Young Iraqis are losing their faith in religion »
Posted By JamesMarcus 7 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsAfter almost five years of war, many young Iraqis, exhausted by constant firsthand exposure to the violence of religious extremism, say they have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith that they preach.
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capecoralM7 months, 2 weeks ago
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/iraqi-violenc...
Iraq: Children being cooked "In at least one incident, an 11-year-old boy was ...recently 'slaughtered' by Muslim militants believed to be linked to the 'al Qaida in Iraq' group, who later "cooked" the child, several news reports said. His family was allegedly later invited to a "feast meal" where they were forced to eat the boy, reports said." In the most shocking report from Iraq we have received, a toddler was kidnapped in Baghdad in October 2006. The mother could not afford to pay the ransom, and so the kidnappers killed the child. They returned the body to the mother. The little child had been beheaded, roasted and was served on a mound of rice. In another incident a 14-year-old Christian boy was held down by his limbs and beheaded, or, as Iraqi Christians have described it, "crucified". His Muslim attackers called him a "dirty Christian sinner" and chanted "Allahu akbar" (Allah is great).
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markoller7 months, 2 weeks ago
How can you of all people fall for this ludicrous propaganda? You are not BoBo in Texas or HMMace. There is not a particle of evidence to support these accusations, and the accent sounds fake to me, although I can not swear to that. I would like to hear from an Iraqi, or better still, an expert in Arabic dialects. Or, perhaps an expert in American dialects can determine where the speaker is really from.
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Daylight7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Iraq: Children being cooked "In at least one incident, an 11-year-old boy was ...recently 'slaughtered' by Muslim militants believed to be linked to the 'al Qaida in Iraq' group, who later "cooked" the child,
Zionist media are capable of cooking up news to keep their propaganda to mislead the American people and the world, they have been doing it for a long time and they know they can do it without getting quote, because Americans are so dumb that they will believe anything the media tell them, no question asked.
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dissent7 months, 2 weeks ago
well, there was of course the iran iraq war where we openly backed saddam but also backed iran with some sneaky double dealing. there was the gassing of the kurds who begged us for help but back then rummy was pressin palms with saddam so we quietly looked the other way. then there was iraq war one with bush one who gave saddam the wrong impression about what could be done with kuwait so saddam paid for it. then there were the no-fly zones where we bombed both the north and the south even though the un said we shouldn't, then there was the invasion and occupation, hmmmmm.... now wait a minute, if iraq hasn't been too peaceful it looks like it was that way BECAUSE OF US!!!!
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swasdiva7 months, 2 weeks ago
Honestly, how dare you demean such an article with a political jab against the US? Yes, we are in a mess, we have created a mess, we have yet to clean up this mess, but for all that is holy, this article is meant to open eyes to what the common people are dealing with there, and how evil infests any and all sides. It is not so black and white as Bush = every problem in the modern world. Did you even read about Hussein's oppression of the Shiites? The evil (there is no other word for it) in human hearts spreads its plagues through many means, and wears many masks.
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libsRfunny7 months, 2 weeks ago
Peaceful?? Invading Iran, invading Kuwait and threatening invasion of Saudi Arabia, rewarding the families of suicide bombers with money, the blatant murder of hundreds of thousands of Kurds, state-sponsored torture and murder of its citizens, athletes tortured for not winning in the Olympics. Yes, a VERY PEACEFUL existence, indeed!
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