Posted on 11/02/2006 9:00:14 AM PST by MNJohnnie
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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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PO'd someone at the other site where I mod who values their worth and importance there way more than anyone else there does.
CBS News Fearful Kerry Comments Will Mobilize the GOP Base
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730869/posts
Oh OK. What happened?
Thanks
He sure does, he's a good Italian/Catholic boy, is our Rick!
Re: Reid connections
What's the source for that graphic. It's so small, I can't read it.
WABC has just announced the first Military Iraq death for November!
The Drive By Media: a cult of death.
LOL
Bwahahaaha! Limbaugh has killed the libs the last month. I bet they hate him worse than GWB.
How's things in the Windy City? It's raining here in NorCal.
Check your FReepmail
The Drive By Media and al Qaeda: a cult of death.
Lower 40's. Next week, upper 50's.
I think Bean may lose.. I think her winning was fluke, it was kinda like Rosty losing in 94.. A fluke... I think that Roskam is going to win.. I wish I could vote for him.. What is going on the Illinois board lately???
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