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| Sadr stirring trouble - again | |
| 2004-04-04 | |
| Coalition troops opened fire on thousands of supporters of Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sadr headed towards the headquarters of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra Brigade on the outskirts of this Shiite holy city, an AFP correspondent witnessed. There were at least five people lying wounded on the ground, amid the sound of explosions and gunfire, the correspondent said. Ambulances rushed to the scene. The Sadr supporters had been marching from Najaf to the neighbouring shrine town of Kufa, passing the Plus Ultra base on their way. Pro-Sadr demonstrations also erupted Sunday around Baghdad and in the southern port city of Basra. The Shiite radicals, who have consistently opposed the US-led coalition and the interim bodies it has set up in Iraq, have mounted daily protests for the past week over the coalition’s suspension of their newspaper, Al-Hawza. Coincidence that they were harrassing Spanish troops? Don’t know if the Spaniards were just jumpy or the firing was warranted, but there are now reports of at least 4 killed - I doubt whether Sadr is amongst that number unfortunately
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| Posted by:Lux |
| #10 Sadr is clawing his way to the top of our Christmas list. Let's all hope he gets a visit from Santa real soon. Let's see. Still being bombed at home and their troops are getting snuffed abroad. That "truce" Spain got for its appeasement is really coming up roses. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-04 6:17:25 PM |
| #9 The key of course is to bump off Sadr while placing the blame on Al-Q, Iran, Syria, or Saudi Arabia. How to do that I leave as an exercise to the reader.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-04 2:20:52 PM |
| #8 Why is Sadr still alive? Time for a "work accident" to send him along to Paradise. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-04-04 1:24:46 PM |
| #7 The news this morning is depressing. The Marines need to take some visible action soon. The local bad guys are getting emboldened. |
| Posted by: Remote Man 2004-04-04 12:35:51 PM |
| #6 Sadr better get his followers to shut up before he moves any higher up on "Bush's list". |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-04-04 9:58:57 AM |
| #5 4 soldiers from El Salvador have also been killed. |
| Posted by: Lux 2004-04-04 9:47:18 AM |
| #4 More At least 19 people have been killed and around 100 injured in clashes between Spanish-led troops and demonstrators in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Soldiers shot at a crowd marching on their base, witnesses said, but it was not clear who had opened fire first. One report said two Iraqi soldiers, acting alongside coalition forces, were among the casualties. One report said Spanish forces were pelted with stones, and responded by opening fire. But one of the marchers, Hussein Ali, said the first shots came from the demonstrators. "Some protesters, who were armed, fired toward the Spanish troops, who responded by firing on the crowd. It was carnage," he said. At least some of those on the march were armed members of the Moqtada Sadr's banned Mehdi Army militia. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-04-04 9:25:19 AM |
| #3 Somehow the message has to be delivered to these people, loud and clear, that this must stop; that free speech is one thing, advocating insurrection another thing entirely. Frankly, I think it's time for this Sadr clown to disappear. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-04 8:35:46 AM |
| #2 Not coincidence - trying to peel off the members of the coalition, one by one. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-04-04 7:08:39 AM |
| #1 "I doubt whether Sadr is amongst that number unfortunately" Well, hope springs eternal...lol Best Wishes |
| Posted by: Traveller 2004-04-04 5:43:01 AM |