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	<title>The Sunni Hate Machine</title>
	<author>Ervin Kosch</author>
	<email>ervin.kosch@gmail.com</email>
	<dateCreated>1/9/2008</dateCreated>
	<url>http://blog.ervinkosch.info/2008/01/09/the-sunni-hate-machine</url>
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	If you read an article on <a href="http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/72996/" 
	target="_blank">AlterNet</a> you would think that a Sunni tribe leader was the next 
	George Washington.  Kaissar Saady al-Juboory killed two US soldiers and injured three 
	others when he says he was a pregnant women being dragged out of a house by her hair.  
	The Sunni tribes are having a hay day with this.  They think Kaissar is a national hero.  
	Here's where they're wrong.<br /><br />

	Kaissar broke his oath as a soldier when he shoot his own colleagues.  This woman was in 
	no apparent danger other then being dragged.  Sharia law also states that a woman is 
	worth 1/3 of a man so he he shouldn't have been so outraged.  
	<a href="http://www.nbc11.com/news/15007262/detail.html" target="_blank">Early reports</a> 
	have come out saying that guy may be part of an extremist Sunni independence organization.
	<br /><br />
	
	This man is a killer.  He has killed his own comrades.  He should be put up for trial for 
	his war crimes.
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			<title>Iraqi Soldier Who Killed U.S. Troops is a Hero in Iraq</title>
			<url>http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/72996/</url>
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			The story of an Iraqi soldier defending a pregnant woman against U.S. troops 
			is front page news in Iraq.
			
			The recent killing of two U.S. soldiers by their Iraqi colleague has raised 
			disturbing questions about U.S. military relations with the Iraqis they work with.

			On Dec. 26, an Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. soldiers accompanying him during
			a joint military patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. He killed the U.S. 
			captain and another sergeant, and wounded three others, including an Iraqi 
			interpreter.

			Conflicting versions of the killing have arisen. Col. Hazim al-Juboory, uncle of 
			the attacker Kaissar Saady al-Juboory, told IPS that his nephew at first watched 
			the U.S. soldiers beat up an Iraqi woman. When he asked them to stop, they refused, 
			so he opened fire.

			"Kaissar is a professional soldier who revolted against the Americans when they 
			dragged a woman by her hair in a brutal way," Col. Juboory said. "He is a tribal 
			man, and an Arab with honor who would not accept such behavior. He killed his 
			captain and sergeant knowing that he would be executed."

			Others gave IPS a similar account. "I was there when the American captain and his 
			soldiers raided a neighborhood and started shouting at women to tell them where 
			some men they wanted were," a resident of Mosul, speaking on condition of 
			anonymity, told IPS on phone. "The women told them they did not know, and their 
			men did not do anything wrong, and started crying in fear."

			The witness said the U.S. captain began to shout at his soldiers and the women, 
			and his men then started to grab the women and pull them by their hair.

			"The soldier we knew later to be Kaissar shouted at the Americans, 'No, no,' but 
			the captain shouted back at the Iraqi soldier," the witness told IPS. "Then the 
			Iraqi soldier shouted, 'Let go of the women, you sons of bitches,' and started 
			shooting at them." The soldier, he said, then ran off.

			The Association of Muslim Scholars, a Sunni organization, issued a statement 
			saying the Iraqi soldier had shot the U.S. soldiers after he saw them beat up a 
			pregnant woman.

			"His blood rose and he asked the occupying soldiers to stop beating the woman," they 
			said in the statement. "Their answer through the translator was: 'We will do what we 
			want.' So he opened fire on them."

			The story was first reported on al-Rafidain satellite channel. That started Iraqis 
			from all over the country talking about "the hero" who sacrificed his life for Iraqi 
			honor.

			The U.S. and Iraqi military told a different version of the story.

			An Iraqi general told reporters that Kaissar carried out the attack because he had 
			links to "Sunni Arab insurgent groups."

			"Soldier Kaissar Saady worked for insurgent groups who pushed him to learn army 
			movements and warn his comrades about them," a captain of the second Iraqi army 
			division told IPS. "There are so many like him in the army and now within the 
			so-called Awakening forces (militias funded by the U.S. military)."

			One army officer speaking on condition of anonymity described Kaissar's act as 
			heroic. "Those Americans learned their lesson once more."

			Sheikh Juma' al-Dawar, chief of the major al-Baggara tribe in Iraq, told IPS in 
			Baghdad that "Kaissar is from the al-Juboor tribes in Gayara -- tribes with morals 
			that Americans do not understand."

			The tribal chief added, "Juboor tribes and all other tribes are proud of Kaissar and 
			what he did by killing the American soldiers. Now he is a hero, with a name that 
			will never be forgotten."

			Many Iraqis speak in similar vein. "It is another example of Iraqi people's unity 
			despite political conspiracies by the Americans and their tails (collaborators)," 
			Mohammad Nassir, an independent politician in Baghdad told IPS. "Kaissar is loved by 
			all Iraqis who pray for his safety and who are ready to donate anything for his 
			welfare."

			Col. Juboory said Kaissar who had at first accepted collaboration with the U.S. 
			forces "found the truth too bitter to put up with." The colonel said: "I worked with 
			the Americans because being an army officer is my job, and also because I was 
			convinced they would help Iraqis. But 11 months was enough for me to realize that 
			starving to death is more honorable than serving the occupiers. They were mean in 
			every way."

			Independent sources have since told IPS that Kaissar was captured by a special joint 
			Iraqi-U.S. force, and he is now being held and tortured at the al-Ghizlany military 
			camp in Mosul.

			Despite a recent decline in the number of occupation forces being killed, 2007 was 
			the deadliest year of the occupation for U.S. troops, with 901 killed, according to 
			the U.S. Department of Defense.
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			<title>Conflicting Report Disputes Soldier Deaths</title>
			<url>http://www.nbc11.com/news/15007262/detail.html</url>
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			Report: Abuse Of Civilians May Have Led To Deaths
			
			BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- There are new allegations about why an Iraqi soldier killed 
			two U.S. soldiers in Iraq, including Sgt. Benjamin Portell of Bakersfield, Calif.

			Several Internet reports have stated that the reason the Iraqi soldier turned on his 
			American counterparts was because one of the soldiers was allegedly beating a 
			pregnant woman near the northern city of Mosul.
			
			According to the Washington Post, the allegation comes from an anti-American Sunni 
			group. The group is said to have released a statement Saturday night claiming the 
			Iraqi soldier, identified as Kaissar Saady al-Juboory, shot Portell, Capt. Rowdy 
			Inman and three others because they were beating a pregnant woman.

			The Washington Post said a U.S. military official flatly denied the accusations, 
			saying there was no indication of any kind of abuse on Iraqi civilians. Officials 
			said al-Juboory shot U.S. soldiers without any clear motivation.

			On Saturday, Iraqi and then U.S. military officials in Iraq, announced that 
			al-Juboory killed Portell and Inman. They then said that the Iraqi soldier had 
			ties to militant groups.

			On Monday, ABC23 spoke with the public affairs official from the Army's 
			criminal investigative division based out of Virginia. He confirmed the Army 
			is investigating, but would not comment further as it is an ongoing investigation.
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