Senior Sunni cleric calls for holy war against US forces in Iraq

[Barrett808]

RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - A senior Sunni cleric called on his followers to launch a holy war against the US forces in Iraq and threatened to turn the hotspot city of Ramadi into a "graveyard" for American troops.

"I ask US President (George W.) Bush to withdraw from Iraq or else Ramadi will become a graveyard for US soldiers," declared Sheikh Akram Ubayed Furaih at weekly prayers in the city, 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Baghdad.

"I call upon my brothers the Shiites and on all other religious groups to embark on a Jihad (holy war) against the US military to force them out of Iraq," said the cleric, who spent three months in a prison after being arrested by the US military and whose home was also raided last week.

"I urge all the Iraqi people to fight a holy war against the Americans," said the cleric, among the most respected figures in this Sunni rebel bastion in the heart of Al-Anbar province.

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[keta11]

1. BRING IT ON!!! n/t

[Worst Username Ever]

2. Um... uh oh....

That is not a good sign for our guys... Fuck Bush. FUCK BUSH.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

3. Ummmmmmmmm, but I thought

we were liberators? Why aren't they thanking us and throwing rose petals for us to walk on?
As an ex-Marine, I feel for my brothers in arms, being put in harms way by a person who took steps to avoid conflict when it ws his turn in the barrel.
I realize it will never happen, but I can wish for the day we ALL wake up to the fact this is business to some of our fellow citizens and most of us are just pawns in the game.......

[Beetwasher]

4. Well That Can't Be Good...

n/t

[GainesT1958]

5. He's just calling for one NOW?

I thought that's what they'd BEEN doing all along! So now, it's OFFICIAL, huh?:eyes:

Damn, we better get OUTTA that place!:scared:

B-)

[Larkspur]

6. The only flowers Iraqis are willing to throw at us are

white lillies.

[xchrom]

7. boy, this is some long, drawn out welcoming

party ain't it, mr president?

[hang a left]

8. kick n/t

[M155Y_A1CH]

9. Back to the top

:kick: