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Ahmad - what Arabs?
Reader comment on item: Civil War in Iraq?
in response to reader comment: Christian peace activist murdered by islamist

Submitted by Sidda (United States), Mar 23, 2006 at 18:08

Ahmad, with all due respect......What Arabs from other countries are going to Iraq to fight the terrorists? Almost 100% of the people in the surrounding countries think that the USA is the bad guy there. Most of the terrorists/insurgents we have caught, if they are not former Baathists, are from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, even as far as Somalia. I read the military blogs, too. What are you talking about?

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There can be peace in Iraq and middle east ... if the muslims want it. [26 words]Phil GreendAug 11, 2009 23:18
Pipe's definition of civil war may be too broad [68 words]AndrewAug 6, 2006 13:23
Christian peace activist murdered by islamist [213 words]Richard Lion heartMar 11, 2006 13:36
↔ once again you show your true colors...please!!! [166 words]ahmad zafireMar 22, 2006 13:24
↔ ⇒ Ahmad - what Arabs? [71 words]SiddaMar 23, 2006 18:08
↔ sidda [82 words]ahmad zafireMar 24, 2006 18:10
↔ Ahmad - What? [301 words]SiddaMar 25, 2006 10:37
↔ SIDDA [120 words]AHMADZFAIREApr 7, 2006 19:05
↔ I understand what Ahmad is saying [333 words]BrettDec 16, 2007 22:41
Disagree [105 words]Jonathan GoodmanMar 10, 2006 11:59
Dear Octavio- My intentions [227 words]Bader SMar 7, 2006 18:10
↔ Happy about Bader's comment [37 words]Octavio JohansonMar 8, 2006 03:48
Propaganda-101, Today's Lesson: Bader S. [618 words]orange yonasonMar 7, 2006 15:27
↔ Don't fix it, if it ain't broke. [178 words]JaladhiMar 7, 2006 16:09
↔ to Jaladhi [90 words]orange yonasonMar 8, 2006 18:17
↔ If you Believe America is so Squeaky clean...... [225 words]BtheREbeLJan 30, 2007 11:36
I am entitled to ask questions to Amir [163 words]Octavio JohansonMar 7, 2006 04:54
Bader's analysis on who should be on this forum [229 words]Jeremy MattilMar 6, 2006 10:03
To Patrick O'Brien [485 words]Mu'een Ud DeenMar 6, 2006 05:41
↔ RE:To Patrick O'Brien [503 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 6, 2006 20:14
↔ Reply [788 words]Mu'een Ud DeenMar 8, 2006 05:00
↔ RE:RE:To Patrick O'Brien [480 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 8, 2006 23:22
Civil War in Iraq, art.No.3423 [45 words]S.C.PandaMar 6, 2006 03:50
The Koran and Democracy [451 words]Patrick O'BrianMar 4, 2006 12:01
↔ Re: the Koran and Democracy [321 words]Bader SMar 4, 2006 17:09
↔ RE:Koran and Democracy [215 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 4, 2006 17:53
↔ Jizya [196 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 4, 2006 21:16
↔ "NO funds for Hamas, the terrorists" [126 words]NicholasMar 4, 2006 23:15
↔ Re: Jizya [138 words]Bader SMar 5, 2006 03:54
↔ Re WeAreAllDanes 's The Koran and Democracy [208 words]Bader SMar 5, 2006 04:24
↔ Christian Palestinians [48 words]yuval brandstetter MDMar 5, 2006 08:39
↔ Democracy, Hamas Style [275 words]Patrick O'BrianMar 5, 2006 12:07
