[Tennessean4Bush]

A whole lot more background on earlier story.

[Tennessean4Bush]

The news just keeps getting better ping.

[NonValueAdded]

Watch Pelosi and Murtha try to take credit.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks T4B.

Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al Samarrai, the leader of the Sunni Religious Endowments, or Waqf, ordered the mosque's closure. "The association has always justified killing and assassinations carried out by al Qaeda" ...He accused the Association of collusion with al Qaeda in Iraq and held the group responsible for the murder of Iraqi Sunni and Shia alike... The Association of Muslim Scholars is still committed to the side of silence on the crimes of al Qaeda, while it kills tribal leaders and religious scholars... The crackdown on the Association of Muslim Scholars is part of the efforts of Sunni scholars to delegitimize the religious support given to al Qaeda in Iraq and other radical Islamic extremist groups in Iraq. The creation of the Council of Iraqi Scholars, or Council of Ulema of Iraq, has led the way in alienating the radical clerics. The Council of Iraqi Scholars was formed in early April 2007 after over 60 senior Sunni clerics gathered in Amman, Jordan. The religious leaders sought to wrest control of the religious edicts, or fatwas, issued by the radical clerics in the Association of Muslim Scholars. Sheikh Abdul Malik al Saadi, Iraq's preeminent Sunni scholar, leads the council. Samarrai is also an influential member and acts as the council's spokesman... "Whoever kills a Muslim believer should be penalized by going to Hell."

Well, I got news for him, but anyway... This is a huge blow to that nest of vipers in Riyadh.

[DoughtyOne]

Association of Muslim Scholars vs Council of Iraqi Scholars

I’ve got to admit, this article was a bit tough to wade through until I realized the two separate groups involved.

What is important to me, is that Sunnis and Shias are willing to clean up their own houses. If that is what is taking place here, excellent.

If it’s Sunnis trying to clean up the Shias or vice versa, I don’t see it as a good thing.

I’ll read it again and see if I can make heads or tails of it. I was having a hard time pinning this aspect down.

[lilylangtree]

Well, well, well! What a development!

[maine-iac7]

A whole lot more background on earlier story

Or to put it to them simply:

"Yo as* is gras*"

[OneHun]

Good news, indeed!  Now the RATs are deeply saddened, and that's good, too. 

 

[rdl6989]

The MSM will ignore this because victory horrifies them.

[SERKIT]

… and sows sectarian divisions among the Iraqis. …

It sounds similar to Senator "Plugs" Biden's plan to divide the country and retreat.

[Zhang Fei]

I always thought Muslim Scholars = Taliban. It looks like other Iraqi Sunnis agree.

[vbmoneyspender]

The Association has been an obstacle in the way of entry of our sons (Sunnis) into the ranks of the Army and the police. ... [In] April 2005 more [than] 60 Iraqi clerics gathered and we published a fatwa (in favor of) joining the ranks of the Army and the police.

The Association's leaders announced on the television screens that the Association disavows this fatwa, and they took into account members of the Association who issued the fatwa with us. Because of this, tens of thousands of our people have been reluctant to volunteer in the ranks of the Army and the police. ... [This decision] upset the balance [and led to a] catastrophe.

Translation - the Association of Muslim Scholars are a bunch of morons who almost single-handedly enabled the Shiites to kick our asses in 2006. If we had had people in the Army and police, we might have been able to stop the Shiite militias from ethnically cleansing Baghdad and its suburbs. But we didn't and, as a result, the Shiite militias were able to run riot on us.

[Ben Hecks]

Thanks for the ping! This is a very positive article and I am of the opinion that the tipping point has been reached. It seems as if the effort is really snowballing......to the chagrin of those who want us to fail.

[dixiechick2000]

WOW!

You’re right...things just keep getting better and better!

PTL!

Thank you for the ping!

[ConservativeMind]

Now, can we do this here to CNN and other such supporters of Al Qaeda?

[shield]

hello...Sunni Arabs

[NonValueAdded]

Thanks for posting this ... more evidence of the level of defeat Obama wants to snatch from the jaws of victory.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Tennessean4Bush and Ernest_at_the_Beach.

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