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2004-11-12 Iraq-Jordan

Shiite Silence over Fallujah Assault Criticized

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Posted by Steve 2004-11-12 4:07:15 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "recalled that all Sunni religious leaders supported the Shiites in the holy city of Najaf and the Baghdad slum of Sadr City when the US-led military clashed with fighters loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr. "

Yup. So no surprise that Sistani, is quietly supporting the US assault on Fallujah. At least not to anyone with a clue.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-12 4:23:16 PM|| 2004-11-12 4:23:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey Sumaydai.... I seem to remember a bunch of shiite truck drivers that your bretheren butchered in Fallujah. Payback's a be-otch ain't it?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-11-12 4:33:17 PM|| 2004-11-12 4:33:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 âDo some of them consider taking part in the rule of the country or winning elections at the expense of the skulls of other Iraqis?,â he said.

Ooooh, when Saddam (a Sunni) was sitting pretty and picking on Shiites, I'll bet this guy had little to say about it. Now that it's Sunnis that are under the gun, all of a sudden it's all about fellow Iraqis. Louder, squeal louder, please.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-12 4:36:54 PM|| 2004-11-12 4:36:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 It does look like the timing of the decision to allow (mostly Shia) ex-pats to vote in the upcoming elections may not have been a mere coincidence .....

Posted by rkb 2004-11-12 4:43:04 PM|| 2004-11-12 4:43:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Sadrâs aide, has also called on the Iraqi government to âstem the bloodshedâ in Fallujah."

I think that's the plan; wipe out all the bastards and the blood shed stops. Seems pretty simple to me. Next stop, "Mosul,the sequel."

Posted by USN, retired 2004-11-12 4:51:21 PM|| 2004-11-12 4:51:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Mosul probably won't be the same kind of fight.
From Hammorabi, "The people in Mosel, Ramadi and other areas begin to refuse to give safe heaven for the insurgents due to the fear of similar fate may happen in their cities."
Part of the plan? Of course.

Posted by Dishman 2004-11-12 5:18:34 PM|| 2004-11-12 5:18:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I like Hammorabi's reporting style!

Posted by Seafarious 2004-11-12 5:21:59 PM|| 2004-11-12 5:21:59 PM|| Front Page Top

"The people in Mosel, Ramadi and other areas begin to refuse to give safe heaven for the insurgents due to the fear of similar fate may happen in their cities."

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Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-12 6:32:02 PM|| 2004-11-12 6:32:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 All these clerics are a bunch of windbags that think that issuing a fatwa will change the world and they will get their way. If Iraq is ever to get out of the hole that it is in, it first has to diminish the so-called power of the clerics.

BTW, speaking of wannabe clerics, have not heard much of Tater these days.....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-11-12 6:36:47 PM|| 2004-11-12 6:36:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Half the Shia were certain we'd restore dictatorship because we'd failed to level Fallujah and salt the Earth. This guys wacked.

Although the idea that some Shia militia might have all joined up with the Iraqi military to get training and ammo and practice killing Sunni does seem possible to me.

Posted by rjschwarz 2004-11-12 6:46:03 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-11-12 6:46:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Ramadi is next. The Iraqis and kurds working together with possibly a battallion or two from us can take care of the terrorists in Mosul. Ramadi is a hornets nest of hard boyz and needs to be taken down fast.

The end game is in sight gentlemen.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-11-12 7:32:00 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-11-12 7:32:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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