↔ The Koran is contrary to democracy [166 words]Richard Lion heartMar 6, 2006 01:14
↔ Re WeAreAllDanes 's The Koran and Democracy [254 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 6, 2006 01:20
↔ RE: Jizya [234 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 6, 2006 01:23
↔ Absence Of "Liberalism" In Islamic Thought, Or.... [310 words]orange yonasonMar 6, 2006 02:37
↔ Re: Palestinian Christians [249 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 03:45
↔ The concerns of the founding fathers [189 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 16:20
↔ Re: Richard the Lion: The Koran is contrary to democracy [70 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 16:35
↔ Re: Re WeAreAllDanes 's The Koran and Democracy [140 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 16:48
↔ to Richard - Quran contrary to democracy [71 words]SiddaMar 6, 2006 17:06
↔ Re: Re Jizya [166 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 17:07
↔ RE:Bader - The Koran and Democracy [136 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 7, 2006 23:13
↔ RE: Bader - Jizya [311 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 7, 2006 23:28
↔ RE: Bader - "founding fathers" [185 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 7, 2006 23:43
↔ Re: RE:Bader - The Koran and Democracy [529 words]Bader SMar 8, 2006 03:55
↔ The making of the 98% [104 words]Bader SMar 8, 2006 05:15
↔ Slavery [367 words]BaderSMar 8, 2006 08:10
↔ RE:Slavery [42 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 8, 2006 22:43
↔ RE:98% [116 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 8, 2006 22:45
↔ RE:The Koran and Democracy- Bader [217 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 8, 2006 22:58
↔ Bader, Harrak - hello again Sidda (I see you're here too). [102 words]Hind SamyMar 28, 2006 21:47
↔ Islam and Democracy [399 words]DaveMay 14, 2006 08:42
Comments by "PCMadness" [50 words]faqiMar 4, 2006 11:47
Harrak strikes.... [231 words]PCMadnessMar 3, 2006 23:29
↔ To PC MADNESS....It is a living monument [36 words]ForTheWestMar 4, 2006 10:54
↔ To PCmadness, (on Harrak) [62 words]NicholasMar 4, 2006 12:30
↔ PCMadness, answering your questions and recommending a book relevant to your standing [333 words]HARRAKMar 4, 2006 12:33
↔ Hopefully my last response to Harrak [39 words]PCMadnessMar 4, 2006 15:27
What are we to believe? [164 words]Bader SMar 3, 2006 16:30
Oil . . . Oil . . . Oil!! [158 words]S JacobsMar 3, 2006 09:25
↔ S Jacobs, Oil . . . Oil . . . Oil!! [65 words]BarbaraMar 3, 2006 17:21
Conspiracy [207 words]Mu'een Ud DeenMar 3, 2006 05:41
↔ yes! [99 words]HARRAKMar 3, 2006 18:25
↔ Shrewd business really [176 words]PCMadnessMar 4, 2006 23:11
↔ HARRAK ?? [23 words]TimothyMar 5, 2006 22:07
↔ To Timothy: Fact that no muslim would blow up a mosque [66 words]Infidel3Mar 6, 2006 12:19
Is there a contradiction? [73 words]Octavio JohansonMar 3, 2006 04:19
Time to outsource Iraq [77 words]Jerome Mc KennaMar 2, 2006 18:58
... this is not a morally consistent stand [248 words]Ben ShniperMar 2, 2006 14:00
