At 4:09 PM -0500 4/1/05, OpinionJournal wrote: >On the Sunni Side of the Street >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=5&u=/ap/20050401/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq > > >The Associated Press brings this excellent news from Baghdad: > >*** QUOTE *** > >Influential Sunni scholars encouraged Iraqis to join the country's >security forces and protect the country, issuing an edict Friday that >departed sharply from earlier warnings against participating in the >fledgling police and army. . . . > >Friday's edict, endorsed by a group of 64 Sunni clerics and scholars, >instructed enlistees to refrain from helping foreign troops against their >own countrymen. > >But Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, a cleric in the influential >Association of Muslim Scholars who read the edict during a sermon at a >major Sunni mosque, said joining the Iraqi security forces was now >necessary to prevent the country from falling into "the hands of those who >have caused chaos, destruction and violated the sanctities." > >If heeded, the announcement could strengthen Iraqi security forces, who >are trying to take over the fight against the Sunni-led insurgency. > >*** END QUOTE *** > >Don't forget, back in January the doomsayers were urging the postponement >of Iraq's election for fear of Sunni nonparticipation leading to a civil >war. Their streak of wrong predictions remains unbroken.
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