Thursday, August 12, 2004
Al Sadr: set up to be a martyr?
The US military is currently engaged in heavy fighting in Iraq's holy city of Najaf. The fighting is an attempt to squash the insurgency headed by Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
Today's Christian Science Monitor has a piece about the possibility of Al Sadr's possible martyrdom, should he be killed by US or Iraqi government forces.
It's definitely a dilemma that the US faces in dealing with any of the Islamic fundamentalist leaders engaged in fighting the US. It's certainly not something I know the answer to.
Is it better to incarcerate them when/if they're caught? Or is death better in the long run? Or should we be turning them over to another government who is less concerned about the martyr aspect and let them handle it?
It makes my brain hurt to ponder it.
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Today's Christian Science Monitor has a piece about the possibility of Al Sadr's possible martyrdom, should he be killed by US or Iraqi government forces.
It's definitely a dilemma that the US faces in dealing with any of the Islamic fundamentalist leaders engaged in fighting the US. It's certainly not something I know the answer to.
Is it better to incarcerate them when/if they're caught? Or is death better in the long run? Or should we be turning them over to another government who is less concerned about the martyr aspect and let them handle it?
It makes my brain hurt to ponder it.
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