↔ Ben Shniper nailing every body , how about Coca Cola! [265 words]HARRAKMar 2, 2006 20:13
↔ RE:this is not a morally consistent stand [218 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 3, 2006 02:05
↔ Re: ... this is not a morally consistent stand [97 words]Bader SMar 3, 2006 15:51
↔ You flaunt your moral inconsistencies [266 words]Ben ShniperMar 6, 2006 16:10
↔ Nicely put. [57 words]Ben ShniperMar 6, 2006 16:15
↔ How dare I? [455 words]Bader SMar 7, 2006 06:29
↔ RE: ...this is not a morally consistent stand [94 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 7, 2006 23:53
Strategic Planning [143 words]RolandMar 2, 2006 09:44
↔ Well Said!!! [19 words]YovenMar 3, 2006 13:22
↔ STRATEGIC IGNORANCE and Saoudi Wahabia [193 words]HARRAKMar 3, 2006 14:31
↔ Harrak we can hear you but would appreciate it if you don't use holy trinity to convey a political message [48 words]LisaMar 3, 2006 22:05
↔ Lisa, I hear you. Sorry for politicizing the holy trinity! [60 words]HARRAKMar 4, 2006 11:02
Iraq is Only One Front [284 words]William Robert JackMar 2, 2006 07:57
Civil War in Iraq [208 words]Martin E. WeinsteinMar 2, 2006 03:09
↔ Stategic Planning [57 words]William Robert JackMar 2, 2006 18:52
on the brink [48 words]G. R. LoveringMar 2, 2006 01:01
"Povertocracy" vs Democracy [100 words]NicholasMar 1, 2006 22:42
Secularism not Democracy [171 words]John Anonymous SmithMar 1, 2006 17:10
Glory of American Foreign Policy [41 words]EMar 1, 2006 16:12
Democracy and Iraq [190 words]VinodguptMar 1, 2006 14:23
↔ Democracy? [70 words]AmirMar 1, 2006 15:39
↔ Equivocation and evasion [142 words]Terry JonesMar 1, 2006 16:30
↔ India The povertocracy and bowl [118 words]HARRAKMar 1, 2006 17:28
↔ Islam -democracy are not compitable [176 words]aumprakashreddyMar 1, 2006 19:02
↔ India's democracy is its strength !!!! [274 words]NicholasMar 1, 2006 22:28
↔ An Imam from a "povertocracy" [83 words]Infidel3Mar 1, 2006 23:03
↔ Hindus [27 words]robert aMar 1, 2006 23:39
↔ Dictatorships and Islam [428 words]Bader SMar 2, 2006 04:15
↔ To Harrak [64 words]VijayMar 2, 2006 05:56
↔ Harrak- Democracy depends upon the character of the people, not the economy [231 words]Arvind MadhavanMar 2, 2006 10:15
↔ India and China invading what!..starvomania! No democracy without Dignity [300 words]HARRAKMar 2, 2006 18:35
↔ Democracy [219 words]faqiMar 2, 2006 19:16
↔ India is ruled by a fanatic group. [42 words]Muhammed aliMar 2, 2006 21:37
↔ Harrak- You are still mistaken [122 words]Arvind MadhavanMar 3, 2006 01:08
↔ To Mohammed Ali [130 words]VijayMar 3, 2006 06:06
↔ The Violent Hindus [263 words]Bader SMar 3, 2006 08:41
↔ To Harrak's "INDIAN FRIENDS"….. [352 words]Infidel3Mar 3, 2006 09:54
↔ "Take it cool" when you get insulted. [48 words]NicholasMar 3, 2006 10:31
↔ civil war in iraq [70 words]brooklynbobMar 3, 2006 11:55
↔ Thank you Arvind [41 words]YovenMar 3, 2006 13:44
↔ About Bader: A "Moderate" Muslim's Bag of Tricks [149 words]sanjayMar 3, 2006 17:36
↔ Sanjay [78 words]Bader SMar 4, 2006 09:09
↔ Harrak and Amir [40 words]Octavio JohansonMar 4, 2006 12:45
↔ To Bader: Difference between "Terrorism" and "Rioting" [94 words]Jeremy MattilMar 4, 2006 15:37
