Us Troops, Iraqi Police Clash

[Oversea Visitor]

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Ok this is very bad news. Not good at all.

[ogradda]

1. physically forcing an iraqi girl to unveil.

is frowned upon in iraq i believe. how could someone be so stupid?

[Oversea Visitor]

2. I am not a muslim

but I live in a muslim country.
This is like ..... assault on a girl.
If this new hit worldwide its going to be very bad.

[slor]

7. I hope this is not true, but...

if it is, a lack of understanding the culture is still an unacceptable excuse.

[leftchick]

3. This is important...

It is probably not an accepted source for LBN. Though it should be and thanks for posting. You won't read this from AP...

~snip~
It has often been said that the Americans occupying Iraq have no understanding of Islam or the Iraqi culture. They blast music from their tanks which is haram, violate the holy places and fail to understand the high level of women within the culture. It has been widely broadcasted that “veiled” woman are oppressed which could not be further from the truth. The veil is a sign of piety and a command of Allah (swt) in order to protect the purity of woman. Woman have the opposite status in Islam than is publicized and this latest incident in Ramadi shows that US soldiers are either are ignorant of the deep meaning of Hijab or don’t care. Either way, it fused a division between local police and US occupation forces yesterday.

Clashes erupted between US troops and Iraqi police at a US checkpoint in the center of Ramadi on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that the battles broke out at about 10am when a US solider insisted on searching a veiled Iraq girl who was with her mother. The US soldier was determined to lift her veil, claiming that resistance fighters could disguise themselves in women’s clothing.

Witnesses reported that the Iraqi girl refused to lift the veil from her face, causing the American soldier to try to pull it off by force. At that point the Iraqi policemen intervened and clashed with the Americans, sparking a battle that lasted 15 minutes.

The reporter said that the fighting ended with the Americans arresting five members of the local police force, while four others escaped together with the mother and the Iraqi girl who was never unveiled. The stand of the Ramadi policemen against the American occupiers brought them the strong sympathies of the local people.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. The Us goverment need to respond to this

Its going to piss off muslim worldwide. Talk about fostering greater understanding .... this is a big FUBAR

[nine23]

5. This is breaking right now on several reputable Islamic news sites.

THAT'S WHERE THE DAMAGE LIES. Middle America doesn't give a shit about this. Even when it comes back to bite them in the ass. (Not THEM per se, they're too busy shopping for cheap asswipe at Wal-Mart; rather, just the entire illegal invasion and everything related to it...)

[leftchick]

6. Please post a link when you see it!

thanks! :)

[Hard Attack]

8. Funny, From 'Video' - You Never Saw Woman Wearing Veils

Funny, From 'Video' - You Never Saw Woman Wearing Veils, or at least I do not recall seeing Woman wearing Veils in the lands of Iraq.

Whats going on? Old School Islamic Customs taking over a land that was the only place in the Middle East that was against Dark Age Customs?

[damntexdem]

9. This is just par for the Bushista course.

After all, the Busheviks don't believe in nation building, winning hearts and minds, local culture. Nor did they believe in adequate training for troops before sending them to invade.