Posted on 11/02/2006 9:00:14 AM PST by MNJohnnie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725750/posts
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".
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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.
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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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FReeped.
Excellent caller, copying myself from another thread:
Paraphrasing, a new caller (Korean War vet) who said if the Democrats don't believe we can WIN in Iraq then exactly WHERE do the DEMS think we can win? Do the Dems think we can win on the shores of Florida or New York?
This is the issue - if the Cut and Run crowd wins seats in November 06 or 08, G*d help us.
That's so great! I hope every one of those warriors' families will publicly identify and praise these great military men and women.
Does that sign say Nov 8th?
Oh yeah! Please Please Please
OUCH...someone get that @@#^@$#@*$!!!'s bus off of that hallowed ground!
Afternoon my FRiend.
I think I made someone mad at the other site :D
What more is it going to take to wake up America?
I'm not surprised... He is a dirt bag.. I don't buy his populist stint.. It is just a stunt...
Ava?
(Senator Ted) Kennedy Offered to Help Soviets Thwart U.S. Policies, KGB Papers Show
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730875/posts
How so?
Nah...closer to home...*cough* CU *cough*...think Kitty Litter.
I wish Ava would use her screen name at the other site and take me up on my offer to properly educate her on Iraq.
Yes, he does have six kids. I saw them all together at his primary party in May. Nice family.
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