↔ 3 questions for Amir [27 words]Octavio JohansonMar 4, 2006 17:24
↔ Octavio's 3 questions and the spanish inquisition [156 words]Infidel3Mar 4, 2006 21:47
↔ Research the "violent Hindus" (label by Bader, S) [204 words]ForTheWestMar 4, 2006 22:29
↔ Fragile egos hurt ?.... To Bader [78 words]SanjayMar 4, 2006 23:24
↔ Octavio Johanson and the theory of spying in this forum on Amir [113 words]HARRAKMar 5, 2006 01:08
↔ To Jeremy Mattil: Check your definitions [340 words]Bader SMar 5, 2006 03:19
↔ Infidel3 [29 words]Octavio JohansonMar 5, 2006 12:18
↔ Good choice [27 words]Octavio JohansonMar 5, 2006 12:48
↔ Re: The Violent Hindus [86 words]Octavio JohansonMar 6, 2006 10:04
↔ To Harrak [129 words]Octavio JohansonMar 6, 2006 11:10
↔ HARRAK's question on Octavio's questions [161 words]NicholasMar 6, 2006 12:10
↔ Harrak's question on Octavio Johanson answered . [93 words]ForTheWestMar 6, 2006 12:38
↔ Freedom of speech [30 words]Octavio JohansonMar 6, 2006 12:54
↔ Bader's choice: Who should be on this forum [209 words]Jeremy MattilMar 6, 2006 13:30
↔ Re: Re: The Violent Hindus [127 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 17:19
↔ Re: Bader's choice: Who should be on this forum [71 words]Bader SMar 6, 2006 17:53
↔ More about violent Hindus [177 words]Octavio JohansonMar 7, 2006 03:50
↔ Old Italians and Greeks [35 words]Octavio JohansonMar 7, 2006 03:53
↔ The problem with "Violent Hindus" [210 words]Octavio JohansonMar 7, 2006 08:58
↔ Dear Bader [69 words]Octavio JohansonMar 7, 2006 09:13
↔ practice what you preach!! [46 words]HarrakMar 7, 2006 10:29
↔ Re: practice what you preach [41 words]Octavio JohansonMar 8, 2006 06:09
↔ To Octavio Johanson [151 words]VijayMar 9, 2006 07:56
↔ Hindus burning Christians alive AND THE NAGA GENOCIDE. [346 words]ex-hindu2christianMar 23, 2009 08:56
Iraq [277 words]YovenMar 1, 2006 14:14
↔ Iraqi religion [163 words]AmirMar 1, 2006 15:52
↔ Reply to Yoven [9 words]Ramsis AlMasryMar 2, 2006 04:54
↔ the list is better or like India [23 words]HARRAKMar 2, 2006 20:49
↔ To Harrak [43 words]VijayMar 3, 2006 07:38
↔ Re: Yoven's ...list [261 words]Bader SMar 3, 2006 08:11
↔ Incredible [23 words]Octavio JohansonMar 4, 2006 18:54
↔ Why does Bush care so damn much? [326 words]VanessaMar 21, 2007 12:50
not surprised [107 words]JOHN MANITTAMar 1, 2006 12:22
Civil War in Iraq? [47 words]Octavio JohansonMar 1, 2006 11:54
↔ Avoid "civil war in Europe"...How to [252 words]ForTheWestMar 3, 2006 11:39
↔ To For the West [20 words]Octavio JohansonMar 4, 2006 07:12
We can't walk away from this mess in Mesopotamia [189 words]ChrisMar 1, 2006 11:19
The Worst Case Scenarios [545 words]Patrick O'BrianMar 1, 2006 09:27
↔ India would wipe Pakistan? Sure [172 words]AmirMar 1, 2006 16:08
↔ NO Pakistanis will wipe Pakistanis off the world map [47 words]Aumprakash reddyMar 1, 2006 19:18
↔ Pakistani Fantasies [144 words]Jeremy MattilMar 1, 2006 22:14
↔ to Amir, ref India and Pakistan [109 words]M. al-ContentMar 2, 2006 17:46
↔ Amir: fair and balanced [66 words]Octavio JohansonMar 3, 2006 11:24
