[lbo-talk] the Iraqi resistance at work

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 11/20/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> I might not like their political program, but it's perfectly
> legitimate for a resistance to attack collaborators. I don't think a
> lot of the forces that many are calling the Iraqi resistance are
> doing that. Blowing up helpless civilians doesn't qualify.

Well, we then must ask: who gave a chance to those who blow up
helpless civilians?  We, among others, have.  Juan Cole is decent
enough to acknowledge that responsibility.

On 11/20/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Juan Cole reports a motive for the bombing of the day laborers:
>
> > Al-Hayat says that a Sunni Arab guerrilla cell claimed that it
> > carried out the Hilla bombing in revenge for the kidnapping last
> > Tuesday of Sunni employees from the ministry of higher education.
> It defies comment, really. Except to say I feel really guilty that I
> caused this.

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