Crowds protest Saddam hanging in Iraq (1 Viewer)

[GarzaUK]

Crowds protest Saddam hanging in Iraq - Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Enraged crowds protested the hanging of Saddam Hussein across Iraq's Sunni heartland Monday, as a mob in Samara broke the locks off a bomb-damaged Shiite shrine and marched through carrying a mock coffin and photo of the dictator.

The demonstration in the Golden Dome, shattered in a bombing by Sunni extremists 10 months ago, suggests that many Sunni Arabs may now more actively support the small number of Sunni militants fighting the country's Shiite-dominated government. The Feb. 22 bombing of the shrine triggered the current cycle of retaliatory attacks between Sunnis and Shiia, in the form of daily bombings, kidnappings and murders.

Until Saddam's execution Saturday, most Sunnis sympathized with militants but avoided taking a direct role in the sectarian conflict — despite attacks by Shiite militia that have killed thousands of Sunnis or driven them from their homes. The current Sunni protests, which appear to be building, could signal a spreading militancy.

This is indeed grave news. It is starting to look that the slide to civil war cannot be prevented.

 

[FierceEnigma12z]

most Sunnis sympathized with militants but avoided taking a direct role in the sectarian conflict

As if that makes it better...

 

[jfuh]

Just the sunni's looking for an excuse that's all.
They've had a civil war for a while, this is just their rally call.

 

[danarhea]

It's all about the timing. Many Arabs are insulted that the execution was done on a religious holiday. Had it been done a few days later, there would not have been half the uproar we are seeing.

 

[RightinNYC]

The demonstration in the Golden Dome, shattered in a bombing by Sunni extremists 10 months ago, suggests that many Sunni Arabs may now more actively support the small number of Sunni militants fighting the country's Shiite-dominated government.

According to who? The reporter? Any evidence?

I'm pretty tired of every shmuck staff writer who gets assigned the daily headline fancying themself a policy expert.