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Omaha Steve

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Sat Jun 14, 2014, 08:24 AM Jun 2014

Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants

Source: AP-EXCITE

By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of young Iraqi men gripped by religious and nationalistic fervor streamed into volunteer centers Saturday across Baghdad, answering a call by the country's top Shiite cleric to join the fight against Sunni militants advancing in the north.

Dozens climbed into the back of army trucks, chanting Shiite slogans and hoisting assault rifles, pledging to battle the Sunni group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which has launched a lightning advance across the country.

"By God's will, we will be victorious." said one volunteer, Ali Saleh Aziz. "We will not be stopped by the ISIL or any other terrorists."

The massive response to the call by the Iranian-born Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, issued via his representative Friday, comes as sectarian tensions are threatening to push the country back toward civil war in the worst crisis since U.S. forces withdrew at the end of 2011.

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Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140614/ml--iraq-44fb65746d.html





Iraqi men flash victory signs as they leave the main recruiting center to join the Iraqi army in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June. 14, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Hundreds of young Iraqi men gripped by religious and nationalistic fervor streamed into volunteer centers across Baghdad Saturday, answering a call by the country's top Shiite cleric to join the fight against Sunni militants advancing in the north. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2014 OP
Better headline: Young Shiites volunteer to fight surging Sunnis Shemp Howard Jun 2014 #1
Battle of Karbala 2.0? hollowdweller Jun 2014 #2
Iraqi's have been fighting each other for centuries. penndragon69 Jun 2014 #3

Shemp Howard

(889 posts)
1. Better headline: Young Shiites volunteer to fight surging Sunnis
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 12:03 PM
Jun 2014

No doubt that the Sunni ISIL are the bad guys here. But this will break along religious lines, not national lines.

Yey another tragic unintended consequence of Bush II's foolishness.

 

penndragon69

(788 posts)
3. Iraqi's have been fighting each other for centuries.
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 03:18 PM
Jun 2014

Is it any big surprise that now that the "INVADERS" are gone
they are now back at each others throats.

The only way this area ever sees any kind of peace is when they are fighting
an Invading/occupying army or they are being crushed under the heals of a mad tyrant
like Saddam Hussein.

This shit will NEVER end in Iraq, we should leave it alone.

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