Alcohol in Iraq: Not any more

Just as the soon-to be-Islamic country of Turkey has banned alcohol, Iraq is in the midst of figuring out how to rid itself of the evil spirits, and as an added bonus intimidate the remaining Christians into leaving.  Since it is Christians who are the sellers of alcohol, it is a natural for Islamists to kill two things that are haram(forbidden) with one stone.

We will be seeing much more of this kind of persecution, and, we are told, it is all being done by those terribly misguided "misunderstanders of Islam".


From The New York Times Jan 15 by John Leland

Baghdad Raids on Alcohol Sellers Stir Fears

BAGHDAD — Eight men carrying handguns and steel pipes raided a Christian nongovernmental organization here on Thursday night, grabbing computers, cellphones and documents, and threatening the people inside, according to members of the group.

“They came in and said, ‘You are criminals. This is not your country. Leave immediately,’ ” said Sharif Aso, a board member of the organization, the Ashurbanipal Cultural Association. “They said, ‘This is an Islamic state.’ ”

Feel the jihadi love.

"...The intruders smashed liquor bottles and a glass refrigerator case before throwing a gas canister through the window of a car belonging to a member of the group.

The episode is the latest in a recent flurry of attacks on those who sell alcohol..."

Read it all, with a frosty one in hand.