Iraq's Civil War [148 words]Leonard MarkowitzMar 1, 2006 06:58
Arrogance [64 words]Joe MarschallMar 1, 2006 06:48
تفوق القوة المضادة للقاعدة [130 words]mohamed.mMar 1, 2006 06:16
↔ احترام الانجليزية respecting English [52 words]HARRAKMar 1, 2006 18:33
↔ Can someone translate this ? [10 words]TimothyMar 1, 2006 21:51
↔ Translation to English [348 words]YovenMar 3, 2006 09:18
↔ Translation of Mohamed M. comments. [183 words]SophieMar 3, 2006 12:44
↔ Sophie's translation [6 words]Bader SMar 3, 2006 15:31
↔ Translation [6 words]Liam K.Jul 1, 2006 18:54
↔ Translation [11 words]SophieJul 2, 2006 08:55
Painting a positive picture.... again [545 words]Bader SMar 1, 2006 05:40
↔ Painting a positive picture.... again [6 words]ZiaMar 4, 2006 23:45
A super power humiliated and defeated. [190 words]Muhammad aliMar 1, 2006 03:23
The Tragedy [26 words]Gary NewmanMar 1, 2006 01:07
Division of Iraq
[w/response] [279 words]		David GoshenMar 1, 2006 00:38
Why Muslims are killing and destroying themselves? [1036 words]KamekishFeb 28, 2006 23:39
↔ Bravo Kamekish [8 words]YovenMar 3, 2006 15:11
We're still on course [75 words]Melvin A. FechterFeb 28, 2006 23:38
What is the value of a human life? [88 words]Gloria HoffmanFeb 28, 2006 23:14
Future Iranian intervention [161 words]Thomas HaidonFeb 28, 2006 22:53
Civil War in Iraq? [149 words]Steven LFeb 28, 2006 22:36
Comment for: JS , Chaim, Korstad, Joe, Donvan [409 words]HARRAKFeb 28, 2006 21:35
Civil War in Iraq [74 words]Jeffrey A. SupowitFeb 28, 2006 20:34
Where we go from here--short version [89 words]William Robert JackFeb 28, 2006 20:29
Overview of Iraqi Violence and US Response [322 words]William Robert JackFeb 28, 2006 19:56
↔ Strategy [241 words]Shmuel HaLeviMar 1, 2006 11:35
↔ Terrorist stronghold ? [48 words]Bader SMar 1, 2006 16:27
↔ Terrorist Stronghold? [74 words]William Robert JackMar 2, 2006 07:34
↔ Al Qaeda's mobile stronghold [236 words]Bader SMar 3, 2006 15:17
My Fear is... [150 words]Lee HarrisFeb 28, 2006 18:31
Playing into their hands? [243 words]Jane OFeb 28, 2006 18:07
One More Positive From an Iraqi Negative [61 words]Dan FriedmanFeb 28, 2006 17:44
Civil War in Iraq [388 words]D WeilFeb 28, 2006 17:36
Regardless of how you slice it [74 words]David W. LincolnFeb 28, 2006 17:10
War Period. [206 words]renchFeb 28, 2006 16:50
Strategic outcomes [116 words]Thomas HaidonFeb 28, 2006 16:44
Present Day Iraq Could Go The Way Of Former Yugoslavia [115 words]AnneMFeb 28, 2006 16:44
Cause & Effect - Islam or Tyranny? [319 words]Al GordonFeb 28, 2006 16:31
↔ Our leaders don't see the root cause [171 words]Robert D. KlimekFeb 28, 2006 19:25
↔ Excellent Posting Al Gordon [11 words]TimothyMar 1, 2006 00:12
↔ Wrong definition for Islam. [237 words]Muhammad aliMar 1, 2006 14:23
↔ How do Muslims define Islam? [121 words]PatMar 1, 2006 17:00
↔ Islam or Tyranny [118 words]Muhammad aliMar 1, 2006 19:45
↔ RE:Muhammad ali [47 words]WeAreAllDanes!Mar 3, 2006 02:12
Three cheers to the "resistance" [116 words]Richard Lion heartFeb 28, 2006 16:28
↔ Richard - Three Cheers [84 words]SiddaMar 1, 2006 19:06
What About the "Hidden Imam"?
