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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Lets jam his server!
You rebel you! LOL.
They even had a news alert crawl that said "Foley to stay in rehab" LOL
Pathetic. But typical of the MSM. They are a willing accomplice to the cover up of the blatant political corruption of the Democrat Party.
Rush is talking about Kerry's non-apology. Kerry is truly the gift that keeps on giving....to Republicans!
And in fact they have gone way beyond bias. They are agenda driven. They want the outcomes that they want and will lie and obfuscate to get them. What they do is intentional.
Do you have the NASA image with Kerry ?
Like I said last night...Kerry reconfirmed that he thinks I'm stupid by trying to convince America that what he posted on his website and had the DBM paste all over TV...was an "apology"
Yes it is, and is the most often repeated one. Every time I hear this or something like it, I want to scream.
I'm wondering if there aren't more than a few Democrats right now who are secretly grateful that that bozo didn't get elected President after all.
Tony was interviewed this morning and said, "Hey, I've been trying to lose weight!"
Me too, MNJohnie.
Thanks, CDB (should FReepmail ya?)
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