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14. Jan 2007

Sidste kast med terningen

 

Som set i dagens The Independent.

Samtidig kunne man i gårsdagens Guardian læse om, hvordan de mere brutale sunni-militser nu, ansporet af de saudisk financierede shia-hadere fra de Al-Qaeda-grupper, ikke længere er rettede mod amerikanerne så meget som mod shiaerne i en endeløs ond cirkel, der begynder at lugte mere og mere af forretning:
"Now there is no jihad. Go around and see in Adhamiya - all the commanders are sitting sipping coffee; it's only the young kids that are fighting now, and they are not fighting Americans any more, they are just killing Shia. There are kids carrying two guns each and they roam the streets looking for their prey. They will kill for anything, for a gun, for a car and all can be dressed up as jihad."
(...)
"Every time they arrest a Shia, we take their car, we sell it and use the money to fund the fighters, and jihad," said Abu Aisha. The mosque sheik or the local commander collects the money and it is distributed among the fighters; some get fixed salaries, others are paid by "operations", and the money left is used for ammunition.

"It has become a business, they give you money to kill Shia, we take their houses and sell their cars," said Rami. "The Shia are doing the same.
Som kortene er lagt op, er det desværre svært at se, hvordan Bushs sidste kast med terningerne - de 20.000 ekstra soldater og færre "restriktioner", hvad Bush så ellers måtte mene med det - kan gøre andet end at gøre ondt værre en sidste gang i en krig, som alle vist efterhånden er enige om har været en katastrofe uden skygge af formildende omstændigheder.

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