This is the third day of the sectarian clash. It is based in detention of Sunnis in Al Anbar. I don't want to sterile this incident as ONLY a three day problem. There have been many sectarian clashes across Iraq, including in Kirkuk. But, this is the first time the sectarian clashes have turned into the structure of a civil war. The United Nations has stated this past year with tensions high took the lives of 8,868 people. The UN hasn't designated what number of that were actually considered a militarized citizen.
These tensions have existed for a long time. I sincerely believe the United Nations needs to address this in a constructive way to dispel the myths being constructed by The West's media. A central government may not be a viable option for these people.
The words being used are al Qaeda linked group is the problem and they formed in a power vacuum. A power vacuum? There was occupation of that country since March of 2003 by a coalition of Western countries, with the USA the primary military force. Saddam was removed from power and tried for his crimes. There were elections for years and now all of a sudden there is a power vacuum.
The problem lies in sincere differences between the ethnic groups and their own desires to be autonomous from the central government. This is not due to a power vacuum. That is the least of the problem in Iraq. What needs to be realized is why the detainees and why the attack on a protest camp when they hadn't attacked the Iraqi forces? I doubt an entire region of Iraq can be called Al Qaeda linked.
The group called al Qaeda linked is the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. What defines "al Qaeda linked?" It would seem every group in the Mideast is al Qaeda linked. There are al Qaeda linked groups in Libya that attacked Bengazi and al Qaeda linked groups in every country in the region.
Evidently the al Qaeda linked group in Syria has sent al Qaeda linked groups into Iraq: The Al-Qaida-linked group that’s reshuffling the deck in Iraq and Syria (click here)
Then there is the al Qaeda linked group that is only in Syria: Al Qaeda-linked group strengthens hold in northern Syria (click here)
OMG, bin Laden lives.
CNN got really creative and decided all the al-Qaeda groups are basically the same and taking over the Mideast and made a map to clarify everything. It is easier for Americans to fear one huge enemy than too many groups. Maybe we should just light up the entire region of the world and settle it once and for all, huh?
Gunmen gesture during fighting in Ramadi January 1, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/STRINGER
Here is a portrait picture of the Sunnis that are so powerful and in need of weeding out from all the civilized folks in the Mideast. It is amazing that Reuters can actually get these folks to line up for their portrait. Isn't it?
Why do I get the feeling it is easier to just send Hellfire Missiles than actually resolving the problems of these folks? The USA doesn't belong in civil wars in the Mideast. Gunmen gesture during fighting in Ramadi January 1, 2014.Here is a portrait picture of the Sunnis that are so powerful and in need of weeding out from all the civilized folks in the Mideast. It is amazing that Reuters can actually get these folks to line up for their portrait. Isn't it?
FALLUJA, Iraq
(Reuters) - Islamist militants (click here) stormed police stations in several cities of Iraq's western province of Anbar on Wednesday, seizing weapon caches and freeing prisoners after security forces dismantled a Sunni Muslim protest camp on Monday.
The attacks on three police stations in Falluja, Ramadi and Tarmiya represent a serious escalation in the confrontation between Iraqi Sunni groups and the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Sunni anger at the government's crushing of a protest movement has inflamed Iraq's already deeply rooted sectarian tensions. The camp dismantled on Monday has been seen as an irritant to Maliki since it was set up to protest against perceived Sunni marginalization a year ago.
"Gunmen in large numbers surrounded the three police stations in Falluja and forced all policemen to leave without their weapons if they wanted to spare their lives. All of us left, we didn't want to die for nothing," a policeman stationed at one of the three stations told Reuters.
The gunmen then took control of a local government building nearby, deploying snipers on its roof to prevent the security forces from retaking command of the police stations in Falluja, 50 kilometers west of Baghdad....
