It’s hard to imagine sectarian tensions in Iraq could get any worse, but every new day seems to set the bar even lower in the country. Today, a Shi’ite militia attacked a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers, killing 73 civilians.
The incident in Baqubah, a major city on the outskirts of Baghdad, reflects growing fears among the Shi’ite militias fighting the war against ISIS that local Sunnis could join up with ISIS invaders. Their strategy is to massacre them, ensuring those locals are definitely going to back almost anyone as an alternative to the pro-government militia movements.
Sunni MPs announced they are withdrawing from talks on a new coalition government, and won’t consider returning unless the ruling State of Law Party hands over the militiamen responsible and compensates the families of the victims.
Iraqi officials claimed they think ISIS was responsible for the attack, and there is no indication they are going to arrest any militiamen in relation to the attack.
With the Iraqi military retreating from fights with ISIS, the nation has increasingly relied on Shi’ite militias to defend the area along the north of Baghdad. That has left the militias with the run of the area, and free to crack down on local Sunnis.
With Iraq trying to put forward a pretense of religious unity, the massacre underscores the division that for years has been tearing the country apart.
Clearly we are at Ron Paul Doom Level of "It's over".
Jason have you been to Iraq and recorded your conversation with them and they said so" Their strategy is to massacre them" the Sunnis, when the Sunnis terrorists been killing all and every nationals in Iraq since us withdrew, did you asked them what is their strategy? There wasn't any sectarian problem in Iraq until 2003 when USG and that British war criminal Tony Blair invaded Iraq, now the very same Sunnis whom have become ISIS which are the creation of us/English/Israeli/Turkish/Angela Markell all of the sudden the victim. Look: the each and every problems exist in Middle East is because US/English and EU governing buddy, the militarism attitude and mentality by the west, the deceptive and fraudulent foreign policies have left nothing for the people in Middle East but to fight each other so the west can steal their nationalized resources, so the west/NATO militarism regime can steal more of their land by occupying it, so they can have their lapdogs governments in place, so the Israel Zionism/fascism/apartheid regime still can be called the "only democracy" in Middle East.
“How can two walk together
unless they be agreed?”
Forget the cheep oil, we are now an oil exporting nation and for a moral imparative must needs to part company with the Middle-East.
NEVER!! The US is unable to detached it self from the apartheid State of Israel.