The first victim, whose head had been placed at his feet, was found on March 26 by a local village head and a U.S. Army officer who had been given the orchard’s location by a man who said he had been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda last August and taken to a “jail” there, but managed to escape before execution.
Awful. If anyone has pics of the protest against Al Queda in Berkley, please link to them.
“When they first came into the area they said they were mujahedin fighting the occupation forces. But later they started forcing people from their homes and taking money. People who worked for the Iraq Army or the Iraqi police were punished,” says Sheikh Abbas Husayn Khalaf, the leader of Taiyah village.
“They imposed their rules: no music, no smoking, the women had to wear the veil, and there were no wedding celebrations. No one was allowed out after 5 p.m. Some people were shot in front of the people in the street, others were kidnapped, killed, and put in the mass graves.”
On another thread, someone asked where the threat from “Islamofascism” or communism was in the US? How it could possibly take over? It’s not a matter of “take over.” It’s a matter of embracing a threat while thinking it’s not a threat. It happened to these people. It’s happening in Europe, and it can happen here.
The eyes of the volunteers were a mixture of fatigue and trauma — the horror of Al-Qaeda’s rule had revisited them in a particularly brutal fashion. And discarded clothing found nearby — including children’s clothing — held the promise of things to come.
Should Americans leave Iraq, and let this kinda thing run rampant, or should they stay and help defend these people against our common enemy, Al Queda “The Base”; Islamic Holy Warriors?
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Our “peace” loving friends would say that none of this would have happened if we had not invaded Iraq.
They would be right. But the death toll that this sad story represents was repeated a thousand times over under Saddam. Even the foreign fighters of Al Queda in Iraq couldn’t match the evil that Saddam inflicted on his own people.
The real peacemakers in Iraq continue to be the U.S. military and the Iraqi citizens who reject extremism in all it’s forms.
It remains unanswered by the anti-Bush/”anti-war” advocates:
“Should Americans leave Iraq, and let this kinda thing run rampant, or should they stay and help defend these people against our common enemy, Al Queda “The Base”; Islamic Holy Warriors?”
I can’t imagin where we’d be right now had the US not intervened into Iraq. It’s quite possible that Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Libya, could/would have developed nuclear weapons by now, and if not by now, probably within months or years, not decades as some speculate.
It’s also quite possible that the proliferation of such weapons could/would spread to other counties, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia come to mind, and a new presidential candidate whether republican or democrat, might well have had to face such a scenario.
No, we must stay the course. The risks to our allies and our country were and are too great.
Re: “Our “peace” loving friends would say that none of this would have happened if we had not invaded Iraq.”
Pretty much accurate, since al Qaeda was not in Iraq until America occupied it.
Curious. No moral outrage, no condemnation, no hang tough against the terrorists no matter where they are, etc. from the left, the Dems, the MSM.
There’s little doubt that Iraq would explode into a living hell if we leave. Iran is standing on the sideline, tapping it’s foot, waiting for this. Then, they would “step in” and “help” Iraq. In the process of “helping”, they would remind the Iraqi’s “who” came in and invaded their country and left it in such a mess.
The Demorats, in all of their naivity, would attempt to talk to them, until they are purple.
The Jihadi’s, who have also been biding their time, waiting for America’s weakness to take office, would then start checking their lists and finalizing their plans.
The rest of the story could very well be the worst nightmare of our countries history.