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2004-09-05 Iraq-Jordan
Ayatollah Haeri says he has withdrawn support for Sadr
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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-09-05 6:29:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 hokay! Now, can we kill him?
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-05 7:28:21 AM||   2004-09-05 7:28:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 ookaaay.....what's missing here?

A man who is a member of Iran’s hard-line Revolutionary Guard, and refuses to meet with journalists", and has close ties with Iranian officials, is a member of the board that approves the religious credentials of candidates running for the Council of Experts, which is responsible for supervising the conduct of Iran’s supreme leader, fought against Iraq, whose son died in that war and has a book called "The Case for Armed Opposition"...picks Sadr as his man to fight the fight, but ....

OVER A YEAR AGO ..."when he told Alireza Shaker, an analyst and journalist in Tehran, that although he opposed the presence of American forces in Iraq, he was concerned over "the timing and the location" of Mr. Sadr’s revolt. "He felt that his support for Mr. Sadr may tarnish his reputation in the Shiite world," Mr. Shaker said in an interview" and over A YEAR AGO distanced himself enough from Sadr to be called "a traitor".

oookaay...so he refuses to talk to journalists - but apparently does talk to journalists - and who supports armed opposition - but OVER A YEAR AGO opposed the Sadr monster he created.

Question 1. Why are we just hearing about this now? Why is this only now seeing the light of print?
Question 2. Does this mean that Sadr is sooo "dead" that Iran is working hard to say they never really liked him much to begin with??

Wow! One can't help but to wonder why this major dismissal of Sadr was never noted before!
Posted by B 2004-09-05 8:09:03 AM||   2004-09-05 8:09:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Fox has just confirmed Izzat al-Dorui...Saddams number 2 has been captured!!!!!
Posted by Anonymous5668 2004-09-05 8:24:30 AM||   2004-09-05 8:24:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 the only redhead in Iraq was captured? Cool!
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-05 8:42:32 AM||   2004-09-05 8:42:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Between this and the article on drudge - talking about the possibility of bin Laden and his top aides being captured - I smell a major sting operation about to go down.
Posted by B 2004-09-05 8:47:49 AM||   2004-09-05 8:47:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Wishful thinking B. If anything, it's most likely mistakes will be made while trying to issue orders for attacks during our election. That would most likely lead to Osama. Which would lead to the LLL mentioning the 'convience of the capture. The timing just might be a conspiracy to keep Kerry out of office too. Except the people behind the plot would be the military, making sure they don't wind up with a dutchsbag for Commander and Cheif.
Posted by Charles  2004-09-05 10:37:35 AM||   2004-09-05 10:37:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Power Politics.

The Iranian Imams are figuring out that the Iraqi Public (especially the Shia) view Al Sadras a thug, and backed by Iranians. This makes the Iranian Imams associated with such things, and makes them much more discredited in the eyes of the public - and strenghtens Al Sistani's hand.

Bottom line, Al Sadr's self destruction is making Iranian operations in Iraq even more difficult, due to lack of support from the locals. So they are cutting him off from his allowance for a while.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-05 12:00:34 PM||   2004-09-05 12:00:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Charles - and if we dont capture OBL then the LLL would claim "Where's Osama?". Mike Al-Moore is already claiming such in Fart-911.

Fuck-em. If we get OBL then drag his sorry ass out, put a used woman's panty in his head and parade him down the main streets of NYC. Then take him the the two towers site, grease him in lard and shoot em.

Then really get nasty.
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-09-05 12:24:22 PM||   2004-09-05 12:24:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The Ayatollah came to Cum for religious studies- sure he did, sure he did.
Posted by Grunter 2004-09-05 1:48:19 PM||   2004-09-05 1:48:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 CF - good plan, except where are you going to find a woman who would give up her used panties for that? The LLL would be appalled we weren't kissing his ass, and normal women like me wouldn't sully our panties, even knowing they would have to be destroyed with a blowtorch later.

Bigger insult - shave his beard and moustache. I'd give him a Mohawk, too, but that's just me. :-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-09-05 3:10:56 PM||   2004-09-05 3:10:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Boil the SOB in lard. On live satellite feed to the whole world. Advertise this as the going rate for being convicted as a terrorist. It would get their attention, at the very least.
Posted by Jame Retief  2004-09-05 3:23:55 PM||   2004-09-05 3:23:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Bigger insult - shave his beard and moustache. I'd give him a Mohawk, too, but that's just me. :-p

Even better idea: Put his hair in curlers, have Lyndie England do him up with makeup, complete with wimmins' panties on his head
Posted by badanov  2004-09-05 3:42:19 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org]  2004-09-05 3:42:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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