[w/response] [238 words]		AlexFeb 28, 2006 16:27
Muslim legacy [32 words]Donna SummerFeb 28, 2006 15:59
What an Iraqi civil war will accomplish [183 words]rickFeb 28, 2006 15:59
Nobody should have been surprised by this!! [178 words]Dr RJPFeb 28, 2006 15:48
Civil War [363 words]JohnFeb 28, 2006 15:47
↔ Iraq would go back to Muslim controlled? [56 words]AmirMar 1, 2006 16:36
↔ Civil War Response [388 words]JohnMar 2, 2006 01:09
↔ Iraq and Europe [8 words]Octavio JohasnonMar 4, 2006 18:49
It will take longer than most think it will. [147 words]Edmund JamesFeb 28, 2006 15:41
↔ Yes, Iraqis love you. [133 words]AmirMar 1, 2006 16:48
↔ to Amir - Islam [344 words]SiddaMar 1, 2006 19:30
↔ "Yes, Iraqis love you" by Amir [4 words]Octavio JohansonMar 3, 2006 08:52
↔ TO Sidda, Submitted to Amir - Islam --Mar 1, 2006 at 19:30- [189 words]BarbaraMar 3, 2006 10:49
↔ Guidance for Amir [31 words]Octavio JohansonMar 3, 2006 17:09
↔ to Barbara [96 words]SiddaMar 3, 2006 18:21
↔ The haven here on earth for Islam [43 words]Infidel3Mar 4, 2006 13:33
↔ Pakistan [9 words]Octavio JohansonMar 4, 2006 18:36
↔ Response to Sidda., [37 words]BarbaraMar 5, 2006 01:29
Fixing Iraq [287 words]Robert D. KlimekFeb 28, 2006 15:35
Letter to Pres. Bush. [43 words]Jacob Goldberg, MDFeb 28, 2006 15:28
↔ news today from Putin [55 words]JMarFeb 10, 2007 13:07
Iraq's plight not a coalition responsibility nor danger to the West [356 words]Elan RubinsteinFeb 28, 2006 15:15
↔ Iraq war [163 words]donvanFeb 28, 2006 17:05
↔ destabilize the middle east [126 words]yuval brandstetter MDMar 4, 2006 15:52
What is a "strategic tragedy"? [199 words]Dick BardFeb 28, 2006 15:14
↔ Is the problem deeper than Islam? [378 words]PatMar 1, 2006 12:24
↔ The US Turned Iraq into Al Queda Breeding Ground [148 words]AmirMar 1, 2006 17:04
↔ Excuses, excuses. [263 words]PatMar 2, 2006 14:09
Civil War in Iraq? [432 words]Maurice PicowFeb 28, 2006 15:12
What's so bad about a Civil War, anyway? [213 words]Wes ClarkFeb 28, 2006 14:46
Yes! We can only hope for a protracted civil war [27 words]J.S.Feb 28, 2006 14:33
'Islam Fatigue' [344 words]JoeFeb 28, 2006 14:19
↔ response [125 words]donvanFeb 28, 2006 17:24
The moral, legal and administrative responsibility of the occupier [161 words]HARRAKFeb 28, 2006 13:37
↔ If...but... [82 words]Vic CoffeyMar 1, 2006 02:53
↔ if...but..! [61 words]HARRAKMar 2, 2006 10:32
↔ RE: The Moral, Legal and admin.... [461 words]ErikMar 2, 2006 12:28
↔ Re: Erick [153 words]HARRAKMar 2, 2006 20:33
↔ Speaking of intervention [80 words]Vic CoffeyMar 4, 2006 15:25
Lacking a Conclusion
[w/response] [58 words]		Bill KorstadFeb 28, 2006 13:16
Create 3 new countries [118 words]ChaimFeb 28, 2006 13:09
↔ Divide Iraq [92 words]LukeAug 16, 2006 00:14

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