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2004-02-05 Iraq

Iraq Cleric Survives Assassination Attempt

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Posted by JerseyMike 2004-02-05 1:13:01 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 yup, sistani goes down and we're in deep doo-doo. I doubt Al-ansar, both cause of the MO and cause they seem more interested in dramatic booms against foreigners rather than playing local politics. Could be Baathists, but Moqtada probably stronger on the ground in Najaf - his masters in Teheran may be getting nervous with their own problems and the prospect of a UN brokered deal on elections in Iraq.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-5 3:55:03 PM|| 2004-2-5 3:55:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 BTW AP reports that SCIRI and others deny anything happened.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-5 3:58:05 PM|| 2004-2-5 3:58:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It easily could be Iranians wanting to enrage the Iraqi Shiite community. The Iranians know the Iraqis would play to type, turn their anger (Dire Revenge!!) on the Americans.

Posted by remote man 2004-2-5 4:17:39 PM|| 2004-2-5 4:17:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Or turn on the Sunnis, causing civil war to break out.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-5 4:48:33 PM|| 2004-2-5 4:48:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sistani is on our side. He has issued rulings to the effect that muslim clerics can either be clerics or in government, but cannot be both ( good golly auntie mame! separation of church and state, the horror!)

There is one force that is pushing the iraninan mullah goons down and its an shiite insurgent force lead by Sistani. My candidate for the likely asassins are the Iranians. They have everything to lose if he gets elections this year.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-2-5 5:15:16 PM|| 2004-2-5 5:15:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Indeed -- Iranians (and/or Moqtada) would be my guess also.

They'd like to kill Sistani, the way they killed another major pro-democratic cleric (I forget his name) soon after Baghdad fell.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-2-5 6:42:05 PM|| 2004-2-5 6:42:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I wondered why Sistani was taking marching orders from Iran. All he has to do is play ball and when Iran goes, he's religious head of all.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-2-5 6:44:04 PM|| 2004-2-5 6:44:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 correct, and thats not bad at all for us because he will provide order and tamp down the natural 'infidel invader crusader' calls after Iran falls.

Whats what happens in two weeks when the elections take place. Think Hungary - 1956. Keep an eye out for Iranian Air Force defections.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-2-5 7:40:55 PM|| 2004-2-5 7:40:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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