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| Poland urges the US against attack on An Najaf | |
| 2004-04-16 | |
Polish military officials responsible for security in part of southern Iraq are arguing hard against taking Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr by force in Najaf, a leading Polish newspaper said late on Thursday. U.S. troops are now poised around Najaf, where Sadr's militia started an uprising earlier this month against the U.S.-led occupying forces, but America's top general said talks were under way to avoid a bloodbath in the city. "Going into Najaf will be a disaster, it will make the main Shi'ite leaders turn away from us," Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper quoted a senior diplomatic source as saying. "If Sadr gives up on violence, we should be talking with him. We want to talk with anyone in Iraq who doesn't shoot at us."
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 The Poles are adopting the good cop role They've see our Marines take care of business (snarl). Last night there was a high-speed chase that ended 1/2 block from my home (really). The county sheriff deputy with a megaphone (like the poles) says in a soothing voice, "There is a dog here (the Marines). He will go to where you are. You may get bit. Come out with your hands up, or the dog will go in." (Large German Shepherd growls) |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-16 1:06:07 PM |
| #6 It occurs to me that this Sadr-sealed-off-by-a-cordon-of-US troops thing is a smaller version of what we (and the Brits) did to Saddam in the 1990's. Now that Sadr is harmless, our local allies are against finishing the job. For them, it is much better to have a bunch of Yanks sitting on their asses in the desert for godknowshowlong instead. That crap wasn't sustainable with Saddam, and won't be here... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-04-16 12:54:45 PM |
| #5 "Heeeere, little Muqty... C'mere, that's right, that's good...See? Nobody's gonna hurt you... (get the net ready, Fred)... C'mon, that's it, just a little further..." |
| Posted by: Dr. Evil 2004-04-16 10:51:58 AM |
| #4 The Poles are adopting the good cop role. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-16 3:06:57 AM |
| #3 Alaska Paul: You must be referring to those crazy Shiites that cut themselves during Ashoura. They cut their kid's scalps and they bleed all over the place. Sickos! |
| Posted by: Kentucky Beef 2004-04-16 2:54:16 AM |
| #2 I think that Sistani will use Al Sadr as a useful tool in his dealings with the US. Sadr is a threat to him, but now has been defanged. Sistani wants to make himself da man in dealings with the US. So if we go after Sadr by the Marine Method, Sistani will make his Anyone who lives his life around a martyr who lost a war and cuts up their kids on their scalps is one sick f--k. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-04-16 12:51:03 AM |
| #1 But you cannot show any respect to sadr. I think the Poles have a clue. But how do you put an end to this faker. He has to be taken out. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-04-16 12:50:16 AM |