Vandals hit Shi'a stores (in Detroit, following Saddam's execution)

[deadparrot]

DETROIT -- Muslim leaders say a spate of vandalism over the weekend involving stores owned by local Iraqis could stem from brewing sectarian Islamic tension over the execution of Saddam Hussein.

While Shi'a and Sunni Muslims are fighting in Iraq, the two groups generally get along in Metro Detroit and the United States. But Muslim and Arab leaders say the hanging of Saddam, and especially the timing of the execution, spurred hard feelings.

They say the vandalized property was owned or operated by people of Iraqi descent who are Shi'a.

"People are scared to come here. It's very dangerous, this place," said Inaam Alkhafaji, referring to her Detroit business, Dana Media, whose windows were broken.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/METRO/701090330

[BobRossi]

1. "We must fight them there....."

"Er.. ummnn.. So they can fight here!"

[sabra]

2. sad... it's just gets uglier by the day :-(

[provis99]

3. exactly my thought...

yeah right Bush. "Fight them there so we don't have to fight them here". Well, I didn't hear about a lot of Sunni Shi'ite fighting right here in America before Chucklenuts decided to invade Iraq. What a clueless, pompous asstwit the Terror of Texas is!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Yet another article on this subject

Religious leaders are harrumphing on the topic - "violence is bad, m'kay?"

http://www.pressandguide.com/stories/011407/loc_20070114002.shtml

[OKthatsIT]

5. American Al Qaeda...always was American

put that in your pipe and smoke it!