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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LMAO! You're bad! :)
Sorry, (I know, I'm a bad hun!)
That is not good for Blago... Maybe Blago could bribe him with something..
judy just might sneak in...
Seems to me CNN is making this election about CNN vs. FNC.
They have become blatantly openly hostile and don't even care. Don't care how totally unattractive the've become to the majority of people.
Dear God grant us a huge and glaring victory this coming Tuesday. Stamp it with Your approval.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
That is true.. With the Green Party stealing the Blago votes, she might win..
Democrats Will Lose Because They Offer No Hope
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1728598/posts
Well, I gotta go into the belly of the beast and teach my college class.
Three years at it, and I haven't even choked ONE of those hyperlibs that hang around the campus.
Think somebody put out the word to stay far, far away from that old guy with the POW-MIA hat.
Clinton/Kerry Bill to Give Felons the Vote Opposed by Americans (A BIG NO!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639105/posts
... and Amen!
LLS
You the man.
Aid and comfort to the enemy: The Kerry record...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160580/posts
21 Steps to Becoming a Democrat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1230355/posts
Oh brother...
Judy is no lenin.
;)
I agree.. She is not a conservative, but she is better than Blago...
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