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...dispelling any notion of an “Iraq for all Iraqis” grounded in justice and equality. Even the timing of the execution appeared to be a deliberate affront to Iraqi Sunnis, as Saddam was hung minutes before the start of the Sunni holy festival of Eid. The result of the fiasco at the gallows is that across the Sunni world, Saddam, once anathema even to most Sunnis, is rapidly being transformed into a martyr who courageously stood up to a vengeful Shiite majority. Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government, and particularly Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki...
...early November, Iraqis shrugged at the news and remained focused on the many pressing problems facing anyone struggling to find a normal life amid so much daily violence.? Today's news hardly seemed to raise an eyebrow among people in Baghdad getting ready for the holiday feasts of Eid al-Adha, a four-day celebration in the Islamic world...
...community and eventually integrate into it. “Our family defined itself in contrast to everyone else,” he says. “We would send cards during the Christmas season to our neighbors and our neighbors started sending my family cards to us during Eid season, a Muslim holiday.” Lee also cites his family as an inspiration, crediting his parents with giving him the confidence to run. “My parents are an inspiration because they did not know English but somehow got through graduate school and wrote their PhD theses...
...Taliban fighters launched a series of bloody attacks on NATO troops late on Tuesday night, the second day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, and NATO struck back, bombing houses where Taliban fighters had taken refuge. Eyewitnesses in the village of Zangwat said that 25 houses had been razed to the ground, and their inhabitants killed and injured as Taliban fighters took shelter behind their walls, using the local population as human shields. Niaz Mohammad Saradi, district governor of Panjwai district, said 60 people were killed, while other officials put the death toll as high as 85. NATO says...
...Eid is a bittersweet time. God-consciousness is punctuated when you’re hungry, and when you have to break that fast, it’s hard to preserve that feeling of community...