The interesting news never stops in this place. A group known as the "Soldiers of Heaven" is
battling it out with Iraqi Security Forces in the southern provinces of Nasiriyah and Basrah. I remember hearing about them last year, something about attacking Shi'ite religious leaders in the hopes of attaining salvation for the coming apocalypse. All very creepy stuff. This blog whole-heartedly supports the Iraqi Security Forces (now
responsible for Basra province) in bringing these crazies to justice by any means necessary and to sustain a peaceful Ashura for all the not-so-crazy Shi'ite pilgrims. It's strange to see how Iraq is becoming similar to America in bringing out all the yahoos:
Scientologists,
Heaven's Children,
Lyndon Larouchers, ahh... the joys of democracy.
Update: Things have
settled down as of now.
Talisman Gate has some keen insight into how the clashes were quelled, and
Juan Cole praises the violence with "
the sectarians seem to have put up an impressive fight in Nasiriya, where they killed and wounded officers of the Iraqi security forces", Juan, what a swell guy!
I wonder if the "Soldiers of Heaven" were wearing the same Heaven's Gate style Nikes
I wonder if the "Soldiers of Heaven" were wearing the same Heaven's Gate style Nikes
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