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| Iraq |
| Sadr sez US, al-Qaeda in cahoots for attack on Sadr City |
| 2006-03-14 |
| Radical Iraqi cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, has accused both the terrorists of the al-Qaeda network and the US military of responsibility for the attacks in Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood late Sunday, in which 48 people died. During a heated press conference in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, the young imam issued a warning to those who had targeted his followers. "We consider the attack was carried out by groups of Takfir [a derogatory term used to describe terrorists literally meaning 'those who have put themselves outside Islam'] thanks to the cover of American spy aircraft" he said. Al-Sadr was referring to three seemingly coordinated explosions that took place towards dusk in the rundown Sadr city district, a stronghold of Moqtada al-Sadr and his al-Mahdi militia. Two car bombs went off in a market while a third blew up almost simultaneously at another. A fourth car bomb was discovered and difused by police at another market. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #11 Well said WxJa |
| Posted by: 6 2006-03-14 18:03 |
| #10 This guys is completely f*cking nuts, and he needs to be dealt with. By dealth with... I mean shot in the head asap. His militia is solely responsible for a lot of these reprisals. He should be blaming al-zarqawi but he is too much of an idiot. |
| Posted by: bgrebel 2006-03-14 12:12 |
| #9 He's the Al Sharpton of Islam, crossing the bridge between religion and organized crime. Bingo. Perfect, wxjames. (Except that in Islam's case, it isn't a bridge but more like an eight lane freeway.) Is he being treated for leprosy? I wouldn't be surprised if he was. He's certainly headed for a face-off. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-03-14 10:56 |
| #8 Is he being treated for leprosy? |
| Posted by: Ebbesing Glinert1528 2006-03-14 10:24 |
| #7 Fat and out of shape. Be a shame if he dropped dead of a heart attach, huh? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-03-14 10:22 |
| #6 He's the Al Sharpton of Islam, crossing the bridge between religion and organized crime. Sadr's group has become an arm of the MM's lunatic political party. They use totalitarian control and death squads. What's not to like ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-03-14 10:07 |
| #5 Why-oh-why is this guy still breathing after all the deaths and destruction he has caused? Because he's a holy man in the religion of peace. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-03-14 07:28 |
| #4 He's still breathing because his execution would make his followers angry, and there are a lot of them (how many? my WAG is around 50,000), with guns and RPGs and such, and with lots of Iranian advisors and logistical support. Neither the US nor the Iraqi government wants to deal with the added chaos of all those followers on a near-random rampage in the streets. It may have to happen eventually, like lancing a boil, but so far they are hoping to co-opt him into the political process. (I wonder if he knows those crispy, greasy snacks clogging his arteries and bloating his waistline are pork rinds - shhh, it's a secret Mossad/CIA plot.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-03-14 07:24 |
| #3 Why-oh-why is this guy still breathing after all the deaths and destruction he has caused? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-03-14 02:52 |
| #2 Did you ever stop to wonder how pathetic one had to be to be a "follower" of Moqtada al-Sadr? If this is whom you look up to, you're just wasting oxygen. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-03-14 01:47 |
| #1 He forgot to mention the dreaded Zionists and maybe the Danes too. Gotta be sure that they all catch some of the blame. Wouldn't want to misidentify the perpetrators. Gotta remind people so they don't forget to condemn the infidels for every crime, atrocity and injustice. |
| Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat 2006-03-14 01:06 |