Hey, they were warned....
Seriously though, how can anyone expect these people to assimilate when they consider this normal behavior and a justifiable killing?
" Witnesses said that a Sunni militant group issued a warning a few days before the attack, forbidding the wearing of shorts"
I could get "behind" this if it was a fatwa against fat people in those spandex bicycle shorts
You know...at this point...you can understand why Saddam had to be absolutely ruthless. You have to walk into neighborhoods...kill a mullah or two...break some legs...and basically forget about democracy. I don't think our long-term plans for the Iraqis will fix anything in the country today. These dimwits have to be threaten each and everyday...to make them civiliazed. We are wasting our time there now.
I find the idea that this was a Sunni group rather odd. They aren't usually very religious.