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Title: Iraqi Militia Threatens U.S. Interests Over Film
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Reuters
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012 ... a-threat-idUSBRE88C0CK20120913
Published: Sep 13, 2012
Author: Reuters
Post Date: 2012-09-13 11:52:54 by Brian S
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Comments: 3
BAGHDAD | Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:09am EDT (Reuters) - An Iraqi militia that carried out some of the most prominent attacks on foreigners during the Iraq war on Thursday threatened U.S. interests in the country over a film that has triggered protests in Libya, Egypt and Yemen. "The offence caused to the messenger (Prophet Mohammad) will put all American interests in danger and we will not forgive them for that," said Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Asaib al-Haq militia. The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other staff were killed overnight on Tuesday in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi over the film. Protests against the film erupted in Baghdad on Thursday and in the city of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of the capital. Hundreds of followers of anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets calling on the Iraqi government to close the U.S. embassy. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki denounced the film as "insulting" and "racist" but called on Muslims not to react with violence. "The natural response is to refrain from resorting to violence and demonstrate the principles of Islam and its civilized values," he said in a statement on Thursday. CALLS TO FIRE U.S. AMBASSADOR In Baghdad, hundreds of protesters gathered in Sadr's stronghold of Sadr City, holding up posters of Sadr, burning U.S. flags and chanting, "Death to America". "How long will we stay in this coma where there is no real sanction?" Sheikh Riyadh al-Waeli, a Sadr aid, told protesters. "This demonstration is not enough unless there is a real sanction." The crowd in Basra also numbered in the hundreds and both Sunni and Shi'ite clerics participated in the demonstration, which was organized by Sadr's office. "We have to fire the U.S. ambassador because these things are carried out under U.S. supervision and are aimed at offending Islam and Muslims," protester Yaarab al-Mohammadawi told Reuters. A smaller protest also took place in the city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Your freaks worship a pedophile. It shouldn't be long now until Israel gets some new land. Godspeed.
Indeed and that would be at the bottom of the "Dead Sea"... ;)
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'...
And, yet, the Israelis have won every war against their enemies. If someone ends up at the bottom of the Red Sea, I wouldn't be so quick to say it will be the Israelis. God has chosen the Jews as His people. Do you really think that worshippers of Satan will win against God as the outcome was settled for all eternity in the distant past.
"The offence caused to the messenger (Prophet Mohammad)
#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
It shouldn't be long now until Israel gets some new land. Godspeed.
#3. To: Brian S (#2)
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