Resembling an Islamic mini-state, Fallujah ... a glimpse of Iraq's future

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - With U.S. marines gone and central government authority virtually nonexistent, Fallujah resembles an Islamic mini-state - anyone caught selling alcohol is flogged and paraded in the city. Men are encouraged to grow beards and barbers are warned against giving "western" hair cuts.

"After all the blood that was shed, and the lives that were lost, we shall only accept God's law in Fallujah," said cleric Abdul-Qader al-Aloussi, offering a glimpse of what a future Iraq may look like as the U.S.-led occupation draws to a close. "We must capitalize on our victory over the Americans and implement Islamic sharia laws."

The departure of the marines under an agreement that ended the three-week siege last month has enabled hardline Islamic leaders to assert their power in this once-restive city 50 kilometres west of Baghdad.

Some were active in defending the city against the marines and have profited by a perception - both here and elsewhere in Iraq - that the mujahedeen, or Islamic holy warriors, defeated a superpower.

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Some were active in defending the city against the marines and have profited by a perception - both here and elsewhere in Iraq - that the mujahedeen, or Islamic holy warriors, defeated a superpower.


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If you have NOT read yet The Rise of Sacred Terror, I urge you to do such.

This is the same reaction that AQ, in its protostage, had over the defeat of the USSR.

This is just a comment of the hell that Bush has unleashed upon the world, nothing more, nothing less

Ah sow the winds, ye shall reap a whirldwind

Does anyone reading this believe that BushCo the Neo Fascists give a damn about "democracy"? BushCo will do anything and everything to remain in power and keep the strategic territory that they are occuping. The Multi-Corps and oil companies, plus subsidiaries will stay in Iraq, no matter what style of Govt. Iraq ends up with. BushCo will not yield in this conquest.

The only thing that will drive out the Occupation and Multi Corp Capitalism from Iraq is a Sunni, Kurd and Shi'ite violent uprising of millions of Iraqis. Can that happen?

country filled with people who absolutely detest the west and particularly the U.S. and who will in the years to come be seeking revenge.

Nice going Smirky.

which tend to coalesce around powerful families and/or religious leaders.