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Occupation Iraq: 15 Attacks a Day
Occupation Iraq: MSM Censoring Conflict Again
Nevertheless, here is the crap I was fed on Friday!
"Key Sunni leader is released from jail" by Ned Parker and Saif Hameed, Los Angeles Times | April 3, 2009
BAGHDAD - A prominent Sunni paramilitary leader was released from jail yesterday after a judge dismissed murder charges against him....
The dismissal ended a 10-day ordeal that saw Ali swallowed up into the country's security apparatus. Even now, it remains unclear who jailed him. The paramilitary leader said he was detained by the Baghdad operations command, which in turn blamed the Iraqi special forces.
According to Ali, even the US military couldn't track him during his incarceration, which was spent on a base in eastern Baghdad. "I expected the Americans would help me, but they didn't know where I was held," he said. "This place was very secret."
Despite repeated requests, the US military had not commented on Ali's case, calling it an internal Iraqi matter.
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That's NICE to KNOW, but WHAT ABOUT the ACTUAL WAR, huh?
BAGHDAD - A US aircraft fired on suspected government-allied Sunni paramilitaries planting a bomb, killing one and wounding two, US military officials said yesterday, the latest sign of trouble in a program that has been a pillar of the US strategy to stabilize Iraq.
Iraq's prime minister said he was not ready to give up on the paramilitary program, known variously as Sons of Iraq and Awakening Councils, but warned he would not tolerate subversives in the ranks despite the groups' role in helping stabilize the country.
A US statement said the airstrike was launched Thursday night after four gunmen, allegedly members of the Sons of Iraq, were seen planting a roadside bomb near Taji, site of a large US air base about 12 miles north of Baghdad.
Sons of Iraq are Sunnis who broke with the insurgents and now work with the army and police to provide security in their areas. US commanders credit the more than 90,000 Sons of Iraq with playing a major role in turning the tide against Al Qaeda and other Sunni insurgents following the US troop surge of 2007.
But the Shi'ite-led government is suspicious of the groups because they include many former insurgents. Shi'ite leaders also believe some of the members are infiltrators who are still working for the insurgents. Last weekend, US-backed Iraqi forces put down an uprising in central Baghdad by members of the local Awakening Council angry over the arrest of their commander on terrorism and criminal charges.
The US statement said one of the gunmen was found dead at the scene of Thursday's attack and the two wounded were captured in a nearby house. They were handed over to Iraqi police....
To disappear into the prison system (like the good old Saddam days)?
The attack occurred in a rural area where several bombings had occurred in recent months, the US statement said..... In an interview aired yesterday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite, said he appreciated the contribution of the Sunni paramilitaries in the fight against Al Qaeda. But he said Iraqi intelligence had reports that Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists had infiltrated the movement.
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I've kind of had it with the same, old, shopworn shit sell that the MSM has been giving us these last six years, how about you? This recycled and regurgitated rot gets transparently tiresome after a while.
"Bridging religious divide to build a postwar Iraq" by Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press | April 4, 2009
RAMADI, Iraq - The Abu Risha clan paid a heavy price in the uprising against Al Qaeda that helped turn the tide of the Iraq war: 30 relatives were killed, including the clan leader.
Yet in the family home these days, the talk is less about the war and more about a possible new alliance that would step across the religious divide to stabilize Iraq and build peaceful postwar politics.
Oh, about that sectarianism:
Memory Hole: The Dream Vacation
Memory Hole: The Uniters of Islam
Occupation Iraq: Sectarian Saviors
Are we CLEAR, readers?
Ever notice the SECTARIAN VIOLENCE is only in places where USrael is active?
Coincidence?
After the Muslims have INTERMARRIED for CENTURIES without blowing up each others' mosques and killing each other?
The fact that SUCH MUSLIM-HATING GARBAGE comes from my agenda-pushing, Zionist propaganda papers doesn't help the attitude!
That the Abu Rishas are Sunni and their would-be partner, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is a Shi'ite says much about the way these politics are evolving, putting a hope of religious reconciliation into sharper focus. The United States has urged political cooperation between Sunnis and Shi'ites, and the goal appears more urgent now as it prepares to leave Iraq by the end of 2011....
What absolute shit.
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Yeah, about that sectarianism, see: Occupation Iraq: Israel's IEDs for why I no longer believe in "suiciders" or anything else the agenda-pushing, war-promoting, Zionist AmeriKan war press has to report about Muslims!!
