Farrakhan blames Wars On Religious Differences

Louis Farrakhan,leader of the Nation of Islam movement in the US, said that the reason we have so much war in the world is because of discord among the various religions.

   I very seldom agree with anything that this man has to say but he is right about this, for once.Everyone on this planet thinks that their religion is the right one and that all others are either Satanic or just totally wrong. This applies to the United States as well because this country thinks that being a Christian is the only way to go. I would almost agree with that except for the fact that the so-called Christians that we have today are no where near what a Christian should be. most people have forgotten that there is a difference between religion and Christianity. anyone can be religious but not to many in this day and age can be a real Christian anymore.

Al Jazeera

Louis Farrakhan, 73, said on Sunday that the world was at war because followers of the different faiths did not understand each other.

He said Jesus Christ and Muhammad would embrace each other with love if they were on the stage behind him.
"Our lips are full of praise, but our hearts are far removed from the prophets we all claim," he said on Sunday.
"That's why the world is in the shape that it's in."

He denounced the war in Iraq, saying George Bush, the US president, should be impeached or at least censured for his "wicked policies".
"Our president ... through deception and outright lies and the manipulation of the intelligence community ... manipulated the Congress after 9/11 to give him permission to go to war in Iraq.
"What should they do about a man who has been lying to America?" he asked.
Turning to John Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee chairman on stage with him, Farrakhan added: "If you won't impeach him, sanction him."
Linking Bush's foreign policy to prophecies of the apocalypse, he said: "Why did they invade Iraq? Why did they kill Saddam? Why did they kill his sons?

"The real story is Saddam Hussein became an economic threat," Farrakhan said.

   Mr. Farrakhan's problem is that sometimes he just doesn't know when to shut up.

 

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Troops In Baghdad Say Can't Identify Enemy

   From UPI

Published: Feb. 26, 2007 at 10:37 AM

Troops in Baghdad say can't identify enemy

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. and Iraqi soldiers say the Baghdad security plan that began earlier in February has been hindered by the inability of troops to identify violent offenders.

The plan, an increase in U.S. and Iraqi forces in the city designed to suffocate militia and insurgent groups looking to commit bombings and sectarian killings, has proved problematic as soldiers say they have difficulty finding the perpetrators, The Washington Post reported Monday.

"I don't know who I'm fighting most of the time," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Lopez, who is based in the northern outskirts of Baghdad. "I don't know who is setting what IED."

U.S. commanders say that since a brigade of 2,700 U.S. troops arrived in Baghdad to boost the U.S. presence there to 40,000, insurgent activity has increased in the area surrounding Baghdad, leading to worries that the militants are focusing outside the city.

The Post said many Shiite militia members in Baghdad say they are waiting until the troop boost in the city expires to continue violence.

 

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