Islamist militants impose will in some Iraq towns

[sabra]

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Islamist militants impose will in some Iraq towns

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Despite repeated offensives U.S. troops still do not control of parts of northwestern Iraq and Islamist militants all but govern some towns, dispensing summary justice with public executions, residents say.

"There are no U.S. forces, no Iraqi army or police," said an Iraqi reporter who works for Reuters in the region. He visited the town of Haditha some days after a U.S. operation this month and did not want to be named for fear of reprisals.

"Three days ago, three people were executed on Haqlaniya bridge after being accused of being spies," he said, citing residents of Haditha with whom he keeps in contact and referring to a bridge that connects the town with another across a river.

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However, a reporter for Reuters and other Iraqi correspondents in Anbar province, which covers much of western Iraq, provided accounts similar to a detailed report on conditions in Haditha in Britain's Guardian newspaper on Monday by a journalist who spent time there.

[AzDar]

1. Freedom is on the march.......ayup. n/t

[VegasWolf]

2. Stop reporting the truth, err "bad news" , the rubes will be disappointed

[underpants]

3. Yeah but it is less than it used to be

right?

[dutchdoctor]

4. Ah, Freedom!

From the article:

"Music and Western-style dress have been banned in both Haditha and Qaim, residents say, and women are forced to cover up with veils. Barbers are forbidden from cutting hair in Western styles. Anyone breaking the rules, which recall Taliban edicts in Afghanistan, is lashed with cables."

Don't you just love the freedom and democracy that is spreading around Iraq like wildfire?

[TomClash]

5. What would Mohammed do? nt