Iraq Turns to Muslim Nations for Help

[maddezmom]

VIENNA, Austria - A bloody spate of suicide bombings, hostage-takings and beheadings in Iraq (news - web sites) has rocked the U.S.-led coalition, prompting the Philippines to pull out its tiny contingent and anxious people elsewhere to demand their troops come home.


The violence — and the growing hesitation of many countries to send soldiers — led Iraq's new premier to issue a plea for help Thursday from nations with large Muslim populations including India, Pakistan and Egypt.


Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said he also was looking for soldiers from Bangladesh and Morocco, apparently hoping the Islamic insurgents targeting Western forces and civilians would be less likely to attack Muslim troops.


Allawi said in an interview with Associated Press Television News in Baghdad that he was turning to "our neighbors and brothers in the Islamic world to close ranks to fight terrorism."

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20040715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_coalition

Good Luck......

[iconoclastic cat]

1. "...to fight (wink, wink) terrorism (wink, wink)."

Yeah, sure.

[judge_smales]

4. I think that they probably are

If the people who "planned" our little adventure in the first place had any brains we'd have had as many Muslim troops in there as we could get. Of course, the leaders of the Muslim countries probably all tried to point out that the invasion was a really, really bad idea, so they became "irrelevant".

[AFSCME girl]

2. This entire situation just

gets worse by the minute :mad:
What a bloody, friggin' mess :grr:

[maddezmom]

3. and the misadministration meme :U.S. Insists Iraq Coalition Still Strong

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=6&u=/nm/20040715/ts_nm/iraq_bush_dc