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Iraq |
Iraq's Sadr Gives Govt. 'Last Chance' for Reform |
2011-09-06 |
[An Nahar] Anti-U.S. Shiite holy man 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... said on Monday he is giving the Iraqi government a "last chance" to implement reforms, or popular demonstrations would be called. "This is the last chance before setting a date for open, peaceful, popular demonstrations," Sadr said in a statement released by his office in the holy city of Najaf, without specifying how much time he was giving the government. That his office in Najaf released the statement doesn't mean that His Corpulenceness is there; he might be hiding in Qom. Sadr called on the government to give all Iraqis a share of the country's oil wealth, create jobs for 500,000 unemployed people nationwide, and provide free fuel for private generators, until Iraq's destitute electricity sector is improved. "If these demands are achieved without delay ... the open demonstration will be postponed indefinitely," Sadr said. The holy man in February gave the government six months to improve services, threatening to call protests otherwise. Sadr's bloc holds six cabinet posts and has 40 seats in parliament. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 That's right. Mookie is in Lebanon. |
Posted by: newc 2011-09-06 13:45 |
#7 Delete my comment and poor spelling of region. I think I prefer Silent Brick's "Vlad option." |
Posted by: Besoeker 2011-09-06 12:04 |
#6 While it'd be fun to put him and crow's cage and laugh at him, far better message for him to be found somewhere, with several neat little holes in his head. Course, there's always the Vlad the Impaler option. |
Posted by: Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division 2011-09-06 12:01 |
#5 I hope he lives to a ripe old age. He's a 'poster child' for what's ailing with folks in this reagon. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2011-09-06 10:21 |
#4 "Tater" will do. As will "Ass-breath" |
Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-06 07:49 |
#3 Was he mookie or tator tot? Please refresh. |
Posted by: newc 2011-09-06 02:27 |
#2 Why is this guy still wasting Oxygen? He should have been taken out five years ago. How many American and Iraqi deaths has he caused? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-09-06 01:43 |
#1 Time for Mookie to be taken out of service. He has outlived his usefulness. Besides the local dental school needs someone to test out a new set of dentures. |
Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2011-09-06 01:33 |