Posted on 07/26/2006 9:14:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki insisted Wednesday that Iraq is a front line in the war on terrorism and said those behind the rampant violence in Iraq are perverting the Islamic faith.
"I know some of you question whether Iraq is part of the war on terror," al-Maliki told a joint meeting of Congress, where some lawmakers have been critical of the new Iraqi leader's position on the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
"Let me be very clear," al-Maliki said. "This is a battle between true Islam, for which a person's liberty and rights constitute essential cornerstones, and terrorism, which wraps itself in a fake Islamic cloak."
Several Democrats critical of al-Maliki attended and participated in standing ovations as the Iraqi leader spoke. It was not immediately clear whether any lawmakers made good on a threat to boycott the address.
Al-Maliki was interrupted briefly by a shouting demonstrator wearing a pink T-shirt that read, "Troops Home Now." The young woman was lifted from her seat by officers and carried out of the House visitor's gallery, while al-Maliki paused and grimaced in irritation.
"Iraqis want the troops to leave, bring them home now," the woman shouted repeatedly. "Listen to the Iraqis."
Al-Maliki said his country has made great strides despite the threat of extremists he said are bent on destroying Iraq's nascent democracy.
"Above all they wish to spread fear," and represent a threat to all free countries, he said.
"Iraq is the battle that will determine the war," he said. His words echoed those of President Bush, who frequently asserts that Iraq is a central battleground against terrorism elsewhere, including on U.S. shores, and that the country can be a bulwark for the spread of freedom in the autocratic Middle East.
Of his people, who have faced violence and death as the country makes a transition from the rule of Saddam Hussein, al-Maliki said: "They have stated over and over again, with the ink stained fingers waving in pride, they will always make the same choice."
What you said. Ann Coulter is truly fighting the good fight.
This psycho-hag from Code Puke was invited into the Congressional Gallery by hard-left scumbag Rep. Major Owens (D-NY). The lunatics of the Congressional left seem to be particularly close to the demented Code Puke -- wasn't it Cynthia McKinney who invited Cindy Sheehan to disrupt the State of the Union address?
I think the culprit that time was Lynn Woolsey.
Lynn Woolsey? Someone posted on another thread that they called the office of Rep. Major Owens and that it was confirmed that Owens invited the low-life (of course they pretend they had no idea she would be disruptive, but that's ludicrous - Code Pink EXISTS to stage such disruptions):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672769/posts?page=2#36
wasn't it Cynthia McKinney who invited Cindy Sheehan to disrupt the State of the Union address?
Now this, I don't remember. You are probably correct.
She disrupted the prime minister of Iraq's speech thanks to Major Owen (D-NY). See this thread for more, if you're interested.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672769/posts
Thanks for the info, RedRover. Major Owen trying to make a name for himself among his fellow moonbats?
This deserves a censure from Congress, but that's about as likely as Cynthia McKinney getting charged with assault on a Capitol police officer.
And I'm pretty sure Medea Benjamin isn't pro-israel, and some democrat invited HER to speak to congress from the gallery.....
Further, if these democrats had had their way, we would not have removed Saddam from power. If by some miracle he had died anyway, and the majority had taken over Iraq after his death, that majority would have been Shiites, friendly with Iran, and would have despised us. There would have been civil war as well.
In other words, every bad thing happening in Iraq would have happened anyway, but with leadership that was a dictatorship instead of a democracy, and which was allied with Iran and the enemy of the United States.
It's easy for the democrats to complain things didn't turn out perfectly, but harder for them to explain how their alternate universe would have been any better.
Ann Coulter did a great job debunking Kerry's attempt to paint an alternative universe where he is president and somehow destroyed Hezbollah so we don't have the Israel-Lebanon conflict.
She is. That would be Gael (pronounced Gail) Murphy, co-found of Code Pink Women for Peace and Justice. (spit)
I wanted to throw a brick into the screen.
Liberals really just don't get it.
This guy needs to be saying this on every news show, every day, and every moment he can.
His life rests solely on the will of the American people to keep this fight going... unfortunately almost half of the above mentioned group is either a leftist or a moron...
...(I know, those are not mutually exclusive groups most are both)
But the nobody can sell this thing here better than the duly elected representative of the Iraqi people.
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