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Jaysh al-Islami throws down

munaeem | 01 December, 2006 20:37

According to al-Quds al-Arabi, Jaysh al-Islami has just released a message to internet forums calling on the Sunnis of Baghdad to wage a war of destiny against the Shia militias, a war of existence to decide whether they would exist or not exist.

According to al-Quds al-Arabi, Jaysh al-Islami has just released a message to internet forums calling on the Sunnis of Baghdad to wage a war of destiny against the Shia militias, a war of existence to decide whether they would exist or not exist.  Jaysh al-Islami is one of the most important factions in the Sunni insurgency, and one on which some hopes have reportedly been pinned: it rejected al-Qaeda's declaration of an Islamic Iraqi State and as recently as last month was allegedly involved in talks with the United States.  This comes on the heels of SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz Hakim's warning to the Sunnis that they would lose in the event of a civil war (today, in Amman, the new American favorite (and Iranian pal) Hakim warned against civil war and against partition before heading out to Washington for talks with Bush next week).   Talk of civil war is obviously nothing new, but Jaysh al-Islami's message feels like another slip down towards the brink.   But don't worry - I'm sure everyone will wait another few months while Washington figures out what to do.

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carol rasmussen | 02/12/2006, 20:58

it was on paul harvey today.u.s. coinage used to say mind your business. at the hight of our civil war,1861-1864 a baptist minister suggested we put on our coinage something about God as it sickend him that we were such a divided nation. his suggestion was fully implimented in 1957 so every one of our coins say in God we trust. since everyone concerned,jew,muslims, and christians are so bent on killing each other in the name of the same God and how He is disrespected,all our coinage should go back to the old mind your business. p.s. don't hold your breath for washington and bush to solve anything.

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