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| 2006-11-24 |
| Good chance - make Maliki put up or shut up. President Bush and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are facing a decision whether to keep their scheduled meeting next week in Jordan at the risk of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr making good on a threat to pull his Shiite faction from the fragile coalition government. The White House sought to show strength in the face of the daunting situation, issuing a statement Friday denouncing recent acts of violence that included the burning Friday of Sunni mosques and worshippers, and car bombings that have killed more than 200 Iraqi civilians in the last two days. "These ruthless acts of violence are deplorable," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. "It is an outrage that terrorists are targeting innocents in a brazen effort to topple a democratically elected government and it's not going to work. Securing Baghdad and gaining control of the violence will be a priority agenda item when President Bush meets with Prime Minister al-Maliki in just a few days." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #9 Am I the only one that thinks its stupid obvious this is nothing but Iranian planned tactics? Is this or is this not the exact I mean to the tea same senerio the Hezbollah is running on the Lebanese government? Kill kill kill until counter action (democratic style) is taken then they jump up and down and disrupt the government while threating to go violent (which they already did just on a limited scale). Hell you would almost think maybe our enemies have actually studied our ways and how to work within them to counter US. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-11-24 22:57 |
| #8 Got him over a barrel! Put one of them MOABs up his a$$ and see how he likes doing the dying for a change! Anybody who lives next to this guy and serves as a |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-24 22:07 |
| #7 Sadr City (transliterated: Madînat as-Sadr) is a vast low-income neighbourhood in northeastern Baghdad, home to some two million mainly Shi'a Muslims. It is the seat of power of Muqtada al-Sadr, its de facto ruler [citation needed] and grandson of its namesake, Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. Mr Sadr used Friday prayers in the main mosque in Kufa, his headquarters in the Shia heartland south of Baghdad, to focus on Sunni leaders. Moqtada Sadr's not in town, folks. I say bomb the crap out of both places just to be sure. Maliki drew his line in the sand by demanding the release of death squad leader, Ismail al-Lami. Time for Maliki to pick a side and stay with it. Otherwise, we need to off him, Sadr and all the other militia leaders. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-24 22:06 |
| #6 As my father always told me "you reap what you soe". Sadr needs to see that |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-11-24 21:53 |
| #5 *humbly suggest* And the poundng of Sadr City to rubble will have the secondary benefit of sending Tatar's Tots and his bad boyz to hell. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-24 21:36 |
| #4 Sadr City has been a need of massive urban renewal and reconstruction for decades. May I humbly suggested a sustained period of urban renewal be carried out by the US Air Force, in particular the "reconstructive"-generating aspects of B-2s and B-52s. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-24 21:35 |
| #3 I totally agree. Unless tater and his city aren't completely crushed, this will be a very long fight eventually leading to a lot of needless American deaths and probably an eventual puss out from the American politicians. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2006-11-24 21:00 |
| #2 This is one of those rare occasions where I have to agree with other Rantburgers where it comes to taking the gloves off. Sadr City and Sadr's Mahdi Army needs to be taken down hard. Rubble the buildings - all of them in the entire neighborhood, kill anything carrying a gun, rubble the rubble, bulldoze the rubble smooth, then salt the remains. This shit is getting out of hand and we need to do something seriously nasty to put an end to it and make these fools understand just exactly who it is that's in charge over there. If the generals commanding are too gutless to do it, dismiss them and promote from the angry ranks. I know our President is too gutless to order it, but there's always hope. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-11-24 20:12 |
| #1 al-Sadr and his Tots need to be stomped so hard they'll have to tunnel up to get into Hell. These idiots are one of the main reasons there's no more security than there is in Iraq. Sadr is on the Iranian payroll. I'm sure several other groups are, including the ones that blew up a huge chunk of Basra yesterday. It's time to show the Iraqi "militias" just how hard our Marines and Army can stomp. I'd suggest using the Air Force to take out the "infrastructure" - or in this case, any structure - in Sadr City, then let the Army and Marines go in to ensure there are no survivors over the age of six. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-11-24 19:50 |