Inside the Middle East - Blog
September 30, 2008
"Cowards Have No Place To Hide"
In most countries, giant public billboards are used to advertise shopping malls, car dealerships or off-road fast food restaurants.

But in Iraq, many billboards are used for public service announcements against terrorist organizations. Others promote cross-confessional entente.

Check out these two interesting signs on the streets of Baghdad, snapped by CNN producer Jomana Karadsheh.

"You cowards of Al-Qaeda terrorist organization. Al Qaeda in Iraq, you will have no place to hide."

This billboard reads: "Ramadan unites us."
Hello:
How many of the attacks that happen are done by Al-Qaida? It is stereotyping. Everyone who does an attack is labeled as Al-Qaida. They could be domestic dissidents who don't want the Government Shia opperated. They could be Kurds. How do we know the size of Al-Qaida? We don't. Everyone in the Middle East is being called either Al-Qaida or Taliban. I say Al-Qaida and the Taliban were killed off between 2003-2004. The people now are domestic Mahdis or Kurds, or Sunnis. It's dissidency now, not insurgency.
Ma Salama
In Iraq now, the single biggest problem is Iran, we hope Iraqis we will get to see billboards in Basra and Baghdad saying “you coward Iranian-back militias get lost and there is no place for you to operate as well”. Also, as Iraqi government pose itself a close ally to the US; it should also accept Israel as a sovereign nation. Iraqis are writing their starting chapter for their nation and it will impact their future, it should be different from the start of other regimes in the Arab world. The future of Iraq will be prosperous only if they stay with the US and free nations like Israel. Other wise they will suffer in the same way as they have been suffering from Iranian style fundamentalism or typical Arab style dictatorships for several years
Salam:
A#1 don't 'tow the line' against Iran. If the US and UN impose sanctions on Iran, the people will starve, more than they are now. So by supporting the US you are supporting starving the Iranian people.
#2: Why is it that Israel always has to be appeased and 'kissed up to'? Why can't Israel be humanitarian and say "You don't like me, but I am going to do what God commands me to, and help you in any way I can. God commands me to do right, and so I will help you if you need money or food etc..." Why does everyone have to bow to Israel?
@ 8:16 AM Because in Israel, they have Democracy………Mr. Olmert, Israeli PM was involved in fraudulent activities and yes justice will be done ………..as you all know his days in the office are now very much limited. Anyway what I am trying to say is Democratic Nations are always trusted one. If leaders have done something wrong they always held responsible
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