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Iraq
Shia cleric's 'government' finds support
2003-10-12
Hundreds of Iraqis have taken to the streets in support of the parallel government that Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has announced for the country.
Moqtada's looking for a bullet...
A day after Sadr announced the formation of his "Iraqi government" in defiance of the US-led occupation, a large crowd gathered in the city of Najaf, pledging their whole-hearted support.
"Moqtada, we will defend you with our blood!"
"We are ready to sacrifice our souls for you, Sadr," chanted the demonstrators as they roamed the streets of the city.
Sammy's gone. Time to dust off another dictator. They just refuse to learn...
A firebrand cleric, Sadr had announced the formation of the government during his weekly sermon in the town of Kufa. "I have decided and I have formed a government made up of several ministries, including ministries of justice, finance, information, interior, foreign affairs, endowments and the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice," the young cleric had said. "If you agree, I ask you to demonstrate peacefully in order to express you support," Sadr had exhorted.
"Get out there and beat some women!"
Responding to his call, the crowd in Najaf registered their noisy support. "We are against the American occupation forces and we back everything that Moqtada Sadr says," one of the demonstrators said.
"We are automatons. We have no minds of our own..."
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#6  Looks like it might be time for a big ass truck bomb in the town of Kufa...and when they bitch we can't guarentee their security say, "That's right, lotsa lunatics running around here..."
Posted by: tu3031   2003-10-12 8:51:17 PM  

#5  We need to handle this very carefully. The diplomatic consequences could be profound. The only way to do this properly is to train a special police unit, comprised of 1/3 Shia (Marsh Arab only), 1/3 Sunni, and 1/3 Kurd, work with them night and day until they're drilled to perfection, then stage a daring raid on Sadr's headquarters, drag him into the street, and string his sorry ass up over the nearest telephone pole or other such suitable device, beat him until he's bloody, and then stand guard around him for a month or so, to make sure he decomposes "properly". THEN let his followers have what's left.

Each time someone decides he's the next "HOLY LEADER", do the same thing. I'd wager than within a decade, the Mullahs would get the message...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-10-12 3:14:20 PM  

#4  sounds like Sadr city's had entirely too much running water and electricity. Mr. Sadr's government can take care of that after we turn both off, can't he?
Posted by: Frank G   2003-10-12 11:46:36 AM  

#3  I would be impressed by hundreds of people demonstrating if we were talking about say, Monaco.
But excuse me to say that in Iraq that is a non-event.
Posted by: JFM   2003-10-12 10:09:57 AM  

#2  ..and the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice," the young cleric had said.

Say hello to the beginnings of Taliban West.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-10-12 5:07:25 AM  

#1  Sigh. These guys have classic what you know is right syndrome. They've never known anything but insanity, so it seems perfectly sane - to them.

"In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane."
-Spock
Posted by: .com   2003-10-12 4:08:44 AM  

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