An Ally Lost In Anbar
Posted by Sniper One on 09/14/2007
However, luckily, his brother will step up and complete the mission he started.
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Sunni Arab Iraqis and U.S. forces in Anbar province vowed on Friday to keep fighting al Qaeda after the assassination of a tribal leader who worked with Americans to create one of Iraq’s few security success stories.
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was killed in a bombing attack on Thursday near his home in Ramadi, provincial capital of what was once one of Iraq’s most dangerous areas.
“All the tribes agreed to fight al Qaeda until the last child in Anbar,” his brother, Ahmed Abu Risha, told Reuters.
Abu Risha, who met U.S. President George W. Bush less than two weeks ago, led the Anbar Salvation Council, an alliance of Sunni Arab tribes that worked with U.S. troops to push Sunni Islamist al Qaeda out of much of the vast desert area.
Ahmed Abu Risha was named as the council’s new head hours after the death of his charismatic, chain-smoking brother, who wore flowing white and gold robes as he shook hands with Bush.
“The killing of Sheikh Abu Risha will give us more energy … to continue confronting al Qaeda members and to dispose of them,” said Sheikh Rashid Majid, a leader of the al-Bufahad tribe in Ramadi.
“But his murder will make us more cautious, because the reason for the killing of Abu Risha was careless security. We are 90 percent sure that al Qaeda is behind the assassination.”
It is sad that our own politicians do not have the spine that these men have. Instead we have money grubbing lawyers and traitors who accuse our Top Generals of lying. If we had men like this, we would not have a nation divided, we would be united behind them as they show us what true leadership is.
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