Why are mosques being attacked in Iraq?
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Iraqi's are like fleas.  Have you ever seen a flea circus?  Fleas in a closed jar will fly up as far as the jar lid and back down again.  They learn not to hit the jar lid through repetition.  If you take the lid off the jar, the fleas will do exactly the same thing.  They will fly up to where the lid was and back down again.  This explains why Iraqis are being attacked in their mosques. Because this is where the Shiites congregate in large numbers and at the same time of day, everyday.\nAs far as Islamics killing Islamics, think again.  Is it too hard to comprehend that the bombers are fanatical Baathist from Syria, or at least they are fanatics recruited by the Baathists to go to Iraq and blow themselves up along with as many Shiites as they can.  Why?\nShiites are pro Iran and Sunni's are pro Syria.  It is my guess that they are both wanting the spoils of war and don't want the other to have any of it.  As long As these clueless Iraqi's think they can have an Islamic government, this nonsense will continue.  They must get religion out of the equation, especially Islam.  This is the most divisive religion known to man and it will continue to exacerbate the problem.  \nThe US is trying not to side with either faction, yet most of these bombings are Sunni affiliated.  The Syrians seem to want a civil war in Iraq and they are determined to continue stirring the pot until it happens.
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We are training Iraqi armed forces as well as police as an ongoing project.  The country has many internal problems between the different factions there.  The insurgents trying to incite a Civil War does not make the situation any better.  Almost daily we hear about attacks against the Iraqi Police, it is amazing that there are even people who want those jobs.  Things will eventually stabilize and the Iraqi's will be able to take over.
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I think Al Sadr is only one of many clerics who are indeed anti-American. \nI believe that direct attacks on the Muslim religious leaders would be a bad idea if we are to ever bring any kind of stability to this region. \n\nFor instance, despite the rantings and ravings of Ahmadinejad, the real power in Iran now lies mostly with the Shiite clergy and their supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. \nWe know this is a country that supports Islamic Jihad, The Revolutionary Guard, Hezbollah, Humas and other terrorist factions throughout the region.\n\nThe followers of these hard liner, fanatical Islamic leaders may well be the total downfall of the contention that Islam is indeed a "peaceful and tolerant" religion. \n\nWe are constantly being told that is is a small minority of Muslims who subscribe to the radicals' objectives and demands. Everyday, this rhetoric gets harder and harder to accept.\n\nPresently, Iraq is the center of our war on terror. The Iraqi people will ultimately be the ones to choose their destiny and show their true colors. We have given this country the opportunity to install a government that answers to the people - a government that grants rights and freedoms to all - we can only wait and see which side they choose.
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Yeah! There are people like me out there! I agree 100%. People are forgetting that Iraq wasn't exactly the peaceful little place people thought it was before we got there. If we leave now, a huge civil war will erupt between all these different muslim groups to try to control power.
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"demands the slaying of iraqi women &babies" - do me a favour ... if you have a real debate then ask it in a reasonable fasion rather than just a rant.\n\nThis is a very serious subject wirth so many ways it can be questioned in a rational manner.\n\nPeace out
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Bush went to war in Iraq illegally probably thinking that he will have an easy task of taming us and looting our oil. Suprise suprise we resisted and very few oil tankers have managed to get through. So he has resorted to mass murder of Iraqi's and very conviniently blaming this on insurgents to dupe the world. He encourages the shias to masacre the sunnis who are deemed Sadam supporters. Notice very few times are American soldiers killed during these bombings,its mostly sunnis. What has not got into Bush's thick head,is that by supporting shias he is strenthening Iran's powerhold in this country. Over and above the people that Bush has killed, he is laying the ground work for genicide of the sunnis. Bush and his hench men should be triad for his war crimes against humanity and world peace. WE CAN NOT AND WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE AT ANY COST.
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and by Muslims and by Christians!!  it seems like there's a war going on. Lol\n\na cyber holy war!!
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I think its because for whatever reason, Muslims choose to sit on the fence and allow this criminals who call themselves Muslims and followers of Allah to perpetrate one crime after another in the name of Allah. People have now reasoned that if this people are doing this for Allah and those who worship Allah too cannot speak out against them, then it means that is what Allah wants.\n\nAlready a lot of Muslims are beginning to argue that Zarqawi is in heaven. How can you even say that as a Muslim when he has killed more people(Muslims) in Iraq than anyone. These are the contradictions people see in Islam and in turn Muslims that makes them think its in their religion to kill and maim others.
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They know that Allah can not defend himself, so they have to defend him with violence.
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Hi there. I am not related into these matters in any way, I am just an IT professional so my knowledge is very limited. Country is suffering mostly from Kurdish terrorists and some fundamentalist Muslim terrorists. As I know some of these measures are:\n\n- Aviation security. I noticed airports are more secure than it was 5-6 years ago. Surveillance cameras, tighter scanning of luggages and passengers, photos at the passport control etc.\n- Stricter control on change of addresses, money transfers, etc.\n- New photo identity cards with microchip is coming soon.\n- Stricter control on the borders of Northern Iraq and Iran.\n- Allowing Kurdish media and language schools.\n- Special security forces to tackle terrorist groups inside the country.\n- Tracking people that are frequently travelling to countries that support terror. Unfortunately there are EU member states in the list.\n- Tracking European media run by terror organisations.\n- Narcotics police is working hard on the drug trafficking issue that is the main financial source for Kurdish terrorists. I guess the fundamentalist Muslims are funded by some Middle Eastern countries run by sheria law.\n\nI am sure a lot going on this issue, but that's all from me :-)
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The violence is a political strategy. They are getting publicity, good or not, it's free. They are getting the attention they have been seeking. If they were really that mad over a cartoon, and were really that religious, they wouln't have used violence as a means to an end. Violence gets them attention. And they were right the media gave them plenty. It is just another use of terrorism in the name of Allah. I think we will see more of this in the near future.\n\nJesus said in John 16:2 "They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.\n3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me."
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I SALUTE ARMSTRONG1978 AND TOTALLY 100% AGREE WITH HIM.\nKilling people,not letting them decide what they want for themselves and destroying their holy places this is the sacrifice which the US is giving for Iraq.You are (as all US citizens find easy to do) wasting your focusing on a one-sided story.I would advise you that if you really want to see the truth then instead of criticizing the muslims go to iraq and see for yourself what REALLY is happening and who is the one the iraq people are really irritated with.
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These "insurgents" in Iraq ARE Al-Qaeda. It is just more convenient for teh media to rename them so Bush looks worse. They are forced to fight American Soldiers on Muslim ground. Bin Laden has even offered to pull all "insurgents" out of Iraq if the US leaves, too. His reasoning for the offer is to free up these "insurgents" to go fight in America.
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it's not a good idea to give money to people who want to purposefully blow up little children.  it's not logical.\n\nthe best strategy in Iraq is to give the land and resources to the Kurds.  In Israel, the arabs should be forced to convert to Christianity, and then they can learn the "Thou shalt not kill" law.  You might've heard of that one, it's in the Ten Commandments I think.
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It is true that most of the terrorists,thives,dacoits are  muslims.It is the fault of their religious leaders because they used to spread  violence in the name of their religion.
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the large majority of muslims "getting killed" are getting killed by other muslims, many others are "getting killed" because islam is attacking in 28 out of 30 conflicts
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Mini, Al-Zarqawi was not an Iraqi.  He was from Jordon and entered Iraq to be a terrorist.\n\nI am not a Muslim but I was interested in the answers.