Apr 11 2008
Sadr Told To Disarm By Shiite VP
I love cruising the terrorist supporting sites when they put up pure propaganda and think it is going to convince anyone with two brain cells to rub together (and that probably excludes the SurrenderMedia which were duped on the Sadr-Mahdi Militia issue from day one). For example we have this pro-terrorist site saying Sadr simply wants all militias treated the same:
“The Sadrist movement does not reject the announced disarming campaign provided that it includes all militias” said a VP office statement received by Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).
A delegation of Al-Sadr main office led by Hazim al-Araji and Muhanad al-Azzawi visited VP Tareq al-Hashemi to hand a letter sent by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr about the current situation.
The announcement pointed out “VP al-Hashemi urged the Sadrist movement to show the restraint and to allow the government to confiscate the unauthorized weapons and to arrest the suspects”.
All this says is Hashemi told Sadr to disarm and his response was a lame comment about treating all the militias the same. But the other militias have been treated the same and have been absorbed into Iraqi security forces or disarmed of weapons like mortars, etc. The Mahdi Army has refused to follow their lead and is now paying the price.
My guess is Sadr has no control of the Mahdi Army now, the Iranians do. And the Mahdi-Iranian thugs are actually threatening Sadr to toe the line or face a deadly coup d’etat:
Militants in Iraq on Friday killed the brother-in- law of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the city of Najaf, some 180 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad, Sadrist sources said.
Sources in al-Sadr’s office told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that Riyad al-Nuri, one of al-Sadr’s closest aides, was killed by militants in front of his house north of Najaf.
Sources added that militants driving an identified vehicle targeted al-Nuri, who was married to al-Sadr’s sister, after he had finished the Friday Muslim prayers.
Sadr is isolated politically, and now being threatened by the thugs he armed and gave to Iranian operatives to use against Iraq. This chess match is far from over, but Sadr and his minions are on the ropes with big old targets painted on their foreheads for the Iraqi forces to target.
Mata
Will you pay me 100$ for every ensuing poll I can cite between
2004 and 2008 which establishes the majority of Iraqis want and have wanted the American occupiers out,unconditionally?
75 should realize that AQ was 10-15% of the insurgency at its strongest. it could be 100% gone and the insurgency still at 90% of its strength, despite all the Bush/Strata sophistry. Unluckily it just offed a few more “Awakenings” Friday.
uh oh , someone activated the I-Hate-America Turing Machine… it’s spewing on all the threads.
Actually, what 75 realizes is that Truthy is full of sh!t.
Sorry Truth2. Well, now… if you’re not an American, you do have capitalist blood in your veins. Good to hear it.
But I’ll have to pass on your very entrepreneurial business offer of selling poll links for a couple of reasons:
1: You’ll have to find a buyer who believes polls reflect something more than a regurgitation of the latest media headlines.
2: You’ll also have to find a buyer who believes governments should make policy decisions based on poll results of under/ mis -informed citizens of any country.
Me? I figure when when Talabani stands in front of our elected officials (just last Nov-Dec), and requests we *stay* to help for another two years, we do it. In other words, I listen to what the Iraq elected officials ask of us and our government.
And yes, that “two years” has been bandied about before. But sometimes growth is one step forward, and three steps back. Hard to put a working permanent govt structure in place in 22 months… that’s how long the permanent govt has been around. Amazing, no? We’re over two centuries old, and still trying to get it right.
Everyone whines that our world “image” is tarnished. Would that image be improved by refusing US aid to a fledging ME democracy asking for it? And for the reason of poll results? Uh huh. Don’t think so.
Nope, Truth… you go scour up all the polls that make you feel good about yourself. But at least post current ones when you make a point. Nothing is stagnant, and wars are not over/won/or lost when you, Truth2, decide to press the end game buzzer.
Meanwhile, I’ll pay attention to what transpires between the Iraq and US govt officials. If we don’t leave when the Iraq govt asks us to, I’ll be right with you… demanding a safe withdrawal that doesn’t endanger that last brigades coming out.
America’s “image” has been “tarnished” since the 1960’s, when radical leftists decided that tucking tail and running was more impressive to the world than strength and principles.