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| Sadr's Militia Prepares for Possible U.S. Strikes - Drafting All Sadr City Males To Fight |
| 2007-01-09 |
| The Mahdi Army, the militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is preparing for war in Sadr City, the vast Baghdad slum. Announcements on Iraqi TV last night said that the cleric will force every man in Sadr City between 15 and 45 to join his militia. Sadr supporters believe they will be targeted by U.S. and Iraqi government troops after President Bush unveils his new Iraq strategy Wednesday night. The Mahdi Army is rumored to be distributing grenades to every family in Sadr City, a district already brimming with weapons. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Human Shields??? or will every male fighter have a women's clothing kit ala Michael Jackson and other desert samurai "Lions of Islam"? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-09 23:35 |
| #5 Sadr's Militia Prepares for Possible U.S. Strikes - Drafting All Sadr City Males To There - fixed that for ya'. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-09 22:12 |
| #4 Now we know what his meeting with Sistani is about. WTF is going on? We know these two are the leaders of our enemy, when did we forget that the leaders need to be killed? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-09 21:29 |
| #3 Game on! The more dum enough to step out and die now is less we will have to deal with when we punch Iran's ticket. I hope we have learned from the roll into Iraq 03' were all those that just laid down arms and ran when SHTF but were not killed anyway turned out to be the guys we are still chasing down today in Anbar ect.. If they show up they are enemy friendlies in the least so deal with it today. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2007-01-09 21:15 |
| #2 Storing ammunition in private homes turns those homes into legitimate targets of war. If we had press and politicians worth a nickel, they'd point this out and then level Sadr City. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-01-09 21:14 |
| #1 The Mahdi Army is rumored to be distributing grenades to every family in Sadr City, a district already brimming with weapons. Does that mean that every person in the Sadr City becomes a combatant? Well, then JDAM the place to smithereens! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-01-09 20:13 |