Newsweek Fawns Over Jihadi Cleric

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I know I shouldn’t be surprised any more, but the extent to which American media enables the radical Islamist agenda continues to amaze me. In the latest example, Newsweek’s Scott Johnson deferentially interviews an Iraqi Sunni cleric who’s very much in favor of killing American and British troops: “We Pray the Insurgents Will Achieve Victory.” (Hat tip: Allah.)

NEWSWEEK: How is Fallujah doing after the withdrawal of U.S Marines?

Sheikh Abdullah al-Janabi: The problems started after the Americans entered the city at the end of April, 2003: Provocations, humiliations and arrests. All of us remember the incident at the school, which led to several civilian deaths [after U.S. troops opened fire on Iraqi civilians, killing 15 people and wounding dozens of demonstrators protesting the occupation]. Now, thanks to Allah, Fallujah is back to normal. We solve our problems through scholars, tribal sheikhs and police. The problem was the Americans inside the city because they started the violence.

NEWSWEEK: Have the resistance fighters in Fallujah moved on to other cities to fight the Americans there?
The Fallujah Mujahideen are the sons of the city. They are not organized in a military-like order. Frankly speaking, the main goal of the resistance here is to protect the city. Besides, everyone in the world knows that there are resistance groups in Fallujah, Ramadi, Samarra, Baghdad, Baquba as well as the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr in Karbala and Najaf. Every city in Iraq has resistance today and they do not need the people of Fallujah. We do pray for them everyday, we pray that the resistance all over Iraq will achieve victory.

NEWSWEEK: Is the kidnapping and beheading of foreign workers a legitimate way to punish the occupation?
Honest resistance is a legitimate right against the occupation all over the world. It is not governed by the ideas of small groups of people. If they think beheading civilians is a means of pressure over the occupation, then they don’t understand the concept of honest and true resistance, which targets the American and British occupation.

NEWSWEEK: Are the groups doing the beheading connected to one another?
The beheadings are not happening in Fallujah and it is not accepted or approved by the people here. Our feelings are directed towards the occupation. Also, Fallujah does not have any foreign fighters.

NEWSWEEK: Who is responsible for the suicide bombings then?
The suicide operations hold deeper aims. The resistance and mujahideen have nothing to do with these operations, because if they were related to the resistance, they would have started much earlier on. Most Iraqis agree with me that it is the Iranians who want revenge from Iraqis. They have never forgotten the Iran-Iraq war. The bombings in Baqouba, and the churches of Baghdad, and earlier the shrines in Karbala, Kadhimiya and Najaf happened because the field is open for anyone who wants mix the cards for Iraqis.

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