A positive development

This is good news.

Iraq's largest Sunni-based political party has called for the release of the four Christian Peacemaker hostages, saying the following:

"The Iraqi Islamic party calls the kidnappers to release them because continuing to hold them will give those who support the war against our country a chance to say that Iraqi's don't make a difference between those who support them and those who are against them" the party's statement said.

"The kidnapping will have a grave negative effect among those who call for ending occupation," the statement said. "There are some who are trying to tarnish the clear white image of our religion."

I'm glad to see that some Sunnis in Iraq are no longer allowing terrorists to speak for them, and I hope to see more voices from the Iraqi Sunni minority speaking out against terror. Although they seem to be denoucing the kidnapping on a tactical rather than a moral basis, it's encouraging nonetheless.