Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (233511)	5/19/2005 2:04:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571973

It looks as if the Shiites have gotten tired of it. Kosh said it best, "when the avalanche starts, it is too late for the pebbles to vote". It looks like its started: Iraqi Sunnis accuse Shia militia A senior Sunni leader in Iraq has accused the militia of an influential Shia party of killing Sunni clerics. Harith al-Dhari, head of the Sunni Muslim Clerics Association, said the Badr Brigades were behind the murders. He said the group - linked to the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq - was fuelling the escalating sectarian violence. The Badr Brigades denied the accusations and said all Iraqis should stand firm against sectarianism. "I declared previously that we knew the parties standing behind those assassinations conducted against the imams, preachers and worshippers," Mr al-Dhari told a news conference on Wednesday. "We will uncover this party for you - it is the Badr Brigades." Mr al-Dhari's declaration comes in the wake of a wave of violence that observers say seems to be aimed at sparking a conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims. 'Irresponsible declaration' On Tuesday in Baghdad, a Shia cleric was shot dead, and police found the bodies of two Sunni clerics who had been kidnapped from mosques several days earlier. We consider that these declarations encourage terrorism and justify the bloodshed in Iraq Hadi al-Amri, Badr Brigades general secretary In recent weeks, police have found dozens of bodies, mostly Shia but some Sunni, dumped in various locations, apparently shot execution-style - which has raised fears that the violence could develop into a civil war. Correspondents say the tit-for-tat killings of clerics suggests some Shia groups are ignoring their leaders' call for restraint in the face of the insurgency. Hadi al-Amri, general secretary of the Badr Brigades, denied the charge and accused the Sunni association of encouraging sectarian violence. "These accusations aim to push Iraq into a sectarian conflict," he told AP news agency. "We condemn all these terrorist operations, and we also condemn and denounce all these irresponsible declarations, we consider that these declarations encourage terrorism and justify the bloodshed in Iraq." Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has vowed to strike against anyone trying to foment violence between the country's Shia and Sunni communities. news.bbc.co.uk