AP: Saudi Religious Scholars Back Holy War

[truthpusher]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_scholars_iraq_6

Saudi Religious Scholars Back Holy War

9 minutes ago Middle East - AP

By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces as American troops prepared Saturday for a major assault on the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah.

The 26 Saudi scholars and preachers said in an open letter to the Iraqi people that their appeal was prompted by "the extraordinary situation through which the Iraqis are passing which calls for unity and exchange of views." The letter was posted on the Internet.

"At no time in history has a whole people been violated ... by propaganda that's been proved false," Sheik Awad al-Qarni, one of the scholars, told Al-Arabiya TV.

"The U.S. forces are still destroying towns on the heads of their people and killing women and children. What's going on in Iraq (news - web sites) is a result of the big crime of America's occupation of Iraq."

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[aquart]

1. Sigh. Our allies.

Unfortunately, they happen to be right.

[DELUSIONAL]

2. Well the religious scholars limited this call for a holy war to Iraqis

This isn't a world wide call for a war on all Ameicans -- YET.

" The scholars were careful to direct their appeal to Iraqis only and stayed away from issuing a general, Muslim-wide call for holy war. They also identified the military as the target, one that is considered legitimate by many Arabs who view U.S. troops and their allies as occupiers."

[maddezmom]

3. same story here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x964338