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2005-04-01 Iraq-Jordan

Clerics urge Iraqis to join security forces

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-01 12:31:32 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Do these guys have any city which is not "holy"? or for that matter any day which is not a religious HOLY day?

Posted by Glereper Craviter7929 2005-04-01 2:19:35 PM|| 2005-04-01 2:19:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Much like their holy places, their holy days are ranked. Today, for example, is their 55th holiest day of the year. Tomorrow is the 363rd holiest day.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-01 2:26:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-01 2:26:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 1) What's [sic] about the "spokesman" - that he was a Sgt., or his identification with the 42nd Infantry Division? The 42nd seems to be in Iraq right now, and would seem to be based in Samarah.

2) Samarah is "holy" in sort of the same way that Kamakura is "holy" - more in the sense of having a lot of historical and religious architecture. The damaged minaret being a fairly important example thereof, which leads us to...

3) What the ever-living fuck were we doing using a historical and religious monument as a sodding SNIPER POST?!? We made enough righteous noise about the terrorist insurgency's habit of using mosques as bunkers and minarets as pillboxes back during the bad old Fallujah days - how the hell is it that some dipshit thought it was a good idea to *emulate* said behavior?

I mean, good goddamnit!

Posted by Mitch H. 2005-04-01 4:06:17 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-04-01 4:06:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I expect it was because of the view. Once a religious site is used in warfare it's vaneer of sanctity disappears. Another way to look at it is... who the shit cares? But that's just me.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-01 4:36:28 PM|| 2005-04-01 4:36:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 For example the allenists made good use of the Bereiut Holiday Inn which was a citadel of capitalism... and yet I don't blame them, it was the high ground.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-01 4:37:37 PM|| 2005-04-01 4:37:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 See, already they are good politicians

Posted by plainslow 2005-04-01 5:35:46 PM|| 2005-04-01 5:35:46 PM|| Front Page Top

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