- ISTANBUL, Turkey - The USA
faces a new surprise each day in the Iraq war. The White House assumptions
such as 'The Shiites in Iraq will move with us' have been crushed down
as the Shiite population in Iraq supported Saddam Hussein. It is stated
that 'America is face to face with a great dead end' when Ali Hammadi el
Namani killing 4 American soldiers by a suicide attack in the Shiite holy
city Najaf (Necef) is revealed to be of Shiite origin.
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- According to the NTVMSNBC news on the internet, the war
in Iraq achieved 'a first experience in Islamic history' that the Shiites*
and the Sunnites* have prayed together at the tomb of Musa Al Kazim, one
of the grandsons of Caliph Ali, in the Kazimiya district of Baghdad.
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- Leading names of the Shiites in exile issued a statement
yesterday referring to US. The Opposition condemned the attacks on Iraq
and commented, 'This is a war against Islam.' The Chief of General Staff
of USA General Richard Myers in his speech the previous day had stated
that he had hoped the Shiites would help them in determining the targets
in Baghdad with certainty. But declarations come from the Shia leaders
one by one advising not to give any aid to the coalition forces.
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- Ayetullah Huseyin Ali Muntazeri, one of the leading opposition
religious men in Iran claimed that those who co-operate with USA and UK
in Iraq would commit a sin. A statement issued in writing on behalf of
Muntazeri noted : "The war in Iraq is not between the right and the
wrong, or the cruel and the oppressed, but between the cruel and the cruel,
and the wrong and the wrong," it is stated that any kind of co-operation
with the USA and UK would mean a sin. Muntazeri, who was considered to
take place of Khomaini for sure, had lost his prestige when he had criticized
the government in a harsh way, a couple of months prior to the death of
Khomaini. Muntazeri, who was kept under supervision in his house in Kum
for 5 years, was released on January 30.
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- Editor's Note: Shiites* and the Sunnites* are the two
sects of Islam. The Sunnites are characterized by orthodox practice and
acceptance of the first four caliphs as legitimate successors to Mohammed.
The Siites, are the followers of Ali, son-in-law of Mohammed, who hold
that Mohammed had appointed Ali as his successor. After Ali's assassination,
they split from their fellow Muslims, the Sunnites, to create the Shia
sect.
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- Foreign News Services - Istanbul, TURKEY
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- http://www.zaman.org/default.php?kn=1418
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