Såkalte opprørere i Irak retter nå sine terrorangrep mot representanter for det de oppfatter som uislamsk skikk og bruk. Frisører er blitt drept for å ha stusset skjegget for kort og for å lefle med vestlig hårmote. I går sprengte en terrorist sprengladningen han bar på seg inne på et sykehus. Kanskje er disse fundamentalistene en større trussel en shiaene som vant valget.
“SUICIDE bombers killed 27 Iraqis in two cities yesterday in the worst bloodshed since last week’s elections. Sinister twists have emerged involving slaughter inside a hospital, and Taleban-style murders of “un-Islamic” barbers for trimming beards and giving Western haircuts. In Mosul, medical staff said that twelve policemen were killed and four wounded when a bomber blew himself up inside the Jumhouri Teaching Hospital.
In Baghdad, residents fear that the fanaticism of insurgents is growing, with attacks on shops for selling products deemed haraam (forbidden) by Sunni militants.”