraqi Defense Minister Dulaimi stated during the height of operations in Tal Afar; "We tell our people in Ramadi, Samarra, Rawah and Qaim that we are coming.â Mr. Dulaimi accurately described the current operations on the border well over a month ago, which gives good reason to take his words to heart." Roggio: Back to the Euphrates II What's going on? |
| Posted by: KBK 2005-09-29 11:55 |
| #4 Better US forces knocking on your door than a JDAM knocking on your roof. Maybe they would like the Sunni approach better: we come in the night wearing black ski masks, make them kneel on the floor and shoot them in the head. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-09-29 10:33 |
| #3 Poor damn victimized Muslims. They're, like, everywhere... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-29 09:55 |
| #2 False tips? Whatever about? Who had the idea of false tips? Why are they saying that so quickly? |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-09-29 08:14 |
| #1 I see. People who shoot at us like cowards, they hide behind their women, they cry like little girls, and WE are marginalizing them??? Good! It's about damn time. |
| Posted by: Rosemary 2005-09-29 07:55 |