al sistani calls zarquawi and bin laden 'filthy infidels'

[freedomonk]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1141042.htm

Some of Iraq's most influential Shiite leaders have condemned the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists operating in the country.

At a Friday prayer meeting in Karbala, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani told worshipers that Al Qaeda's top leaders are "filthy infidels".

He names Osama bin Laden and the Jordanian-born terrorist purportedly operating in Iraq, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi.

He says they are "bastards" who "nurture malignance" against Shiite Muslims.

A prominent Shiite leader was assassinated in Iraq on Thursday night.

Al Qaeda's leadership is made up of Sunni Muslims from the Wahabi sect.

[geek tragedy]

1. He's got a point.

The AQ crowd is trying to exploit the situation in Iraq for their own purposes, regardless of the consequences for the Iraqi people themselves.

Sistani and the Shiites are rejecting the "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" mentality. Now if only the US government could do the same.

[Spinzonner]

2. You know, it's getting really difficult to keep track of

all the infidels in the international scene.

I think we need a clearinghouse.