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2007-04-28 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Frank G 2007-04-28 16:53|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I talked to said nearly all of the police at the al-Amil Station we visited are affiliated with Jaish al Mahdi, the militia of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Some of them are affiliated just so they dont get killed, but others are actively involved and are suspected of being involved in attacks against Americans and death squad killings of Sunnis. How are these airmen supposed to do their jobs when they are worried that the guy theyre training might try to kill them later? Theyre trying to weed out the good from the bad, but the lines arent as clear-cut or as visible as they would like.

One more reason that Moqtada Sadr and everyone connected with him should have been rounded up and shot way early in the game. Sadr's militias import Islamic doctrine's use of terrorism. That alone will keep up the truck bombs and IEDs that are killing so many Coalition troops and Iraqi citizens.

The Iraqi government must find the courage to endure unpopularity and roll up or officially disband the militias. Their attempts to utilize these violent thugs are the very worst sort of cynical politics that will keep Iraq languishing in the stone age. The sooner Sadr and his thugs are Tango Uniform, the better.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-28 19:50|| 2007-04-28 19:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I know no one who would lament over that Shia Pet, Sadar. It is like an evil tootsie roll with a delightful play on anyone who is in his way. Curse you Sadar. Happy trails.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-04-28 23:20|| 2007-04-28 23:20|| Front Page Top

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