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| Sadr Arrest Ordered |
| 2004-04-05 |
| Arrest order for Iraq Shia cleric The US-led coalition in Iraq says an arrest warrant has been issued for radical cleric Moqtada Sadr. A coalition spokesman told a news conference in Baghdad that the warrant had been issued in connection with the murder of a rival cleric last year. The statement came on the second day of violent anti-coalition protests across Iraq by Mr Sadr’s supporters. US helicopter gunships targeted militia members loyal to Mr Sadr in the mainly Shia district of al-Shuala in Baghdad. It about time to take this guy, dead or alive. Preferrably in that order. |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #3 "Arrest order"?? If someone needs Sadr to be offed, fine, call in the Marine sharpshooters. Otherwise, have Iraqi policemen execute the capture then, as U.S. soldiers are not cops, and should not be called upon to perform police actions. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-05 9:30:25 PM |
| #2 This is serious. This will test our resolve in the WOT. This guy has a lot of followers. It remains to be seen how hard we come down on this guy and his followers. It is a very delicate situation indeed. Rivera is on FOX now. He is VERY CONCERNED. Take that for what it is worth. Bush really has his hands full right now. This can go either way. I think the best we can hope for is containment. If the new Iraqi army was up to it that would help immeasurably. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-04-05 9:18:37 PM |
| #1 A good ol' fashioned sack party with Sadr-masochist and Sistani several months ago could have precluded some of this now. Perhaps inevitably and for the best, these are what the death twitches look like, in the last throws of |
| Posted by: Hyper 2004-04-05 8:46:16 PM |