Posted on 11/02/2006 9:00:14 AM PST by MNJohnnie
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New Iraq is working hard to get rid of the old ways GulfNews.com ^ | 10/25/2006 | Amir Taheri
Posted on 10/25/2006 1:32:24 PM CDT by baseball_fan
snip...Since liberation, an estimated 45,000 Iraqis have been killed, largely because of insurgent and terrorist activities. Yet, there are few signs that a majority of Iraqis are prepared to raise the white flag of surrender.
Several events in the past two weeks have highlighted the growing isolation of the jihadists and their Saddamite allies. One event is the creation of a tribal alliance, bringing together all Arab Sunni clans of western Iraq together in a united front to "chase Al Qaida out of Iraq".
…snip…
A second noteworthy event is the almost unanimous approval by the Iraqi National Assembly (parliament) of a new plan for peace and reconciliation. Backed by all ethnic and religious communities through their political parties, the new plan further underlines the marginalisation of the jihadists and Saddamite groups.
More importantly, the plan envisages the creation of a unified information office to harmonise the sermons delivered at mosques, regardless of their sectarian affiliations. The idea is to use the mosque as a forum for a unified and democratic Iraq rather than a hub of sectarian agitation.
A third event was the Makkah meeting held on Saturday. It brought together prominent Muslim Sunni and Shiite clerics from Iraq and eight other Muslim countries to discuss and approve a declaration demanding an end to sectarian feuds in Iraq. An initiative of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the gathering reflects growing impatience with the jihadists throughout the Muslim world.
…snip…
The Makkah gathering represents the first major effort by Sunnis and Shiites towards the mutual recognition of one another as acceptable versions of the same faith, since 1947.
Despite the dramatic increase in terrorist attacks in recent weeks, new Iraq is holding its own because Iraqi morale is holding. That morale, however, is under constant attack from… snip
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Jeez! That's scary! I wish I'd had that for Halloween.
We are seeing the ultimate clash between the dinosaur media and alternative media.
Rush peed in the DBM's and the Dem's party punch, and they are trying to make him pay for it.
It won't work, it just helps us.
I had about fifty links for you this a.m., sorry I didn't get to send them... you want them in your mailbox?
Or I could post them after Rush is over.
Oh yeah!
They should have paid attention in HISTORY class...
http://www.streamload.com/jmstein77/Kerry2.mp3
interesting analysis.
Yes, that would be great. I don't have time to FReep any more and it would be great if I had a ping to lead me straight to the thread. Blessings!!!
They probaly don't see the big picture...
Wonder what is cooking over here:
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/
John Kerry: "If you can graduate with a 'Gentleman's C' average, marry a rich heiress and then a rich widow, and not say anything too revoltingly nasty about our dumbass troops, you can do well. Ooops, I've stepped in it again!"
Yeah, I pinged you to it. Don't forget Levin will announce something as well tonight. 6-8 p.m. EST.
I wasn't sure where this caller was going for a minute.
Is this the new information on Kerry Levin hinted at last night? (I've been a bit out of the loop today.)
Kerry is not as smart as he thinks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/11/02/do0202.xml
Kerry, urge scions of privilege to enlist
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppin024956097nov02,0,4221972.column?coll=ny-news-columnists
Note: Regardless if he lies, Kerry insulted the president before young Americans, those who have gone into the military to pull themselves up with the GI bill to go to college or take online courses, low and middle class citizens who work everyday for a dollar and made it about his narcissism instead of issues. He had his day, now he has a flashback. He's shown by his five separate different explanations, why we're fortunate he's not commander in chief of our armed forces or the lead in our 'foreign police action' (his words).
'Shock jock' on message for Bush
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=2T1R3RH0J04CNQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2006/11/02/wuspols02.xml
Kerry apology a Karl Rove plant
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/burtis110206.htm
Proof the Mainstream Media Is Left Wing
(John Gibson, link to study)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226857,00.html
A One Way Conversation with Clinton
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/EDIT02/611020321/1090
Tribune may eye breakup
Initial offers for entire company said to be too low
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0611020201nov02,0,6488933.story?coll=chi-business-hed
Youths challenge the French state
David Rennie in Paris
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/02/wfrance02.xml
Kennedy Offered to Help Soviets Thwart U.S. Policies, KGB Papers Show
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200611/POL20061102b.html
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