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2007-02-16 Iraq
Sadr orders militia heads out of Iraq - president
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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-16 14:27|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq

Sounds good. What should they do with the bodies?
Posted by Shineger Unatle5424 2007-02-16 14:47||   2007-02-16 14:47|| Front Page Top

#2 RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
Posted by mojo">mojo  2007-02-16 14:49||   2007-02-16 14:49|| Front Page Top

#3 The character of this op has a very different complexion. Note how serious it is being taken by the bad guys, who are bugging out in all directions, and its national character, to include sealing the borders.

There is a lot more going on than meets the eye.
Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-16 15:00||   2007-02-16 15:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq and asked the government to arrest "outlaws" under a U.S.- backed crackdown, Iraq's president said on Thursday.

Following the grand tradition of Brave Jihadi Pussies everywhere...
Do what you want to my lunatic desciples, just...leave me alone.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-16 15:05||   2007-02-16 15:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Sir Robin Moqtada.
Posted by mrp 2007-02-16 15:05||   2007-02-16 15:05|| Front Page Top

#6 The leaders always run and/or surrender leaving the soldiers to die. You think the guys joining these things would have learned by now, after several thousand years of pussy leadership.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-02-16 15:08||   2007-02-16 15:08|| Front Page Top

#7  "Continue the jihad against the Great Satan, my brothers! While you bravely stop the oppressor's bullets, I will lead you from this secret location in the home country of our mortal ethnic enemies the Persians, where I am safe from the glorious martyrdom which you are achieving."
Posted by Mike 2007-02-16 15:13||   2007-02-16 15:13|| Front Page Top

#8 This seems to be making the "We oppose the surge cuz it ain't gonna work" argument they are debating today moot.
Posted by eLarson 2007-02-16 15:38|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2007-02-16 15:38|| Front Page Top

#9 They have the Clear part down. Now to see if they can manage the Hold.
Posted by Slailing Anginert2908 2007-02-16 15:51||   2007-02-16 15:51|| Front Page Top

#10 I just wish we didn't telegraph all this first. Seal the border, flush the city, hammer and anvil. Isn't Clear and Kill much easier than Clear and Hold? (suppose secrecy isn't possible though -- just a wish)
Posted by Captain Lewis 2007-02-16 16:20||   2007-02-16 16:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Captain Lewis, on one hand I totally agree. On the other, its better not to fight steet to street if we don't have to.

Announce, get them to flee. Seal the borders so they can't return. Pacify and make the areas inhospitable to their return. Mock. Then hope the whole affair adversly affects the Iranian regime who had clearly been trying to undermine Iraq.
Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-16 16:51||   2007-02-16 16:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Whe they keep drugs out of prisones, I'll be lieve borders can be sealed.

However, these guys should be portrayed as yellow cowards in the Iraqi media and the people should be encouraged, by the government and the tribal leaders, to rat them out when they return. Failure to do so should result in the destruction of the house they are discovered in, etc. The civilian populace needs to decide which side they are on and we have to make it safe to choose our side and dangerous to choose the losers.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-16 17:37||   2007-02-16 17:37|| Front Page Top

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