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2005-12-13 Iraq

Killing of Grand Mufti of Fallujah has turned locals against Zark

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-13 06:26|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oops! Guess all of those Mosque bombings (Shiite Mosques, but still), hospital bombings, and massacres of Muslim men, women, and children, not to mention that wedding bombing in Amman has cost Zarky Boy a few popularity points here and there.

Posted by The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-12-13 09:42|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-12-13 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 "If Sunni candidates lose, then we have lost nothing because our resistance will continue anyway. If they win, insurgents like me will gain by having people on the inside."

So I guess he's running "against Baghdad." That makes him the populist candidate. A regular William Jennings Bryan, is this guy.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-12-13 09:49|| 2005-12-13 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Do not crucify them on a crescent of gold!

Posted by Slererong Choluse4468 2005-12-13 10:19|| 2005-12-13 10:19|| Front Page Top

#4 "If Sunni candidates lose, then we have lost nothing because our resistance will continue anyway. If they win, insurgents like me will gain by having people on the inside."

Not a problem. If every single Sunni candidate turn out to be subversives, the Shiites and the Kurds should be able to deal with that efficiently enough.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-13 12:08|| 2005-12-13 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 I wouldn't put much stock in the locals remaining turned against Zark. Keep in mind that the Arab attention span has been show to be even shorter than --

Say! Is that Elvis over there?

Posted by Fred 2005-12-13 13:14|| 2005-12-13 13:14|| Front Page Top

#6 "It is all Bush's fault," said Ahmad, who did not want his last name used.

I wonder if the Kurds and Shias would have the same view...Hmmm.

"Under Saddam, al-Qa'ida would not have dared to raise their heads and now people are slaughtered and assassinated every day."

No...You baathists and Sunnis slaughtered the Kurds and Shias. I think they may have a different opinion.

"We will not allow an Iranian-style country to be built over our backs. Our voices and votes were lost when we boycotted the elections," said a 30-year-old man who gave his name only as Mustafa.

Now...a voice of sanity and logical reasoning.

"If we enter the political process, we can push away the dangers we have faced in the last year -- the revenge, the torture," said the leader of one Sunni group.

Look out! Somebody's done woke up in Fallujah.

In a startling move, an insurgent leader asked me last week whether his group should join the political process while continuing armed resistance against the occupation. He feared being left behind by events.

If I kill Iraqis and the US miltary, will you still love me??

"The facts on the ground are moving very quickly and we have to read them and be prepared," he said, musing that elections would happen with or without Sunni participation.

"Boycotting them would be a form of war. It would be as if we were waging a war against our own people and depriving the Sunni community of making necessary political gains, no matter how small these gains are.

"If Sunni candidates lose, then we have lost nothing because our resistance will continue anyway. If they win, insurgents like me will gain by having people on the inside."

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!!

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-12-13 14:34|| 2005-12-13 14:34|| Front Page Top

#7 "We will not allow an Iranian-style country to be built over our backs."

Translation: We will not allow the Shia to run this country, which has been ours since the British gave it to us. Note that in this usage, we/us means the Sunni Baathists (aka Saddamites), and the objection is to anyone else taking possession of their rightful property, Iraq.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-13 16:22|| 2005-12-13 16:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Burning Infidels alive and hanging their charred remains from nearest bridge - ok. Killing grand mufti - not ok.

Posted by Bolo 2005-12-13 22:59|| 2005-12-13 22:59|| Front Page Top

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