Sunnis Express their Resentment for the Escalation of Violence in Iraq

[ECH1969]

Sunnis in Iraq, who are considered the first victims of the war launched on behalf of the American army and the insurgents, do not hide their resentment for being trapped between these two parties even in Tikrit region, which was the hometown of Saddam Hussein, the overthrown Iraqi president.

The continuous violence and threats of murder and revenge on behalf of the extremist armed groups have become the daily ration for the residents of the Iraqi northern and western regions, which were the pioneers in supporting the Iraqi resistance. Tribal chiefs, who were silent until recently for the purpose of struggle against the occupant, do not hesitate anymore in criticizing the military operations, which have turned their cities into a battlefield.

Sheikh Abu Manar Al Alami said, “What is happening in Iraq is a tragedy and generates a bitter feeling, especially as most victims are innocent civilians.

Sheikh of Al Nu’aim clan in Salah Eddin, has held the American forces as responsible for “igniting sedition and violence in Sunni regions, as a type of revenge, because Saddam Hussein, the overthrown president, was a Sunni.” He believed, “What Abu Mus’ab Al Zarqawi, the Jordanian extremist, is calling for is retrieving the rights and dignity of the oppressed Sunnis from the occupation government.”

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