Make women soldiers slaves, says Iraqi sheikh (Al Sadr aide)

UK Telgraph ^ | May 8, 2004 | Oliver Poole

[FairOpinion]

British troops in Iraq faced new dangers yesterday as an aide to the leader of the radical Mahdi army called on followers to capture women soldiers as slaves and Osama bin Laden placed a bounty on soldiers' heads.

Waving documents and photographs which he claimed were of three Iraqi women being raped at British-run prisons, he said $350 (£195) would be given to anyone who captured a British soldier and $150 for killing one.

He told the 3,000 worshippers that anyone who captured a woman soldier would be allowed to keep her as a slave. Al-Bahadli is a close adviser to Muqtada al-Sadr, head of the Mahdi army which is at the centre of fighting in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.

The sermon is the first time that a leading anti-coalition Shia leader has offered a financial reward for the killing or capture of troops.

The specific targeting of women is being interpreted as a reaction to the photographs taken at Abu Ghraib prison which show female soldiers humiliating Iraqi detainees.

[FairOpinion]

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE OVER THIS????????

Why isn't the UN, the Red Cross, Red Crescent, not to mention the US Congress all rise up and demand an apology for this????

[cyborg]

Don't hold your breath.

[Gunrunner2]

I am sure they are shocked into silence over this horrible edict and will shortly issue condemnations. . . I'm sure of it. . .give it time. . .any second now. . .

[writer33]

That's right. A woman's good for three things: Cooking, Cleaning, and Having Children. No need for them to do anything else. Much less a career. They're out there clogging up the workplace in jobs good MEN could have. :)

HA! A little sarcasm for your Saturday evening.

When are you going to post another blog? I mean you're own writings. We're all waiting. :)

[evolved_rage]

He told the 3,000 worshippers that anyone who captured a woman soldier would be allowed to keep her as a slave.

Where are those faggots from Amnesty International now???

[FairOpinion]

Just imagine, if a US general made such a statement about Iraq women.

The double standard is more than shocking -- or would be, if it hadn't been happening for so many years, that it's standard practice.

[Gunrunner2]

Indeed.

[Kuksool]

Islam is a religion of peace, don't you know. :)

[cyborg]

Well I've been going through a spate of cynicism and negativity, and haven't felt inspired. I have a few ideas I'm working on now. I'll let you know when done :)

[dr_who_2]

<Kofi Annan Mode>Now, now. Just because this chap has religious beliefs contrary to ours, that doesn't mean we should be critical. Just the same, if he was to clarify his comments and direct a public apology to anyone who was offended, then we could move forward and work towards a path of peaceful solution.</Kofi Annan Mode>

[norcalvet]

Islam is a religion of peace, don't you know. :)

There is "Peace" after you are conquered, or killed.

[b4its2late]

There you go. They are all screaming for us to leave and vowing to drive us from Iraq.......

Actually, that might not be all that bad, with the price of gasoline and all.......

[EGPWS]

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE OVER THIS????????

Apparently, it's self contained on my part and to "crickets" and their chirping.

[EGPWS]

He told the 3,000 worshippers that anyone who captured a woman soldier would be allowed to keep her as a slave.

I'm confident that our domestic press wil latch on to that one. NOT!

[kcar]

Yeah, take a female soldier as a slave. That'll make us fold up because violating this most Holy of Shi'ite cities to take out this crazy cleric and his tin soldiers would be just unthinkable.

[nuconvert]

"British troops in Iraq faced new dangers yesterday ..."

What a stupid statement. Like being raped or sexually abused wasn't a possiblity before? They're soldiers. They know this before they ever get to Iraq.

[Doc On The Bay]

ALL "Al-Sadr" Prisoners Should be considered "Slaves;" & should be Subject to FEMALE "Prisoner Commandants."

Every Effort should be Made to Overturn the Fascist, "Male-Dominated" Islamic Society. There should be NO "Successful" "Male-Dominated" Solution to ANY "Islamic Social Problem."

To Deny the Contribution of the Thoughts of Women is Cultural Suicide!

Islam has LONG repudiated the "Thoughts of" it's WOMEN.

There is GREAT PERIL to a Society Unwilling to Listen to it's Women!!

Fully HALF OF the "Philosophical Energy" of our Civilization Originates in our Women.

Western Civilization has LONG ACCEPTED THIS FACT.

If "Islam" allows Itself to be "Crippled By" Ignorance of the "Female Perspective," IT, (ISLAM), will be Overtaken by "Reality."

The "Islam" which EXCLUDED Women is a "Historical Abberration,"--Relegated to an "Autharitarian Past," Ruled by "Mullah's" Answerable to NO ONE!

The REAL Problem is, "IS THERE NO ONE in "Islam" who will "Take Responsibility" for aberrant Behavior done, "In the Name of Islam????"

Americans have ABJECTLY APOLOGIZED for what WE PERCEIVE as abberrant Behavior by our Citizens;----WHEN will the "Arabs" Apologize to Us for BLATANTLY PSYCHOPATHIC ATTACKS upon our Citizens??? HHMMMNN??

UNTIL we hear SOME FORM of CONTRITION, or, at least, Some Form of acknowlegement that the "Arab World" CONDEMNS 9/11, America has NO OBLIGATION to treat the "Followers of Islam" as Other Than VERMIN.

The ONLY result of "9/11" is the REMARKABLE RESTRAINT exhibited by the American Government.

Mecca, Medina, Qom, & a few other "Holy Cities" would LONG SINCE be "Radioactive Piles of Debris," if We in America had Responded to 9/11 as we Might Have--Had we Not "Stopped & Thought."

The Sad Thing Is, the UTTER IGNORAMI of the "Islamic Maniacs" have NO Concept of the Incalculable Loss they Barely Avoided.

I'm SORRY to Have to Say This, But "Islam" has Long Demonstrated that--as a "Belief Structure,"-- It CANNOT SUPPORT a structure of "Life" Compatible with Human Culture.

Doc

[A CA Guy]

My the Bobbit family provide many women for them as slaves so they can get their own little slice of America for a short time.

[gitmo]

The statement posted on an Islamic extremist website promised 10,000 grams of gold - around £67,000 - to anyone who killed Paul Bremer, the American chief administrator in Iraq, his deputy, or Gen John Abizaid, the commander of American forces.

A similar price was placed on Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary-general, and Lakhdar Brahimi, his special envoy in Iraq.

Reckon anyone will collect on THAT?

[nmh]

Where are the human rights people on this issue?