Just when the honeymoon with the Sunnis was going so well. Blue-Thumbed Iraqi Jeffersonians Update: "Sunni leaders angry over arrest warrant," by Kim Gamel for Associated Press, with thanks to Special Guest:
BAGHDAD - Iraqi commandos raided the home of a Sunni Cabinet member Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, outraging Sunni politicians and jeopardizing U.S.-backed reconciliation efforts within the Shiite-led government.The move against Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi came after he was identified by two suspected militants as the mastermind of a Feb. 8, 2005, ambush against secular politician Mithal al-Alusi, an Iraqi government spokesman said. Al-Alusi escaped unharmed but two of his sons were killed.
"The two who planned and carried out the killings of Mithal al-Alusi's two sons confessed that they took orders from him," Ali al-Dabbagh said. The spokesman said al-Hashimi was a mosque imam at the time.
Well then, he couldn't have done it. He must, as everyone knows, be a man of peace.
Al-Hashimi was not at home when the security forces staged the pre-dawn raid and detained some 40 of his guards. Muhanad al-Essawi, a spokesman for the main Sunni parliamentary bloc, said the minister was being kept in an undisclosed safe place in Baghdad and that Sunni politicians were asking the government to close the case.Al-Hashimi is the first serving Cabinet minister to face arrest. The deputy health minister was arrested in February for alleged ties to Shiite militiamen.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, has promised not to let political or sectarian considerations stop him from cracking down on violence. But the move threatened to set back efforts to bring the disaffected Sunni minority into the political process, a step the U.S. says is key to stem support for the insurgency and enable American troops to go home.
Al-Hashimi's party, the Congress of the People of Iraq, condemned the arrest warrant and warned the government to avoid "playing with fire" by "fabricating lies to exclude Sunni politicians and officials from the Iraqi arena."
Interesting religion and culture where a "mosque imam" needs to have 40 guards.
Since Islam is a religion of peace, who is he afraid of?
"Al-Hashimi's party, the Congress of the People of Iraq, condemned the arrest warrant and warned the government to avoid "playing with fire" by "fabricating lies to exclude Sunni politicians and officials from the Iraqi arena."
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"What do you do when your wife catches you in bed with another woman?" asked Lenny Bruce.
Deny it.
(or if you're a Muslim, condemn her.)
Good God. With the Iraqi Culture Minister away from his post, the place is in trouble.
This Sunni Cabinet member is accused of murdering two boys. They were the sons of a rival Sunni. The Shi'ite majority government and police are searching for him, and the other Sunnis are enraged and making warnings to let him go.
Was it Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton who was similarly accused of murdering two boys during the Philadelphia Convention? Or was it James Madison? I forget.
Remember, they're just like us, they want the same things we do.
Was it Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton who was similarly accused of murdering two boys during the Philadelphia Convention? Or was it James Madison? I forget.
It was Sonny Corleone!
profitsbeard asked
Radical Christianists, extremist Buddhists, and fundamentalist Hinduists?
George Bush clarifies things:
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war. ...
Women who cover their heads in this country must feel comfortable going outside their homes. Moms who wear cover must be not intimidated in America. That’s not the America I know. That’s not the America I value.
I’ve been told that some fear to leave; some don’t want to go shopping for their families; some don’t want to go about their ordinary daily routines because, by wearing cover, they’re afraid they’ll be intimidated. That should not and that will not stand in America.
Al-Hashimi's party (...) warned the government to avoid "playing with fire" by "fabricating lies"...
When asked to elaborate, Al Hashimi's supporters explained their compelling assertion in stark detail: "Lies...all lies. Nothing but lies. Simply lies, lies and more lies. The lying liars are lying, lie after lying lie."
Purple, not blue. Purple-thumbed.
The "rival Sunni politician" whose sons were killed, it appears, on the orders of Kamal al-Hashimi, is Mithal al-Alusi. Al-Alusi is the most secular, most intelligent, and most attractive of all the Sunni political figures in present-day Iraq. A few years ago he visited Israel. Last year he was a signer of the St. Petersburg Declaration. Both give some indication of just how unusual he is.
"The spokesman said al-Hashimi was a mosque imam at the time."
....imagine that! assassinations being plotted from within a mosque...
....people from around the world are objecting to the construction new mosques....I can see why...
....mosques are nothing more than combat operations centers...
....Islam is for losers...the Muslims prove it every day....