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Friday, July 16, 2004

Why do our fellow Arabs wish us Iraqis harm?

THE MESOPOTAMIAN (Sunni from Baghdad)

...it would be nice if they could become less selfish, less hypocritical, less addicted to lying, treachery and jealousy. That would be nice. And perhaps they could show a little more concern about the murder of our people, the destruction of our livelihood, the sabotage of our national assets and infrastructure. It would be even nicer if they could actually stop perpetrating these rather unfriendly acts.

Also, somewhat it seems to us that cutting the heads of hostages is not a particularly good way of illustrating the Arab and Islamic nobility of spirit; especially if it is done in the name of Allah. I mean we are puzzled, because we thought that Allah was The Merciful; the Compassionate. But hard as we try to understand our brothers, we don’t seem to be able to comprehend the merciful nature of their actions. Perhaps we are not sufficiently well trained philosophically and too ignorant to appreciate the finer points of theology and the relationship between beheadings and various forms of murder to monotheism and Jihad in the name of The Merciful, the Compassionate.

...We have yet to appreciate that the true way of the Lord calls for drenching the earth with human blood. We seem to remember that the Gods of paganism craved for human sacrifice; “The Gods are thirsty – Les Dieux Ont Soif”. Do we have sneaking suspicions that these ancient creeds have crept back into your system of belief?...

The bitterness shown here by Alaa shows an essential truth.

It seems strange that the Arab public thinks it perfectly fine to cheer on the slaughter of Iraqi civillians in the name of liberating Iraq from an occupation that no longer exists. This appears to show a sense of blood-thristy cruelty that is very disconcerting to observe.

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