Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Uh-oh. Did Mookie attend Saddam's Hanging?

It sounds like the Shi'ite is in the process of hitting the proverbial fan over in the ME...

From the fine folks over at the Counterterrorism Blog:

Did Moqtada Al Sadr take part in the actual hanging of Saddam Hussein?
By Olivier Guitta
According to the Saudi daily Al Riyad, citing a witness to the execution of Hussein, one of the masked men was indeed Moqtada Al Sadr. Knowing that Saddam Hussein had Moqtada's father killed, this would not be surprising. In fact the son would want to take part in taking revenge. But if this turns out to be true, this would be another major faux pas for Iraqi authorities.


Incidentally a famous Saudi ulema (high religious personality) Sheikh Abdelrahman Al Barak just issued a fatwa calling Shias "kuffars" (infidels) and Shiism "the worst religion". He added that Sunnism and Shiism are two irreconcilable religions". In light of rumors of Saudi involvement in helping their Sunni brothers in Iraq, these latest events should be taken quite seriously.

Drain the swamp, baby. Drain the swamp.