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2005-11-09 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-11-09 10:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Sadr, who has more than three million supporters, is likely to hold the balance of power in the new parliament.

He boycotted the January election but has announced that his supporters would contest next month's election."

Does this strike anyone else as pure wild-assed speculation? How does the reporter know Sadr has 3M supporters, if they didn't vote and prove it?

Posted by Regnad Kcin 2005-11-09 10:38|| 2005-11-09 10:38|| Front Page Top

#2 He did participate in the last election. There was one exclusively pro-Sadr list that got less than 1% of the popular vote, plus there were a few pro-Sadr candidates in the United Shia list which included Dawa, SCIRI and Chalabi's supporters. Sadr has maybe 5% of the Iraqis but 50% of the goons. Solution: take out the goons.

Posted by Apostate 2005-11-09 11:01|| 2005-11-09 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Umm I am pretty sure Alawi's coalition is much more favored to do well in the upcoming election than al-Sadr.

Posted by bgrebel9 2005-11-09 15:32|| 2005-11-09 15:32|| Front Page Top

#4 I want my $300,000,000,000 back Mr Bush. It appears that you peddled a bill of goods.

Posted by Fluque Angaitch6444 2005-11-09 17:35|| 2005-11-09 17:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I want my $300,000,000,000 back Mr Bush. It appears that you peddled a bill of goods.

Posted by Fluque Angaitch6444 2005-11-09 17:35|| 2005-11-09 17:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I want my $300,000,000,000 back, Mr Bush. You peddled a bill of goods

Posted by Fluque Ang 2005-11-09 17:36|| 2005-11-09 17:36|| Front Page Top

#7 You should worry about getting a refund on your computer, asshat.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-09 18:03|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-09 18:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Sadr needs to emerge as dead. Preferrably in the form of a smouldering corpse swinging from a certain bridge. His oxygen consumption license expired many moons ago.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-09 20:37|| 2005-11-09 20:37|| Front Page Top

#9 I suspect Sadr fits the bill for that ole Texas saying...."some men just need killin."

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-09 21:16|| 2005-11-09 21:16|| Front Page Top

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