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Iraq-Jordan
Iraq Cleric to Widen War After U.S. Bombs Baghdad HQ
2004-05-10
EFL: Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Monday ordered his Mehdi Army to launch a broad new offensive against U.S.-led occupying forces following a U.S. crackdown on his strongholds in Baghdad and across the south. U.S. bombs flattened his office in the capital overnight.
"We have now entered a second phase of resistance," said Sadr's chief aide at his main base in the holy city of Najaf.
The dying phase

Sadr's chief aide in Najaf told Reuters he was hitting back. "Our policy now is to extend the state of resistance and to move it to all of Iraq because of the occupiers' military escalation and crossing of all red lines in the holy cities of Kerbala and Najaf," Qais al-Khazali said.
"We've done so well here we've decided to take our show on the road. Excuse me now, I've got to go pack."
Posted by:Steve

#5  I read that (surprise, surprise!) weapons were stored there...heh heh - think secondary explosions
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-10 6:38:11 PM  

#4  (NYT, I think)

I wouldn't put much into anything they print nowadays.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-05-10 6:16:57 PM  

#3  what exactly these types like Moqtada have inside thier offices remains a mystery to me, i mean what sort of an 'office' is it,are there books and stationary and shit or is it just a 'public relations' office? oh well whatever it was it isn't that now. good :)
Posted by: Shep UK   2004-05-10 1:01:22 PM  

#2  About 10 days ago, a senior "officer" in the Falluja Brigade was quoted (NYT, I think) that part of the brokered deal between the armed killers in Falluja and the US Marines would include a 'face-saving' US convoy through the city's center on May 10.

So now we have this excerpt from the article:

U.S. Marines made an effort to show they have restored peace to the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja by driving an armored convoy into the center for the first time since a bloody siege last month. But scenes of armed guerrillas cheering the convoy's departure, suggested that peace remains rather fragile.
Posted by: mrp   2004-05-10 12:14:20 PM  

#1  No shit. "Come on out, guys, we got a present for ya..."
Posted by: mojo   2004-05-10 12:03:48 PM  

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