This is ethnic cleansing
As the death toll passes 100 around Balad, I want to point out again that Sadr's militia was called in by local politicians and leaders specifically to do this:
Sunni Muslims were fleeing across the Tigris River on Monday, trying to escape a four-day rampage of sectarian fighting in their Shiite-dominated home city north of Baghdad. At least 91 people have died — all but 17 of them Sunnis.
posted by mikevotes at
11:07 AM
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That's the term I applied to it as well.
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Bravo 2-1, at 12:15 PM
Ethnic cleansing has been going on for some time especially in Baghdad, but not before have we seen such a clear territorial divide and unanimity of story.
Militia were brought in for specific purpose. Nobody on either side is even denying it.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 1:55 PM
Oh yes, there was always an element of ethnic cleansing since February. Now, it's much more deliberate. I recall reading about stock piles of weapons in Baghdad for when it really gets grotesque. I don't think the operations in Baghdad have picked up anywhere near enough weapons.
I saw that story on Saddam today. Not sure what to make of it. He may be trying to appear as a leading figure. I still think he will get sprung before this is all said and done. He would be a valuable boogeyman for the Shiite.
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Bravo 2-1, at 2:16 PM
No, not at all. The last numbers I saw on Together Forward were through September and it was something like 1,200 weapons. That's nothing.
I figure Saddam is trying to redeem himself in the public eye somehow, but I don't know. Just weird.
(And his sentencing, I think, is the day before the US election.)
Mike
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mikevotes, at 2:29 PM
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