Posted on 08/27/2005 6:04:22 PM PDT by jmc1969
Like many of Baghdad's fiery Sunni clerics, Sheikh Omar Ibrahim al Duleimi was never afraid to stir things up at Friday prayers.
When he urged his congregation to rise up and fight the American occupation, United States troops would routinely haul him in for questioning.
When he urged his congregation to register to vote in elections, the threat came from his compatriots - insurgents, who sent him warning messages that he ignored.
The sheikh has now paid the ultimate price for his defiance. Two hours before he was due to be interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph, armed men stormed his home in Baghdad and kidnapped him. His body was found in the capital yesterday with a single gunshot wound to the head.
The reason for his death was the subject he was about to discuss - his declaration that democracy, not the gun, is the best way forward for Iraq's Sunnis. Qassim al Janaabi, his assistant, said: "In the last two weeks he had been saying in prayers that all Iraqis should vote. He said if we get a government, president and constitution, the Americans will have no reason to stay.
"Some groups sent messages to him saying, 'Don't be a traitor, if you carry on doing this you will die.' But he didn't care - he insisted that he would carry on with this subject. Then two cars full of men came and took him away."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
.... was kinda' hoping it was Sadr
Ironic that this guy was calling for 'jihad' against the US but gets killed by one of his own!
He was murdered by the freedom fighters that Cindy Sheehen loves so much.These cold blooded murderers are the heroes of the liberal morons all over the world.Justice would be served if we could lock these two groups in an arena together and leave them there for a while.
Like Democrats, Muslims prefer ad hominem arguments to the use of logic.
This mullah doesn't deserve our sympathies. If anything Joe Jihadi did us a favour.
This mullah doesn't deserve our sympathies. If anything Joe Jihadi did us a favour.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
Go back to DU.
Huh?
And Cindy and gang cheer!
ROP = Religion of Pigs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.