Zarqawi backers lay down Shariah rules

Did anyone every tell you Georgie, You suck as a man, Well I am telling you, words cannot describe the gross injustices you have committed on this nations women and children, but then they are nothing to you. They survived Sadam only to be invaded and occupied by a pychopath and have lost any freedoms they may have had. May God never forgive you.
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Imams loyal to terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi have issued threats in mosques in a western Baghdad neighborhood against anyone who does not follow Islamic law, terrified residents are saying. "They announced their loyalty to Zarqawi and put their rules on the street," said Sabah, 31, adding that supporters of the Jordanian-born leader of al Qaeda in Iraq had killed six men for wearing knee-length shorts in another Baghdad neighborhood on Tuesday.

"Everyone is talking about it," he said, adding that a friend of his had forbidden his brothers to go outside in shorts, despite the 106-degree weather. "Women must stay at home, and girls cannot go to school past primary school. People selling Iranian products will either have to throw them out or get killed," said Sabah, who asked that his last name not be used. He lives in the violent Sunni neighborhood of Amariya, where he said the threats were made.

News of the imams' words has spread fast in this city of 6 million people, where many are traumatized after three years of war and sectarian killings. By yesterday, one of Sabah's friends was making plans to repaint his "swamp cooler" -- a fan that blows water-cooled air. The popular devices typically are painted green and white and widely known to be made in Iran.

Other rules laid down by the Zarqawi supporters forbid men from wearing orange or red clothes or using gel in their hair. Women no longer are allowed to work, and girls cannot study. "They are destroying their lives," said Amer Amoori, a 66-year-old former school headmaster who was fuming at the news. "They will destroy a whole generation."

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U.S. says Taliban gain strength; 29 dead in clash

KABUL, May 24 (Reuters) - The Taliban are gaining strength in parts of Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, after a week of the heaviest fighting in years killed about 300 people.

Nearly five years after they were forced from power by U.S. and Afghan forces, the Taliban appear better organised and more aggressive than at any time since their ouster in 2001.

Most of those killed in a series of clashes since Wednesday last week were militants but dozens of Afghan police, soldiers and civilians have also been killed, along with four foreign soldiers.

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"There's no doubt that the Taliban have grown in strength and influence in certain areas in Kandahar, Helmand and in southern Uruzgan," U.S. military spokesman Colonel Tom Collins told a briefing, referring to three southern provinces.