Why do terrorists in IRAQ bomb their OWN people on buses and in stores?

MikeGolf

Because they are not fighting to drive the Americans out. They are fighting to establish a dictatorship with themselves in charge.

When I was in Iraq they even offered to cease all attacks and allow us permanent bases if we allowed them to run the Iraqi government.

julie h

I myself believe that they have always been in a fighting/war type environment and that they just don't have respect for anyone, even their own people. I also don't believe that many of them want things changed in their country. They just have never know any better. Maybe they are afraid of change or just don't want it.

Leogirl0804

Because 90% of the terrorist in Iraq are insurgents from other countries.

Chantel S

Thats such a good question! I can't wait to read the replys on this one..i Mean why kill amongts themselves..that blows my mind..that is exactly why the US military needs to be in that country !!

pavescott13

The primary reason that you donâ€™t understand the reasons is that you are looking at the situation with Western/American eyes. Although rare, there are Americans who are willing to kill anyone (including women and children) in order to make a political or religious statement. Remember Timothy McVay and Eric Rudolph were both American and they conducted their operations in the name of a political movement and a religious belief.
Now when looking at the Middle East and Iraq in specific you see a world with deep seated religious and political (i.e. power) beliefs. The Shia and Sunni have had religious differences since the death of Muhammad in 632 A.D. A subset of the Sunni religion is the Salafists who are also known as Wahhabists (although they no longer like that title.) The Wahhabi belief system teaches a much more radical view of Islam and can be associated with many in the terrorist community. Throw into the Iraq mixture the Kurdish people with a mixture of Shafi Sunnis and Shia Muslims. Altogether you have a people that have either persecuted or been persecuted against for multiple generations. They all live in a country that had its borders established by the British following WWI, which essentially put lines through areas with traditional tribal boundaries. This led to factions, which led to power struggles and you are now seeing the results of years of religious and tribal conflicts set free by the US led campaign to depose the despotic ruler Saddam Hussein.
So back to the original question, why would an insurgent group target Iraqis and not just Coalition members? The non-Western targets (which there are still many Western) are focused on such things as religion, vendettas, or power struggles. Interestingly enough an earlier writer commented on the fact that many of the suicide bombers are foreign. That has some truth. Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations actively recruit people, primarily on the internet, to help further their religious and political causes. With a large number of religious scholars and leaders issuing fatwas (religious legal pronouncements) calling for war against the enemy with corresponding benefits in heaven, it is not hard to entice people (even well educated) that have devoted their lives to Islam. You need not look further than our own back yard to see similar calls to violence in the name of religion, reference all of the Crusades and modern televangelist Jerry Falwell. But foreign insurgents are not the only ones either committing suicide attacks or other violence. There is a lot of sectarian violence that stems from age old hatred and modern power struggles. The innocent civilians are often the targets because of the media storm that follows.
The debate on whether the US should or shouldnâ€™t have invaded Iraq is useless at this juncture, because it has occurred. Long-term analysis will be helpful to ensure that future decisions are made better. The focus now must be on creating an environment in Iraq that is secure for the people at large. There is less violence in the globalized world mainly because of the other avenues available for change. Will these violent methods someday become common in the West? Possibly, but it may rest on how things are worked out in Iraq.

betterdeadthansorry

The news tries to present an insurgency that is unified in one way or another against the USA occupiers. However this is not 100% accurate. Like what many people already said there are many ethno-religious groups in that nation called "Iraq", prominent among them are the Shiites, Sunnis, and the Kurds (their Islam can be either Shiite, Sunni or even Sufi). These groups hate and revile each other, and of these only the Kurds actually befriend in any way the Coalition, which also has a limited cordiality with the Shiites. Also, the terrorists know that there are significant segments who at least harbor no ill will toward the USA forces, so to keep these segments from supporting the new government (and by default the USA) the terrorists resort to indiscriminate killing of their own people in addition to hitting other ethnic groups. Add to this volatile mix the influx of so-called "freedom fighters" from Syria, Jordan, Iran and even Saudi Arabia who in reality do not care about Iraq but are rather using this place as part of their war to establish their evil Islamic Empire, and you will have an extremely violent situation where everything goes crazy.

gnomes31

I think the terrorists like to fall back on the excuse that as long as they shout out to the man (mohammad, allah, god, or whatever) that they can do anything in his name?
But hell they are terrorist for a reason and I'm sure it's not because they are the sanest most mentally stable people in the world.

