Extremists Pushing Iraq to Civil War - Mediator

[Khephra]

The U.S.-led administration in Iraq must move swiftly to contain growing Islamic extremism or risk the country descending into civil war, a senior Anglican envoy mediating between rival Muslim parties said on Monday.

``The CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) underestimated the importance of religious groups. Now they are realizing how serious it is,'' said Canon Andrew White, the Archbishop of Canterbury's special representative to the Middle East.

``They must quickly empower moderate clerics and engage (talk to) radicals or all-out civil war could erupt in Iraq,'' he told Reuters in an interview.

White said moderate clerics believe a series of bombings that have rattled postwar Iraq were carried out by hard-line Sunni Muslims from Saudi Arabia as well as radical Iraqi Shi'ites who are gaining widespread influence.

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-extremism.html

[truthisfreedom]

1. oh, this is news now.

not like IT WASN'T ALL OVER THE INTERNET BEFORE THE INVASION.

[IndianaGreen]

2. It is the American occupation that is to be blamed...

White said although suspicions are understandable, he believes figures once linked to Saddam can play an important role in stabilising Iraq.

Why did we topple Saddam if the end result is another Saddam, albeit an American puppet like Pinochet?

It is the American occupation that is to be blamed for the rise of fundamentalism in Iraq. Bush and Blair are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their illegal invasion of Iraq.

The US-UK colonial occupation must be brought to an end at once, and all foreign troops must be withdrawn!

[Minstrel Boy]

3. The extremists in the White House

pushed Iraq to this point. No one else. And before the world's rid of them, they may push the United States to civil war as well.

[bowens43]

4. Is there ANYTHING , ANYTHING AT ALL,

about this invasion/occupation that the idiot and his administration got right?

[dbt]

6. Only the part about profits

A select few cronies are getting obscenely rich off this!

:grr:
dbt

"It depends on what your definition of 'extremist' is."

[0007]

5. Putin scolded junior ten days ago

.....and said the window of opportunity was closing fast and the US should be making changes. Other's have said the same. (like the UN)

I don't think putting Condoleezza Rice in charge of the Security Counsel was what Putin had in mind.

Will Iraq be like the Russian, Afghanistan catastrophe?

[Khephra]

7. kick

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