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Iraqis Revolt . . . Against Al Qaida
Eventually, doing things like murdering women and children sours the local population.
U.S. troops battled al-Qaida in west Baghdad on Thursday after Sunni Arab residents challenged the militants and called for American help to end furious gunfire that kept students from final exams and forced people in the neighborhood to huddle indoors. Backed by helicopter gunships, U.S. troops joined the two-day battle in the Amariyah district, according to a councilman and other residents of the Sunni district.
The fight reflects a trend that U.S. and Iraqi officials have been trumpeting recently to the west in Anbar province, once considered the heartland of the Sunni insurgency.”
Although al-Qaida is a Sunni organization opposed to the Shiite Muslim-dominated government, its ruthlessness and reliance on foreign fighters have alienated many Sunnis in Iraq.
The U.S. military congratulated Amariyah residents for standing up to al-Qaida.
“The events of the past two days are promising developments. Sunni citizens of Amariyah that have been previously terrorized by al-Qaida are now resisting and want them gone. They’re tired of the intimidation that included the murder of women,” Kuehl said.
I am still waiting for the feminists of the world to stand up and applaud the American military for liberating the women of Afghanistan from the oppression of the Taliban. I expect to wait even longer before hearing them thank the American soldier for closing the rape rooms of Sadaam and stopping the wholesale murder of women by Al Qaida in Iraq.
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