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Iraq

U.S. Raids Radical Anti-American Cleric's Baghdad Stronghold

2007-05-26

BAGHDAD A day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq, American forces raided his Sadr City stronghold and killed five suspected militia fighters in air strikes Saturday.

U.S. and Iraqi forces called in the air strikes after a raid in which they captured a "suspected terrorist cell leader," the U.S. military said in statement.

The statement claimed the captured man was "the suspected leader in a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training."

EFP's are deadly roadside bombs that hurl a fist-size slug of molten copper that penetrates armor, a weapon that has been highly effective against American forces over the past year.

The militia fighters were killed in air strikes on nine cars that were seen positioning themselves to attack American forces after the raid, the military said.

Al-Sadr's reappearance in the fourth month of the U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown on Baghdad and environs was expected to complicate the mission to crack down on violence and broker political compromise in the country.

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Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#13 ALaska Paul, you're so right... (#4)

Posted by: anonymous 2007-05-26 23:35

#12 "Hey in there! Open Up! Your door knocker fell off!"

Posted by: Angomong Trotsky4865 2007-05-26 23:22

#11 Is setting up voting districts (Jerrymandering) a state or federal function? If it's state maybe we can get the state folks to un-jerrymander the districts to make it a real election again. That would have some effect.

Posted by: jds 2007-05-26 17:10

#10 I hear ya natural. The only law based way to get term limits would be if someone introduced them to take effect in 20 years after the vote. That's the best we could EVER hope for and it ain't gonna happen.

As I've posted before I am amazed no one with sniping skills has capped one of these wastes of flesh yet.

Posted by: jds 2007-05-26 17:07

#9 But those pigs would never voluntarily limit the money train. Maybe they need some convincin?

No, they will never back away from the trough of their own free will. At this point I am no longer willing to settle for convincing them, I want them removed by any means necessary.

I'd prefer they were incarcerated for life, at hard labor. And I'd run regularly scheduled (mandatory) tours of their place of incarceration for their replacements.

The hatred that has grown in me since 9/11 for these despicable scum scares me, so much that I am probably going to stop reading the blogs. I already know all I need to about our enemies, and reading about their treachery on a daily basis is making me crazy.

Posted by: Natural Law 2007-05-26 16:41

#8 100% with you, Natural Law.

But those pigs would never voluntarily limit the money train. Maybe they need some convincin?

Posted by: jds 2007-05-26 15:00

#7 We cannot win this war until we get out of the law enforcement mode and into the fight to win mode.

You're assuming that the people that pull the strings and push the levers actually want to win. I concluded some time ago that the goal was to attrit and bankrupt us, and wear us down.

There is a concentrated effort taking place to destroy this Nation. We have as many internal enemies working towards that goal as we do external enemies.

Unless the people wake up, and turn off their TV's, we are lost. We need to flush the toilet that is D.C., and replace everyone there, from elected officials to the bureaucrats. Term limits! We have to get them somehow.

These scumbag politicians make me sick.

Posted by: Natural Law 2007-05-26 13:50

#6 Word, AP! Sadr needs his turban ventilated.

Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-26 13:34

#5 #4 Hear, hear!

Posted by: gromgoru 2007-05-26 12:39

#4 We have been playing footsie with Sisatani, Tater, and a host of other weasily thugs and criminals, terrorists, et al, too long. Our nuanced policy has unnecessarily cost the lives of too many of our talented, dedicated, and highly trained and skilled troops. The enemy turns out suicide bombers like biscuits from an infinite pool, from kids on up to adults. They can attrit us and bankrupt us.

We cannot win this war until we get out of the law enforcement mode and into the fight to win mode. I am not talking about levelling Baghdad. I am talking about taking out Tater, his upper and mid level management, and concentrations of his gunnies.

We do not put the hurt on Iran. We do not put the hurt on Syria. We play games with Maliki. We do not go after the critical nodes enough. We cannot communicate worth sh*t.

How can you expect to win a multidimensional war playing cops instead of soldiers?

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-05-26 12:26

#3 You are dead, Al Sadr.

Posted by: newc 2007-05-26 10:47

#2 Maybe the next time Mookie rides in a motorcade arrangements could be made for him to have his own encounter with an EFP. One can only hope...

Posted by: Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-05-26 10:28

#1 Muqtada al-Sadr has been stirring the trouble-making pot for a long time. Iraq would do better without the likes of him (and Iran).

Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-26 10:18

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