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.
I see one of Sadr’s people in Najaf was gunned down in the past 24 hours. It looks like the Iranians might be starting to purge the organization of people who might be more loyal to Sadr than to Iran.
At this point I wonder if Sadr could leave Iran if he wanted to or do the Iranians have him under effective house arrest at this point. Sadr might be seen by the Iranians as a threat. If that is the case, then the crap should be hitting the fan pretty soon.
Cross, Peter Zeihan at Stratfor has said as much in a talk he gave recently.
He’s Iran’s fall guy. They can meddle in Iraq to their heart’s content as long as they have Sadr and their militias they can blame. He’s just another tool they’ll use until he’s useless. The only thing that can save Iran or Syria now are the Democrats. It’s just one more reason that Iraq was such a perfect theatre for war.
Don’t you just hate it when someone falls on their own sword? A little patience is what we need!
It is just short of repulsive that an America blogger, not to mention one who has been wrong about the war for years, takes sides in internecine Iraqi disputes and assigns blames for assassinations according to his own preferences, against the opinion given in his own cited article and with no evidence to back up his claims.
Then there’s minus 75, with (Iran) will “use Sadr until he’s
useless,” neglecting of course to at least follow it with “then they’ll use Maliki, Hakim and sundry other Shia leaders all of whom
have more use for Iran’s friendship than for American occupiers.”
Guess who’s in the driver’s seat?
“BOBBY MULLER, PRESIDENT, VETERANS FOR AMERICA: The Army has effectively run out of troops. And all what the president said this morning will not apply to everybody that’s out there. It’ll apply prospectively, after August 1st, and again for the majority of the units that are going to deploy it means nothing.
Understand, we are effectively out of troops, period, end of conversation.”
Tell, it patriot. The Mahdi Army will be in Iraq far longer than the occupier.
Truthie,
Here is a straw. Grasp it.
I think Truth finally got something right. The Mahdi Army will be in Iraq far longer than America….six feet under….for eternity.
You haven’t mentioned any kith kin or dear friends at risk in Iraq yet,
clucking capon.
I found this statement from Sadr on Yahoo News, thought it was interesting.
He said Sadr had also ordered the movement to hold condolence meetings at its offices in Najaf, in Baghdad, Qom in Iran and Damascus in Syria.
So I ask, has Sadr aligned himself with Hizbollah?
Kathie, all these radical Islamic pigs drink at the same trough. Perhaps not directly allied or not, Sadr and Hezzbollah share the same sickness.
and that includes Truthy, no doubt.
Another good Charles Krauthammer piece…
http://www.macsmind.com/wordpress/2008/04/11/want-middle-east-peace-take-out-iran/
You Jewish, 75? Talk like one of the settler fanatics.
Krauthammer throws the tiring capital “H” “holocaust” at us again as he insists we all should become dual loyalists like him.
Iran has never started a war in modern history, Israel stole a country.
Disarm Israel’s nukes, get Israel’s fanatically racist settlers off the West Bank and Samaria, and you’ve reduced the ranks of anti-America jihadists by 90%. Follow the Zionists like CK and you’ll have thousands more US troops lost in little time. Jewish representation in the vulnerable American occupying troops by the way is far less than the 2-3% Jewish portion American population would dictate, so I can understand the Kraut’s trigger-happy attitude.
I remember when Mook was moving up north after the invasion. He had been charged with murder, and al-Sistani stood up for him, explaining that he would be taken care of in his own time.
I’d hate to play chess with al-Sistani.
I’d rather defeat the terrorists in Iraq for however long it takes than give them Iraq. We played the “status quo” game for decades and it gave us many attacks leading up to 9/11.
The ONLY president to take it to the terrorists is George Walker Bush. THE only. And I give thanks every day that he has been our protector of America, the Beautiful. STILL the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
I hope Bush moves on Iran before he leaves office. That is the only solution to so many problems in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and other places.
It looks like Maliki is still taking it to Sadr, as he stated he would.
U.S. and Iraqi forces killed at least 13 gunmen in heavy battles overnight around Baghdad’s Sadr City, the U.S. military said on Saturday…
How did Sadr win in Basra again?
Any of you realize how large the Mahdi Army is? Probably the same ones who believe it can be extinguished are the same fools who believed Bush when he was making noises about eliminating Hezbollah in Lebanon a few years ago. LOL.
Oh and you hope Bush “moves on Iran?” You really want thousands of troops in Iraq to face the wrath of the bulk of the Iraqi Shia population? If you believe the minority Sunni insurgency was hard to beat (it is, the Awakenings are still helping kill US soldiers) you don’t want the majority Shias on your ass. But maybe you missed it. Not just al Sadr but Maliki’s supporters have promised to rally in defense of Iran if attacked.