Maybe young al-Dulaimi was rebelling against his father's democratic pluralism. Or maybe there is an exceedingly fine line in Iraq between political action and violence -- a line much thinner than most analysts would like to admit. Sunni/Shi'ite Tension Update: "Detained Iraq Sunni leader son caught planting bombs," from AFP, August 21 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The son of leading Iraqi Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi has been charged with attempted murder after he was caught planting a bomb in a house belonging to a Shiite family, police said Thursday.Police said that Muthanna Dulaimi was caught red-handed as he tried to set the explosive in a predominantly Sunni Arab district where Shiite families had lived before they were displaced by the sectarian violence of recent years.
"The defendant was arrested as he was placing a bomb inside the house that belonged to a displaced family in the neighbourhood," security spokesman Qassim Atta told AFP.
Security forces arrested Muthanna after a Baghdad court issued three arrest warrants charging him with multiple killings and forcing people out of their homes, a statement from Baghdad's central security command said.
"(The warrants) accused him of murder and displacing people in al-Adel neighbourhood," it said.
Muthanna is the second son of Dulaimi to be arrested by Iraqi forces and his detention has already heightened tensions between Sunni leaders and Baghdad's Shiite-led administration.
"We strongly denounce this heinous act. We are shocked by this barbaric action that was carried out by executive bodies against national figures," said a statement from the National Concord Front, the main Sunni party.
"We demand that Dulaimi's son be released immediately," it said....
As long as the Muslims brotherhood fights one another that is one less headache for the infidels.
Yea; like commies killing commies, where's the down-side?
"We strongly denounce this heinous act. We are shocked by this barbaric action that was carried out by executive bodies against national figures," said a statement from the National Concord Front, the main Sunni party.
"We demand that Dulaimi's son be released immediately," it said....
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Um . . . so, the National Concord Front--what a name!--is not upset by the fact that one of their member's has a grandson who is setting bombs in his neighbor's homes, but is upset by his arrest because it embarasses Dulaimi?
Am I reading this right?
Sorry for the misuse of the possesive.
We'll let you slide this time, gravenimage, but don't ever go slinging those imperatives around.
Kids will be kids...he's really a good boy.
Okay, the guy was arrested WITH THE GOODS as he was trying to set a bomb in someone's house and the Sunni reaction is:
We are shocked by this barbaric action that was carried out by executive bodies against national figures," said a statement from the National Concord Front, the main Sunni party.
"We demand that Dulaimi's son be released immediately," it said....
Never let it be said that Muslims have no sense of humor!
It's a thin line,
between love and hate.
Even when caught red handed, they do not admit their
murderous actions of their own. islam means you leave your head under a rock.
Shi'ite and Sunni. Kilkenny Cats.
See how these Muslims kill one another.
I commend to jihadwatchers J M Stracszynski's epic space opera series, 'Babylon 5', the episode entitled "Infection".
The story turns on a race of beings who came up with the idea of creating super-soldiers who would attack and kill anyone who was not a 'pure' member of their group. Unfortunately, the specifications as to what constituted 'purity' were a little too exacting. Result: their entire race was systematically exterminated by the 'purifiers' that they themselves had created.
And these are the people that make up the great Sunni Awakening that is bringing peace and stability to Iraq?
"Kill and be Killed" To the Shia, Sunnis are apostates. To the Sunni, Shia are apostates. Jihad! Jihad!
Even if every human being on the planet was converted to Islam, there would be killing, terrorism and violence. Who kills more Muslims than any other group? - other Muslims.