JIHAD, ASK AN IRAQI

Submitted by Michael O'Donnell (United States), Jul 13, 2005 at 16:22

I am currently on leave from duty in Iraq with the British infantry, and the buzz word on CF tongues is not jihad, but insurgents. When we question villagers, through interpreters, and ask about insurgent activity, the word I recognise in the interpreter's question is JIHAD!

The activity in Iraq of muslim extremists is invariably by foreigners, Saudi, Chechens', Yemenis', Somalians, Syrians, Palestinians,and of course,people from Iraq, which is TOTALLY understandable as it is after all their country (and who can forget the Iranians,shifty ones).

After all this simple soldier ramble, my over all impression is that arabs,militant Islam,and those who uphold it as THE way of life, are stuck in the middle ages ,xenophobics, bigots, and are just intolerant to the whole non muslim world. Of the world's souls,1 billion are of muslim persuasion,-- I'd like to point out that this leaves 5 billion who disagree with the teachings of the prophet Mohamed, his devotees, and the small band of 'jihadists' who are so miniscule of mind, that they cannot come to terms that the dark age nonsense they subscribe to does not fit with modern,and dare I say it,enlightened thinking of peoples, including most muslims, who just use the basics of all Abrahamic faith structures as a guide to decent codes of life .


Behead me if I'm wrong!

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