Where are the human rights advocacy groups on this? From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite militias are encouraging children — some as young as 6 or 7 — to hurl stones and gasoline bombs at U.S. convoys, hoping to lure American troops into ambushes or provoke them into shooting back, U.S. soldiers say.Gangs of up to 100 children assemble in Sadr City, stronghold of radical anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia, and in nearby neighborhoods, U.S. officers said in interviews this week.
American soldiers have seen young men, their faces covered by bandanas, talking with the children before the rock-throwing attacks begin — and sometimes handing out slingshots so the volleys will be more accurate, the troops said.
"It's like a militia operation. They'll mass rocks on the last or second-to-last vehicle" in a U.S. patrol, said Capt. Chris L'Heureux, 30, of Woonsocket, R.I. "There's no doubt in my mind that they're utilizing these kids in a deliberate, thought-out way."
Al-Sadr's followers insist they are not organizing attacks by children.
"Such behavior by Iraqi children is spontaneous and the natural reaction from innocent children who are witnessing horrible deeds committed by the occupation forces in Iraq," Ali al-Yassiri, an aide to al-Sadr, told The Associated Press.
Sure, Ali. Tell me another.
Ok, so how long before they start making children into suicide bombers -- oh, wait, I think this has already been tried.
Yes, Islam, the Religion of Peace.
We should have put a bullet in al-Sadr when we had him before, but no, we learn nothing from Patton or other victorious generals it seems. We wish to keep tossing fuel onto the fire instead of squelching these vermin where they live.
Our culture might fail yet, and then where will many of you be? The answers to that question are boundless and none of them end with a bell ringing because an angel just got her wings, I can promise you that.
If the troops can see young men in bandanas coaching the children, surely some of the troops watching must be snipers...
the Iranians sent tens of thousands of youths to their deaths in the Iran-Iraq war.
Muslim leaders condemning their youth to death is nothing new or untried.
Seems to me if they continue to encourage such acts...soon they'll wonder why they don't have enough young men to become kamikaze. Let us call these jihad freaks the proper term.
If it is a natural reaction by children, where are the mothers and fathers who should be guiding and protecting these children from danger and from making bad decisions?
What is wrong with the parents? Why don't they protect their children from harm?
(What is wrong with the parents? Why don't they protect their children from harm?)
The radicals will kill them.
Chatillon is on the money. The young gentlemen "coaching" these children should be given a round each.
Sean Hannity this is not about Islam.....It is about Islam buy a Koran Sean...learn to tell the truth.
Sick bastards using children.
"Such behavior by Iraqi children is spontaneous and the natural reaction from innocent children who are witnessing horrible deeds committed by the occupation forces in Iraq," Ali al-Yassiri, an aide to al-Sadr, told The Associated Press.
Natural reaction? It's been a while since I've been a kid, but I don't think that would have been my natural reaction to 'horrible deeds.' As a kid I would have gone and hid somewhere.
No, Ali al-Yassiri... it's couching by a bunch of sicko cowards un-willing to fight themselves.
Storagemanager
Just heard Robert on Michael Medved's program, with a Puget Sound Mohammedan Jaffar Siddique. Michael Medved largely gets it, and this was a good hour, with just 2 callers.
Robert
A special thanks for not letting that weasel get away with his claim that since today more than a billion Hindus are there in India (actually the number is 850m), no genocide/conversion of Hindus took place. Too bad no rebuttal was there for his outrageous claims on the Banu Quraiza. And it was funny hearing the exchange with caller Abdul on the authenticity of Ibn Ishaq, or the Siddique's questioning the genuineness of the hadiths. And you really got his goat at the end.
Hope Michael Medved has you on again soon, but this time to yourself, and with fewer Muslim callers. There are arguments one can have as to how dangerous Islam is, without having to involve Islam apologists in every debate that comes up.
I think I know how the parents of these misguided children think. They would rather their child die early than to live under the system and conditions that they have had to endure for generations and generations. I might consider doing the same thing, but I would have the guts to go with him.
By my count Sean Hannity has said three times today this is not about Islam....The American people have a right to know the name of the enemy they face..Sean you and President Bush are doing the american people a disservice and more to the point deceiving them...You justify the lies....but a lie is a lie....You should be ashamed of yourself many people depend on you for information they dont know how to get or dont have time to get....YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN DAN RATHER.
I've stated before , I'm quickly losing my compassion for these people, so please don't berate me for what I'm about to say.
The first words out of muslim babies mouths are either "DEATH TO ISRAEL" or allahu akbar. They are taught to hate every one not like them or their kind of muslims. Who's to say those 6 yr. old boys can't slit your throats any better than a grown muslim male. And do it without conscience.
Who is amassing those little boys? The madrassas? The clerics on Friday after prayers?
As a mother, I would shield my children away from potential shootings or bombings.
As a mother, if my son was there, given the chance of his life or the little haters lives...I would choose my son. I would tell him to shoot straight.
They have learned child sacrifice from the Filistin.
chsw
Most of the world's human rights advocacy groups are so busy bedding down with the Socialist Movement and Islamic terrorist organizations and in the process vilifying the United States in every way conceivable that there is little time for them to do anything about or even take note of REAL human rights tragedies like this. Protecting human rights has taken a back seat to anti-Americanism for many advocacy groups that have allowed themselves and their causes to become political footballs.
Many of the world's so-called human rights advocacy campaigners have become a travesty of their own cause, and that is a tragedy for all of us because once upon a time they WERE doing what they were supposed to be doing--drawing attention to protecting human rights where human rights were truly if not desperately in need of protection.
