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2005-11-14 Iraq

Iraq Crackdowns Alienating Sunni Arabs, Leaders Warn

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is terrible. Maybe the Sunnis will start sheltering foreign Salafi terrorists, funding suicide bombers, assasinating Shia politicians, and using mosques to preach terror and hide arms. I know! We'll call De Vile-pine and Chirac. They know all about dealing with angry Sunnis.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-11-14 00:11|| 2005-11-14 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Sung to the tune of:
"On the Sunny Side of the Street"
With apologies to Satchmo

Grab your turban and bomb vest
While you shout, âDeath to the West!â
Life is way too fleet
On the Sunni side of the street.

Canât you hear the twang and splat
Of gunfire on your doorstep
Life is way too fleet
On the Sunni side of the street.

I used to fire in the air with my gun in the town square
But the snipers are no fair â¦ this bomberâs a real goner.

So I plant an IED
Set the fuse for half past three
Blood lust is so sweet
On the Sunni side of the street

[12 bar oud break]

I used to fire in the air with my gun in the town square
But the snipers are no fair â¦ this bomberâs a real goner.

So Iâll never make no peace
Kurds and Shiites in my gunsights
This bloodlust is so sweet
On the Sunni â¦
On the Sunni, Sunni side of the street

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-14 03:03|| 2005-11-14 03:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Bravo! Bravo! God 'un, Zenster!

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-11-14 07:20|| 2005-11-14 07:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I ment "Good 'un" Not enough coffee.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-11-14 07:20|| 2005-11-14 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 The world's smallest violin plays for the Sunnis...

Posted by doc 2005-11-14 07:38|| 2005-11-14 07:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Iraq Crackdowns Alienating Sunni Arabs, Leaders Warn

So,...is that a threat?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-14 10:45|| 2005-11-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 You ain't seen nothing yet: think the Americans will be there --- protecting you from the Shia --- for ever?

Posted by gromgoru 2005-11-14 14:41|| 2005-11-14 14:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Sew the wind, reap the whirlwind.

The "Sunni Leaders" time might be better spent removing the reasons for these on going military actions.

Sorry, I forgot it is against allen's will to use your brain about this stuff.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-11-14 17:58|| 2005-11-14 17:58|| Front Page Top

#9 It's not a Sunni Day

Posted by Whineck Craising7403 2005-11-14 18:07|| 2005-11-14 18:07|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey, idiots - you're a mouse beating on a dragon's nose. Keep it up, and he'll exhale and cook you to a turn. If you want the dragon to stop, stop pissin' him off.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-11-14 19:12|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-14 19:12|| Front Page Top

#11 "Iraq Crackdowns Alienating Sunni Arabs"

You mean like the minority Sunnis ~~lorded it over~~ alienated the Shiites and Kurds for 30+ years?

That's not a bug, that's a feature. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-14 19:34|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-11-14 19:34|| Front Page Top

#12 the sunnis are f'ing nuts

Posted by bgrebel9 2005-11-14 21:49|| 2005-11-14 21:49|| Front Page Top

#13 Iraqi Sunni Arab leaders warned yesterday that military and police crackdowns were alienating their minority community in the run-up to December elections for a new parliament.

This is absorutely unconscionable, an outrage of the first order, maybe even the second order!Recommend you contact the ACLU or Jesse Jackson immediately.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-14 22:07|| 2005-11-14 22:07|| Front Page Top

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