Posted on 02/15/2007 10:49:44 PM PST by jmc1969
A U.S. military spokesman on Thursday hailed a joint American-Iraqi raid on Baghdad's leading Shiite Muslim mosque as proof of that the Baghdad security plan is being applied evenly against all sides of the country's sectarian divide.
The raid, which took place Wednesday, angered the mosque's imam, who took the unusual step of canceling Friday prayer services at the historic Baratha mosque, where, Shiites believe, Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, converted a Christian missionary to Islam in the seventh century.
Sheik Jalal al-Din al-Saghir, a member of parliament from the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, denounced the raid, which the U.S. military said had turned up a cache of illegal weapons. The Supreme Council is one of Iraq's largest political parties and part of its governing coalition.
Searching mosques has been a particularly sensitive issue since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. In delivering the decree that legalized the security plan earlier this week, Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Aboud Qanbar said soldiers would enter mosques only if they were used "for illegal purposes" or to protect citizens from harm.
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the U.S. military said the mosque was raided "during operations targeting illegally armed militia kidnapping, torture and murder activities." It said the mosque was used "to conduct sectarian violence against Iraqi civilians as well as a safe haven and weapons storage area for illegal militia groups."
The Supreme Council's armed wing, the Badr Organization, has been accused of kidnapping and torturing Sunnis.
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Ping
The gloves are coming off and the Democrats will be deeply saddened at the results.
Mosque's won't be a safe haven anymore for Mookie's minions. Good news!
Yup, the gloves have finally come off.
These weren't Mookie's goons these were SCIRI's goons
Oops, I stand corrected.
I hope so. But why were the gloves on in the first place? And why did Bush et al allow it?
IMHO we should either get serious and fight to win or bring da boys home.
Perhaps I need to revive my tagline regarding the "Cut and Run" crowd and how I feel about them...
Lots of mistakes were made. I could go on and on as to why they were made.
But, I will just say certain people in the Pentagon, WH, and certain generals were more interested in trying to make the NY Times happy and sliding out of Iraq ASAP instead of fighting to win this war.
I'm all in favor of stomp and kick ass. I just don't like half ass pc rules of engagement that lead to the injury and death of some of the best our country produces.
BTW I pinged your homepage. Very entertaining. You've got moxie and then some.
Just announce that any mosque that is found in connection with the bad guys will be leveled. Then do it.
Allah ain't going to like that. They better hide in the pig sty.
"Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, converted a Christian missionary to Islam..."
I wonder how large of a sword he used to accomplish the conversion?
Let's face it, political correctness has cause much of the problem with the war in Iraq. We weren't about to go into those mosques, so they were free to be centers of terrorism. This is long overdue.
Stay safe Baby-girl!!!!
(you're one of my HEROS)
8^)
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