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2009-11-30 Iraq

Militia return to Basra and threaten those who helped force them out

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-11-30 04:44|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Mahdi Army

#1 I suspect the hand of Iran in this. Remember that only after they had been burned in Basra did they back off. But now with the heat off, and things having settled down, they are restarting their program.

Sounds like a job for the Iraqi Interior Department. Round up and disappear a bunch of these thugs.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-30 08:52|| 2009-11-30 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Sadly, a result of two completely different points of view:

Iran - "We are prepared to work for a thousand years to insure our victory. We are prepared to sacrifice the flower of our youth. We are prepared to die as a nation. Nothing can change our minds."

The West - "We are prepared to work for a thousand years to - OOOH, A CELEBRITY SCANDAL!!!"

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-11-30 09:00|| 2009-11-30 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Iran - "We are prepared to work for a thousand years to insure our victory. We are prepared to sacrifice the flower of our youth. We are prepared to die as a nation. Nothing can change our minds."

And yet, Iran gave up waging war to conquer Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Such rhetoric from Muslim countries is as meaningful in the long term as the wind that passes from their nether ends. They give it up when the cost is too high and the effect not romantic. What has Hizb'allah done in the direction of Israel since they last "won"?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-11-30 14:26|| 2009-11-30 14:26|| Front Page Top

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