Iraq's Vice President Criticizes Israel

[sabra]

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/topstories_story_212074013.html

Iraq's Vice President Criticizes Israel

(AP) BAGHDAD Iraq's vice president on Monday accused Israel of carrying out "massacres" in Lebanon, the strongest criticism yet of the Jewish state by a top official of the U.S-backed Iraqi government.

Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a Shiite, singled out Sunday's Israeli airstrike that killed at least 56 Lebanese, mostly women and children, in the village of Qana. The deadliest attack in nearly three weeks of fighting has triggered an international uproar.

"What happened in Qana is a repetition to these crimes that happened to our nation decades ago. It's time for this nation to stand up and stop this aggression and all forms of aggression that could affect any of its parts," Abdul-Mahdi said.

"These horrible massacres carried out by the Israeli aggression, incites in us the spirit of brotherhood and solidarity," he said in a speech attended by Iraq's president, the prime minister and other top government officials.

[acmavm]

1. So, will this guy be bitch slapped and told to straighten up and

fly right like Maliki was?

edit: And will he do it?

[Minnesota Libra]

2. Too bad we didn't hear Iraq's Vice President............

.....criticizing fellow Arabs/Muslims when it was Israeli men, women, and children at the bottom of rubble day-after-day. His words might be much more credible then.

All that having been said, I agree with the UN Secretary General on one thing, it won't be a military or terrorist solution that brings the violence to an end on both sides, it will be a political solution that accomplishes that.

[itzamirakul]

6. Nobody is facing the only solution possible...that is to give

Israel a map of the entire world, ask them what parts they want, and give it to them, including all of the United States.

I am THAT fed up with this continuing shit.

"You killed my dog! I'll kill your cat!"
"You stepped on my toe! I'll take your eye out!"
"Who cares what we promised the United States? Fcuk the Americans!" "Sharon said we own them anyway!"

Yes, tht's how I feel at this moment.

[Double T]

3. Israel's actions have only diminished their position and created.....

even more fervid hatred for it throughout the ME. As we have discovered for the past six years, the 'toughguy warhawk' is not well received by others in the world.

[Tight_rope]

4. Damn...He's not even in Aspen and he turning.

:headbang:

[FreeStateDemocrat]

5. NYT: Leaders in Iraq Strongly Rebuke Israel

By DAMIEN CAVE
Published: July 31, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 31 — Several prominent Iraqi clerics and officials today delivered their stiffest rebuke yet of Israeli airstrikes, condemning civilian casualties in Lebanon even as shootings, bombings, and mass kidnappings continued to plague Iraq.

Vice President Adil Abdul Mahdi, a Shiite, described the Israeli bombing that killed dozens of civilians in Qana, Lebanon, this weekend as a “massacre.” Echoing earlier statements made by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, he said Iraqis of all sects were unified against the carnage and eager for a cease-fire.

“These horrible massacres carried out by the Israeli aggression, like what happened at Qana, incite in us a spirit of solidarity,” Mr. Abdul Mahdi said in a speech at a memorial for Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al-Hakim, a revered cleric who was killed three years ago. “It’s time for this nation to stand up and stop this aggression.”

Others who spoke at the event in central Baghdad — including Mr. Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, a Sunni Kurd, and Mr. Hakim’s brother Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of a dominant Shiite political bloc — offered similar condemnations of Israel to a gathered crowd of more than 1,000. (cont'd)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/world/middleeast/31cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1154404800&en=3fc824636b2cbbb7&ei=5094&partner=homepage