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2008-04-07 Iraq

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Posted by DK70 2008-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Mahdi Army

#1 The necessary next step. Iran can't do much. They can give covert aid, but not enough to make much of a dent in the government's use of force.

Posted by ed 2008-04-07 06:34|| 2008-04-07 06:34|| Front Page Top

#2 FOX NEWS AM > BASRA MYTHS > IRAN's role in Basra ceasefire - No evidence has yet been found that anyone from IRAQ went to IRAN TO DISCUSS ANY KIND OF CEASEFIRE WID SADR, NOR TO GET HIM TO UNILATER ORDER A CEASEFIRE vv MAHDI ARMY MILITIA IN BASRA. ROLE OF IRAN IS UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-07 19:38|| 2008-04-07 19:38|| Front Page Top

#3 NPR reported this evening that young ayatollah-in-training Master Sadr is currently consulting with Sistani and someone equally important in Iran about whether he should immediately disband his Mehdi Army.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-07 22:45|| 2008-04-07 22:45|| Front Page Top

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