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| Allawi: Peace Deal Reached With Al-Sadr | |
| 2004-10-05 | |
| EFL.The Iraqi version of the "standing head". He must be getting his ass kicked. Again. See you in a couple of weeks when Tater changes his mind. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said negotiators on Tuesday hammered out the basis for an agreement to end fighting with followers of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. U.S. forces have been daily attacking the vast Baghdad slum of Sadr City to knock out the cleric's militia and pressure him to lay down his arms in favor of negotiations. Oh, puh-leeze... "Fortunately, there are positive signs in some areas. I met with some brothers in Sadr City and we laid the basis for an agreement to end all their armed manifestations and to give up all their arms," Allawi told the National Council, a watchdog over his interim government. Suuuuuuure you have...
Al-Sadr's militia, known as the Mahdi Army, staged an uprising in April, sparking fierce fighting in Sadr City, the southern holy city of Najaf and other areas. A peace deal was brokered following heavy fighting in Najaf in August, but clashes in Sadr City have continued. Overnight, U.S. warplanes pounded the slum after an American patrol came under small arms fire, the military said Tuesday. Hospital officials said at least one person was killed in skirmishes between U.S. troops and al-Sadr fighters. Allawi did not give details on the agreement. Al-Sadr has been under pressure top dissolve the Mahdi Army militia and instead turn his movement into a political party. Al-Sadr has seesawed about whether he will enter the political arena. Want a lasting peace deal with this clown? Send him to hell. Seemingly contradicting earlier comments by his own spokesman, al-Sadr said in a television interview Monday that he will not participate in elections because "these are American elections, not Iraqi elections. I want free and honest Iraqi elections." The cleric also called for international supervision of the balloting in an interview with Al-Manar Television of the Shiite extremist group Hezbollah. Ooooooooooooooh, Jimmah... | |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 BAR: Then we keep shooting his successors until a "promotion" results in someone that understands the message being sent. Sadr is a terrible leader. He could be doing much better - like Zarqawi's or Saddam's men. There is a clear difference between him and the Sunni leaders, who are the A-Team. The measure of their skill is that both Zarqawi and al-Douri are still at large despite huge bounties on their heads. We could kill Sadr any time we want to - this means he's a loser. If someone like Zarqawi replaces Sadr, and uses the Shiite zealots working for him more effectively, more GI's will die. Note that it is the Sunnis who are killing the most Americans, not the Shiites, who can't even tie their own shoelaces. If Sadr's followers get a better leader, that could change. Like I said, don't kill that one - they might replace him with someone who can shoot straight. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-10-05 7:07:42 PM |
| #9 WTF? Well it's Stratfor! It's gonna be hell. It's gonna be heaven. It's gonna be negotiated between the devils and the angels. Sending in the Marines. Sending in the Social Workers. Are we covered? Send money to Stratfor! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-05 6:05:28 PM |
| #8 Achilles Tendon... snip.... never be able to properly putt again. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-05 6:03:46 PM |
| #7 Guys, I just read a Stratfor briefing that says we're doing it again in Fallujah -- a cease fire deal, that is. No more bombing of Zarqawi. All I can say is WTF? |
| Posted by: V is for Victory 2004-10-05 6:03:06 PM |
| #6 Don't shoot that one - they might replace him with someone who can shoot straight. Then we keep shooting his successors until a "promotion" results in someone that understands the message being sent. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-05 5:21:33 PM |
| #5 cut out his voice box, then we'll get peace. oh wait, you meant not shooting. |
| Posted by: Brutus 2004-10-05 4:48:40 PM |
| #4 Well, THAT didn't take long... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-10-05 4:34:10 PM |
| #3 Both valid points. I'm just sick of looking at the ugly fucker... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-05 4:30:05 PM |
| #2 dont need a LASTING peace deal, just a ceasefire long enough for US and Iraqi forces to deal with the SUNNI insurgency, then turn back and deal with Sadr later. Why should only the bad guys get to play the Hudna game. Hell, im reading a history of the 30 years war, and european christians were pretty good at that game too. So far the truce then kill strat with Sadr seems to be working. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-10-05 4:22:33 PM |
| #1 tu3031: Want a lasting peace deal with this clown? Send him to hell. Don't shoot that one - they might replace him with someone who can shoot straight. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-10-05 4:11:52 PM |