Mithal al-Alusi
For those who don't know Mithal al-Alusi, let me fill you in. Al-Alusi is the secretary of Iraq's Democratic Umma Party and a member of the De-Ba'athification Committee, which was established to purge the Iraqi government of Saddam's fellow Ba'athists. Since Al-Alusi plays a leading role in bringing Iraq out of Saddam's darkness of tyranny, he has become a target of the terrorists and Saddam hanger-ons. Yesterday, Al-Alusi received a deadly reminder of the power of these groups when assailants launched an assassination attempt, which failed to kill him but resulted in the death of 2 of his sons and a bodyguard. While an attack like this would lead most people to rethink their career, Al-Alusi has vowed to fight back.
Take a look at what this brave soul said about these attacks to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Consequently, I [ask] my friends and colleagues in the political leadership inside or outside the [Iraqi] government...to take a clear, frank, and firm position to enforce the law over all, whoever it is -- be it a religious or non-religious party. There should be no debate or dialogue with a murderer who calls for killing. This cannot be the [right] way. The [right] way is the way of law, the way of dialogue, the way of building, and the way of leading the Sunni areas [in Iraq] out of confusion. I would like to focus on that very clearly: The Sunni areas groan under the hands of murderers and criminals who are neither Sunnis nor Iraqis. They are intruders in Iraq from among Al-Qaeda groupings and Ba'ath [Party] henchmen. They are the ghosts of death.Bully to Al-Alusi, my he inspire the silent majority to take back Iraq from the merchants of death. Click here for the full interview on RFE/RL.
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