Mystery at Madain
Some Iraqi bloggers have been talking about a hostage situation in Madain for the past week or so. In addition many religious scholars in Iraq have been denying that anything is going on. The odd thing is that I have seen nothing in the news about it. Until today. The new government is not willing to give details yet, but it sounds like they have a pretty good idea of what happened. 50 men women and children were kidnapped and then killed and thrown in the river. What I find odd is that all the religious (Suni and Shia) leaders were denying that anything happened. Something very odd is going on there. This could be a good opportunity for the new government to prove themselves. I only hope they are up to it, and aren’t hindered too much by the religious authorities.