Today is Eid-ul-Fitr. The day when a billion Muslims celebrate the end of the month of Ramadan. The woman in the picture above didn’t make it to the party. It’s not clear whether she was killed for being Sunni, Shite, Christian, or Jew. Maybe she was out too late. Maybe she wasn’t “properly” dressed. Maybe she was killed for her brand new Air-Sadr sneakers. Who the fuck knows?

What we do know, from eye-witnesses, is how she died (via Healing Iraq):

My brother, Nabil, witnesses another terrible murder, this time of a hairdresser. She was dragged out of her taxi by 4 gunmen, a sack was put on her head and then they opened fire. Her corpse was left on the street for over 3 hours because no one dared to go near it. The worst was when Iraqi troops arrived at night to pick up the corpse. They had to shoot it several times to ensure it wasn’t booby-trapped with explosives, something that is becoming more and more common in our area of Baghdad.

Something wicked has been unleashed on the streets of Iraq. And no amount of mendacity on the part of the Occupation forces can account for the monstrous atrocities being committed in the name of nationalism and Islam. For too long, we Muslims have looked the other way while our brothers have committed the most brutal and despicable acts imaginable.

Not anymore. Now is the time to speak up.

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