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ohio2007

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Thu Sep-13-07 08:14 PM
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27. In Iraq, sheikhs don't know who in Baghdad is their friend

Edited on Thu Sep-13-07 08:19 PM by ohio2007

among many enemies. But,
it's been the that way for a thoudsand years before we showed up.

Killed Sunni sheikh Sattar Abu Risha’s last interview - Post Media Reply
Iraqi Sunni sheikh Sattar Abu Risha, who had been fighting Al-Qaeda for the last year, was killed on Thursday in a bomb attack on his convoy in the western city of Ramadi, police said. In his last interview, on September 8, Abu Risha asked the Iraqi government to support his council's armed militia.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc3_1189714826

article excerpt from Arabic source

Locals fleeing the area said the attack started at 10 in the morning and the shooting didn't stop until after 5 in the evening. Al-Qaeda militants who are mostly Afghans and non-Iraqi Arabs killed dozens of the locals; some were beheaded and their heads were put on top of their chests; among them were women and children.

One woman who was fleeing the fighting added:

The people of Hor Rijab turned against al-Qaeda but since there was no support for them al-Qaeda returned back, broke into the homes and slaughtered men, women and children. And the Americans did nothing…

http://www.radiosawa.com/arabic_news.aspx?id=1370318&cid=24

Iraqi's cannot rely on the 'American GI crutch"
We have to draw down, they have to stand up.

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Reply #27: In Iraq, sheikhs don't know who in Baghdad is their friend [View All]