Iraqi villagers kill 5 insurgents

By Middle East correspondent Mark Willacy

The residents of a small Iraqi village have killed five insurgents who had attacked them for voting in last weekend's national elections.

Several other insurgents were also wounded.

The insurgents raided the village of al-Mudhiryah south of Baghdad after warning its inhabitants not to vote in the election.

The villagers fought back, killing five of the insurgents and wounding eight others.

The insurgents' cars were then set alight.

Al-Mudhiryah's tribal sheikh says his people are sick of being threatened by Islamic extremists

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That's the way to set the tone.

A little taste of freedom and democracy and see?
Thats fantastic.

jw

Thats great news, the Iraqis are beggining to fight for what they believe in which is obviously freedom, democracy and human rights.

Its all the ripple effect of a successful election. I've talked about this in another thread. Iraqis now have the confidence and sense of purpose to stand up to these guys, and they have something invested in their future to motivate them.

Though this is heartening, this stuff can't become a widespread trend. Vigilantism is not the answer. We need to channel this energy into recruiting Iraqi security forces and making them the legitimate method of resistance against these ultra-right wing Islamic-fascist reactionaries.