I wouldn't be surprised if some human rights advocacy groups today are covertly involved in assisting in conflicts where combat against American interests is being waged, as here in Iraq.
The world has wigged out to THAT extent.
Sean Hannity is nothing but a smarmy Busb-bot. I heard his show today and was equally pissed of by what you guys mentioned here.
He also kept announcing Pat Buchanan. Always milking that till the next commercial.. till he finally had him on in the final 15 minutes.
I'm more with with Michael Savage and Levin [the Great One]. NOT when it comes to someof their social politics BUT 100% when it comes to dealing with the muftis and when it comes to speaking Truth about pislam [flush flush.. may pigs defecate all over it]
Infidel Pride,
I heard Robert on Michael Medved today, and think he should have his own radio programme.
>A special thanks for not letting that weasel get away with his claim that since today more than a billion Hindus are there in India (actually the number is 850m), no genocide/conversion of Hindus took place.>>
Infidel Pride,
Too bad,I would not get a chance to hear it.Nevertheless I feel gratified on reading your comment.My wholehearted thanks to Robert Spencer,this site and all the posters here.Never have I been able to open myself up and speak fearlessly about the diabolical islimemuslimes who are well protected by pc infected indians and leftists alike.
Even rss vocally ranting against Pope, refers to muslimes as our "brothers"(sic).
And I turned on my TV today and I hear, yet again, that the religion of islam has been highjacked by a few radicals, the the Pope has great respect for islam, people misinterperting the koran, blah, blah, blah.
Just when you think that we just might "get it"we backtrack again into the same old quicksand of muslim appeasment, We see what is happening with our own eyes and we hear with our own ears, yet we still cannot connect the dots to the religion itself and the founder of this filth. How sad indeed, for us.
Appeasment Bah!
The modern equivalent of Neville Chamberlain at Munich: When you coddle madmen, you end up paying a terrible price.
appeasment has never worked and never will.
muslims understand only death.
an example of appeasment failure. The US was appeased by Germany and betrayed:
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Germany: appeasment sabotages fight against terror
Scotsman.com News - International - Hezbollah killer freed as hostage is released
According to several stories today, Germany has released convicted hijacker/murderer Mohammad Ali Hammadi, a member of Hezbollah, and returned him to Lebanon. Hammadi has been in prison for 18 years for the hijacking of a TWA flight in Beruit in 1985. During the hijacking, American Robert Dean Stethem was murdered, and his battered corpse thrown from the plane. Germany had repeatedly denied American requests for extradition because they did not want him to face the death penalty. The U.S. had been appeased by the pledge that Hammadi would remain in jail for the full life sentence.
The release of Hammadi mysteriously coincides with the release of German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff who had been kidnapped in Iraq. She was inexplicably released by her captors shortly after Hammadi was returned to Lebanon. First Spain, now Germany giving in to terrorist demands. It must be a European mindset that makes appeasement so easy. Appeasement as a foreign policy just doesn't work. It never has. It didn't work in 1939 with an aggressive Germany, it didn't work in 1994 with Slobodon Milocivich and it won't work now with an aggressive holy war.
do not be confused:
by the way, "appeasement" had a positive connotation, of "seeking peace."
history shows those who appease to seek peace ended up paying a much dearer price later on.
appeasement just does not work in the long run.
it is wiser to do the job right the first time.
Robert asks where are the human rights advocates in this? The same place they were when Arafat and Co. orchestrated the first Intifada "of stones" against Israel... ...playing see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, unless you can pin it, however indirectly on Israel/US/British "aggression".
Where are the human rights advocacy groups on this?
They're in Baghdad at Saddam's trial, speaking out on his behalf.
By SAMEER N. YACOUB and JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writers
"...Al-Amiri's comment angered many Kurds and Shiites, fueling their criticism that he was too lenient with Saddam. Prosecutors in the trial already had asked for al-Amiri to be replaced after he allowed Saddam to lash out at Kurdish witnesses during a court session.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said it was "very concerned" about al-Amiri's removal.
"This appears to be improper interference in the independence of the tribunal, and may greatly damage the court," the non-governmental organization said..."
As far as the little devil children go, kill them before they grow into big devils.
How to define an Islamic court?
hmmmm
kangaroo court or kangaroo trial, also known as drumhead court-martial or Drumhead trial, is a sham legal proceeding or court. The term is often applied to courts subjectively judged as such, while others consider the court to be legitimate and legal. A kangaroo court may be a court that has had its integrity compromised; for example, if the judge is not impartial and refuses to be recused.
It may also be an elaborately scripted event intended to appear fair while having the outcome predetermined from the start. Terms meaning "show trial", like the German Schauprozess, indicate the result is fixed before (usually guilty): the "trial" is just for show. One example is Stalin's kangaroo trials against his enemies, whom he labeled enemies of the people and the party, notably in the context of the Great Purge. Another example is Roland Freisler's "processes" against the enemies of the national-socialist regime.
SADR CITY should be leveled to the ground, no questions asked,
RAMADI should be leveled to the ground, no questions asked,
BARKUBA should be leveled to the ground, no questions asked,
Any city that shows it is entirely under the control of the terrorists and that consistently shows the violent nature of its inhabitants does not deserve to be standing.
We are at war, let's act like it. As in WWII destroying cities and populations en masse sped up the end of the war.
In these hotbeds, just circle the city and level it.
THe Muslims are actively scouting out ways to level your city as you live and breath.Do not doubt it for a minute.