hamza a

i have the perfect answer for u my friend...
this happend because of too many reasons
..
u have to know that in the time being there is like millions of terrorist organiztions in iraq and some of them belong to the ba'ath regime and some of them are extreme islamics and some of them are arab insurgent and iranian insurgents and they are supplied with arms and money by thier own goverment to keep the situation unstable in iraq for thier own countries' benifts so how can they make total CHAOS in iraq ??well u know iraq consists of a number of races there are arabs and kurds and muslims((shia'a and sunni)) and christians ..and they are in a constant fighting for power ...so the perfect thing is to make suicide bombings aiming to kill a huge number of innocent iraqi citizens to start a total civil war in iraq by making that alot of people will leave iraq and move to the neighbour arab countries that will improve thier economy and refreshes thier markets thats one of the reasons....
the other reason is that the extreme islamics which are sunni muslims are ready to do anything to kill shia'a muslims and christians cuz they consider them not beilevers and they are the filth of earth((from thier pont of view)) so they commit suicide bombings in christian and shia'aa neighbourhoods to kill as much people as they can cuz thier aim is that there will be no christians and shiaas on the face of earth and to do thier work properly thay have to claim that they aree against americans ...ah and one day they killed my tennis coaches in baghdad because they wore shorts and they think that it is forbidden ..and the other reason is that killing people and kidnapp them is a well paid job nowadays in iraq ,,there are people ready to kill an entire family for only 500 usd ...

btw im iraqi and i used to live in iraq but i left iraq 2 years ago

gtoacp

First off, because of sectarian violence. The groups hate each other. Second, there are some in Iraq who thrive on violence and they want it enhanced. This is a very good way to keep up the turmoil. Besides, they can blame it all on the Americans and try to get others to oppose them. Third, there are outsiders there who also want to stir up trouble. I do hope you understand that most people in Iraq are not like you describe. Many really would like to have peace and a normal life.

Immortal Blade

Iraq is a political fiction created by Britain after WW1, when they gained control over most of the former Ottoman Empire. Britain had control over everything except Lebanon. They sliced of Kuwait in 1931 and kept direct control of it until 1961; thus Saddam had a legitimate claim on that issue. As for the rest. well, the Brits really hosed this one up. They should've created three smaller nations along sectarian lines: Sunni, Shi'a, Kurd.

Yugoslavia was just as phony. It was essentially a reward for the Serbs who started WW1. They started the war, but Germany had to take all of the blame.

Such countries can only be held intact by a strongman dictator. Otherwise, the whole thing will simply fall apart. Just like Yugoslavia did.

Man with a plan.

They are looking to start a civil war so that the US might have to leave. There are different groups in Iraq looking to rule. If they succeed, chaos would follow and they might sieze power. It could backfire on them, and their enemies might do the same. If Iraq can hold out of a civil war, these terrorist will not have a say.

apm2006

I think they are having fun with some big fire crackers as kids here would on 7/4.

The Prince of Laos

its Civil war man, shihad vs sunni.

Mr.Wise

Islam is the religion of peace, don't ever forget it! They are only doing it to prolong the war, it's called the "Vietnam" theory (Americans will give up), the press, Kerry, Murtha, Kennedy, etc., are helping them.

Linda

I believe they does plus kill their own people at time
I think if they will do this to their own people
they will not think twice in doing it to us
they one reason we should Respect our President
in Protecting this country from those mad men

2-3,2-4,4-3,4-4,3-4,4-2,5-4

Terrorists are made of two groups: external fighters and insurgents. However, most of the bombings (I think) are from insurgents who are bombing their own people because of religious tensions, mainly between the Sunni and the Shi'ites. I'm not so sure if my info is right... Both groups may make that statement, but their intentions are completely different. They only say that they're fighting against Americans is a tool for recruitment and an excuse to be doing what they are doing.

eatmorec11h17no3

Sunni vs. Shi'a? Foreigners vs. Iraqis? dunno, the news is full of sh!t these days..

nicole

Because over in Iraq i think their own country is fighting over three different religions. I think. ANd i also think Iran is the one that really hates us. I think

The short answer is they are very much against American troops, they just also happen to be against the other sect (be it Shiite or Sunni) as well.

HHH

They do that because they want to get their point made

Biran_Sefar

While it may seem unthinkable that Iraqi insurgents might target their own countrymen, this is not an unfamiliar tactic. The IRA used it quite successfully in Ireland, and for the same reason that the Iraqi insurgents use it today: to intimidate the population and to ensure that no one will collaborate with the occupation forces. From their perspective, it's hard enough fighting a vastly more powerful, external enemy; it's intolerable when countrymen collaborate with that enemy.

robert43041

Muslims are basically divided into two (sectarian) groups : Shiites and Sunis. This has to do with who (Or which group) is the rightful descendant of Muhammed. They totally hate each other, it seems. However, even within these groups there some those who favor peace and extremists (of the Wahabites category) who tolerate absolutely nothing but their own view.

jesito_sascec

Because they don't see it as their own people. We see Iraqis, but they see Shiites and Sunnis and Kurds. The Shiites kill Sunnis, the Sunnis kill Shiites, and everybody kills the Kurds. They separate themselves by religion, not by country.

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