Posted on 12/26/2012 8:36:34 AM PST by Olog-hai
Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed in a Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad Wednesday, determined to keep up the pressure on a Shiite-led government that many accuse of trying to marginalize them.
It was the third major protest in less than a week in Anbar, Iraqs largest province, once the heart of the deadly Sunni insurgency that erupted after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
The demonstrations follow the arrest last week of 10 bodyguards assigned to Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi, who comes from Anbar and is one of the central governments most senior Sunni officials. The case is exacerbating tensions with Iraqs Sunnis, who see the detentions as politically motivated.
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“I remember back in the earlier days of the Iraq war that Hillary insisted that the Shiites were our allies in that region. Does this woman ever say anything truthful?”
Has satan EVER told the truth?
LLS
Well, when he told God that he was “going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it” (Job 1:7 and 2:2), that was probably truthful, although deliberately vague.
Point taken... maybe hidebeast tells the truth when someone asks her what time that it is.
LLS
Point taken... maybe hildebeast tells the truth when someone asks her what time that it is.
LLS
Point taken... maybe hildebeast tells the truth when someone asks her what time that it is.
LLS
No worries, the Obama administration has always supported peaceful demonstrators, such as those in Iran. /s
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