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Leave on time, Tater tells US troops | |
2011-04-10 | |
[The Nation (Nairobi)] Shiite radical leader Moqtada Tateral-Sadr ... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah... warned today his supporters will resume armed opposition if US forces stay in Iraq beyond their scheduled departure later this year.
He was referring to his militia which mounted repeated uprisings against US-led forces in Iraq before he stood it down in August 2008. "Out, out America," front man Salah al-Obeidi repeatedly warned, speaking on the eighth anniversary of the day when Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was ousted and Storied Baghdad fell to US-led forces. The Americans must leave, "now, now, now", he warned, reading the statement from Sadr, who divides his time between the central Shiite shrine city of Najaf and neighbouring Iran. "Out, out America," he repeated, at a rally where supporters -- nearly all men -- chanted "Yes, Yes, Moqtada", and set ablaze the US flag and an effigy of former president George W. Bush, who ordered the US-led invasion in 2003. The message from Sadr came a day after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates ended a two-day visit to Iraq, during which he said American forces could stay on beyond 2011 in some numbers, if asked. Gates asked Iraqi politicians to make that request quickly if they want some American troops to remain. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 The Mahdi Army turned out to be our greatest ally in Iraq. It was their mass killing and ethnic cleansing of the Sunnis that turned the Sunnis around. The mistake was not killing off the Mahdi army to the last after the the Sunnis turned. In a few years Iraq will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Iran. |
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-04-10 21:23 |
#5 And what does the IMMAM ARMY say??? versus * TEHRAN TIMES > {Egyptian Shia Scholar]"EGYPT MUST BOLSTER TIES WID IRAN TO REGAIN ITS PAST GLORY", premising that Any + All Shia Muslims have a stake in the success of Egypt's + Region's mass protests = "pro-Democracy" movements + uprisings. * CNN + FOX NEWS SUNDAY ROUNDTABLE = mostly agree that the LIBYUH CRISIS is diverting Amer mianstream attention from the LARGER, HIDDEN = BACKGROUND COMPETITION + POWER STRUGGLE FOR REGIONAL MILPOL, ISLAMIC IDEO DOMINANCE GOING ON BETWEEN SHIA IRAN VERSUS SUNNI SAUDI ARABIA, as symbolized by the on-going Bahrain + Yemeni + Oman Crises. Once again, its no longer USA-vs-Rising-China, but now USA-VS-RISING-CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR?-ISLAM. THE OWG CALIPHATE IS PROTO = WORK-IN-PROGRESS , + GOING NUKULAAR. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-10 20:37 |
#4 The Kurds don't like him and considering how poorly his "Maahdi Army" did against troops, his boys will be dead quickly if they try anything. His boys were effective as revenge terrorists against lightly armed Sunni civilians, but not much else. |
Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-04-10 19:31 |
#3 He was pretty effective in cleaning Sunnis from Baghdad, 'moose. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-04-10 17:24 |
#2 Ooooooh, the Mahdi Army. Ima scared now... I take it our hero remains under his bed in Iran? |
Posted by: tu3031 2011-04-10 11:42 |
#1 Tater is such an utter fool that the US probably invests a lot of money in keeping him alive. He is a black hole for Iranian money, and though they probably have handlers pulling his strings, he is such a defective unit that they have to micromanage him to keep him from fouling up even simple directions. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-04-10 09:34 |