Senior Member of Sunni Party Arrested

[conjur]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/ne.../iraq_political_arrest

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces arrested a senior member of an influential Sunni political party Tuesday after a dawn raid on his Baghdad home, party officials said.

Naseer Ayaef, a high-ranking member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was taken into custody in the northwestern Jamiah neighborhood in retaliation for the party's opposition to the U.S.-led offensive on the rebel city of Fallujah, party official Ayad al-Samarrai told The Associated Press.

"This action is a kind of punishment to the (Iraqi) Islamic Party because we object to what is happening in Iraq (news - web sites), especially Fallujah and to the security policies adopted by the Americans and the Iraqi government," al-Samarrai said.

"We think that peaceful solutions and negotiations are the best way to solve problems away from violence. Such attitudes will complicate things in Iraq," he said.

Ayaef, a member of the interim Iraqi National Council, a government oversight body, was also part of the Fallujah delegation that tried and failed to negotiate peace talks with the central government.

Last week, the Iraqi Islamic Party, one of the strongest Sunni political parties in the country had withdrawn from the interim government to protest the U.S. assault, saying it "has led and will lead to more killings and genocide without mercy from the Americans."

The party's one Cabinet member, Minister of Industry Hajim al-Hassani , was told to quit the government but al-Hassani refused and was later fired from the party.

The Iraqi Islamic Party is the Iraqi branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Sunni Islamic party well established in the Middle East.

Tell me how Iraq is different with Saddam behind bars?

We have US troops torturing and murdering prisoners.
We have US troops being directed to arrest political dissenters.
We have US troops being directed to launch assaults in about every major city in Iraq, causing the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians due to "collateral damage".
We have US troops being ordered to deny humanitarian aid in to people in besieged cities.


I'm not seeing the difference....

 

[smashp]

Originally posted by: conjur
http://story.news.yahoo.com/ne.../iraq_political_arrest

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces arrested a senior member of an influential Sunni political party Tuesday after a dawn raid on his Baghdad home, party officials said.

Naseer Ayaef, a high-ranking member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was taken into custody in the northwestern Jamiah neighborhood in retaliation for the party's opposition to the U.S.-led offensive on the rebel city of Fallujah, party official Ayad al-Samarrai told The Associated Press.

"This action is a kind of punishment to the (Iraqi) Islamic Party because we object to what is happening in Iraq (news - web sites), especially Fallujah and to the security policies adopted by the Americans and the Iraqi government," al-Samarrai said.

"We think that peaceful solutions and negotiations are the best way to solve problems away from violence. Such attitudes will complicate things in Iraq," he said.

Ayaef, a member of the interim Iraqi National Council, a government oversight body, was also part of the Fallujah delegation that tried and failed to negotiate peace talks with the central government.

Last week, the Iraqi Islamic Party, one of the strongest Sunni political parties in the country had withdrawn from the interim government to protest the U.S. assault, saying it "has led and will lead to more killings and genocide without mercy from the Americans."

The party's one Cabinet member, Minister of Industry Hajim al-Hassani , was told to quit the government but al-Hassani refused and was later fired from the party.

The Iraqi Islamic Party is the Iraqi branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Sunni Islamic party well established in the Middle East.

Tell me how Iraq is different with Saddam behind bars?

We have US troops torturing and murdering prisoners.
We have US troops being directed to arrest political dissenters.
We have US troops being directed to launch assaults in about every major city in Iraq, causing the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians due to "collateral damage".
We have US troops being ordered to deny humanitarian aid in to people in besieged cities.


I'm not seeing the difference....

We control the Iraqis oil rather than Saddam.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: smashp
We control the Iraqis oil rather than Saddam.

Even that is somewhat questionable. The big reason we invaded Iraq was to keep Israel safe. Well, it's diverted attention away from Israel but Iraq is turning into a cesspool of violence and *if* elections are held in January, I don't see how they can be anywhere near as effective as they need to be.

 

[maddogchen]

I think its too early to jump to conclusions as we are only hearing one side of the story

 

[smashp]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: smashp
We control the Iraqis oil rather than Saddam.

Even that is somewhat questionable. The big reason we invaded Iraq was to keep Israel safe. Well, it's diverted attention away from Israel but Iraq is turning into a cesspool of violence and *if* elections are held in January, I don't see how they can be anywhere near as effective as they need to be.

wrong. Its Oil Stupid.

The Wealth of the United states is the Oil Trade. United States Debt is a liquid asset because of the Oil Trade.

Old rich men send young poor men off to war to protect their wealth. history always repeats it self.

 

[Infohawk]

When will Sunnis understand that Democracy means freedom of oil and the right to elect between abu graib style torture or fallujah style execution?

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: conjur
http://story.news.yahoo.com/ne.../iraq_political_arrest

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces arrested a senior member of an influential Sunni political party Tuesday after a dawn raid on his Baghdad home, party officials said.

Naseer Ayaef, a high-ranking member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was taken into custody in the northwestern Jamiah neighborhood in retaliation for the party's opposition to the U.S.-led offensive on the rebel city of Fallujah, party official Ayad al-Samarrai told The Associated Press.

"This action is a kind of punishment to the (Iraqi) Islamic Party because we object to what is happening in Iraq (news - web sites), especially Fallujah and to the security policies adopted by the Americans and the Iraqi government," al-Samarrai said.

"We think that peaceful solutions and negotiations are the best way to solve problems away from violence. Such attitudes will complicate things in Iraq," he said.

Ayaef, a member of the interim Iraqi National Council, a government oversight body, was also part of the Fallujah delegation that tried and failed to negotiate peace talks with the central government.

Last week, the Iraqi Islamic Party, one of the strongest Sunni political parties in the country had withdrawn from the interim government to protest the U.S. assault, saying it "has led and will lead to more killings and genocide without mercy from the Americans."

The party's one Cabinet member, Minister of Industry Hajim al-Hassani , was told to quit the government but al-Hassani refused and was later fired from the party.

The Iraqi Islamic Party is the Iraqi branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Sunni Islamic party well established in the Middle East.

Tell me how Iraq is different with Saddam behind bars?

We have US troops torturing and murdering prisoners.
We have US troops being directed to arrest political dissenters.
We have US troops being directed to launch assaults in about every major city in Iraq, causing the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians due to "collateral damage".
We have US troops being ordered to deny humanitarian aid in to people in besieged cities.


I'm not seeing the difference....

Try opening your eyes.

I believe that there's more to this story that what's being reported here.

 

[cwjerome]

Why was this guy arrested? Conjur quotes a close offical of that party.... :roll:

 

[conjur]

I didn't quote the party official. The AP did.