The Battle of Najaf
(05-14) 13:59 PDT NAJAF, Iraq (AP) --
American tanks firing shells and heavy machine guns made their deepest incursion yet Friday into this stronghold of a radical cleric. Apparent gunfire slightly damaged one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines, prompting calls for revenge and even suicide attacks.
What a horrible mistake! Of course there is no doubt that the Empire can crush the resistance fighters in the various "rebel" areas of Iraq, that is not really the point. The reason this is a mistake is that it will probably incite even more virulent hatred of Americans in the Muslim world, if that is even possible at this point. Once you get to a certain level of loathing and disgust and desire for bloody vengeance anything else added on is really hard to detect.
Pray for peace, only God can save us now.