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| Iraq |
| Tater Planning Million Mullah March In Baghdad |
| 2006-08-03 |
| Shias from southern and central Iraq have begun travelling to Baghdad in answer to Muqtada al-Sadr's call for a "million man march" in support of Lebanon's Hezbollah. Waving Iraqi flags and chanting "Death to America! Death to Israel", the demonstrators mounted convoys of buses and headed for the capital on Thursday, some of them wearing white shrouds symbolising their readiness to accept martyrdom. The demonstration is to be held following Friday prayers in the teeming Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, home to some two million people, and comes at a tense time for the capital. Sahib al-Ameri, general director of the Foundation for God's Martyrs, part of Sadr's movement said: "Thousands of Najaf people have set off for Baghdad as a response to Moqtada al-Sadr's invitation to take part." Anger over Israeli attacks on Lebanon - which target Hezbollah but have caused widespread civilian casualties - has raised passions in Iraq, where Shia militias have an uneasy relationship with the US-backed government. US forces have visibly tightened security around Sadr City, a working class Shia district where Sadr's supporters are openly armed. "Fifteen-hundred of Sadr's followers from Basra have arrived to take part in the demonstration that had been called in Baghdad," said Sadr spokesman Akil al-Bahadli. I wonder what Iran is up to this time? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 I can hear them chanting already! It sounds like "MOAB! MOAB! MOAB!" :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-08-03 17:18 |
| #8 We grant our enemies the freedom to with which destroy us. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-08-03 16:18 |
| #7 Tu read my mind exept with such large numbers I was thinking more like a handfull of Cluster bombs. A C-130 couldnt cover enough ground fast enough to get them all before they scattered. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-08-03 15:30 |
| #6 Whaling Unomoger7693 = John Q Citizen. Using a different computer and I was assigned the namie thingy. I would view such marches as a million points of light-that is, as was said earlier a target rich environment. |
| Posted by: Whaling Unomoger7693 2006-08-03 15:18 |
| #5 tu, just like the Million Man March here in the States, eh? Several hundred thousand short of a million, methinks (like 998,500 short of a million). |
| Posted by: BA 2006-08-03 14:27 |
| #4 A couple of AC-130's and the wherewithal and you could solve a lot of Iraq's problems right here. And we could give Mr. Tooth Decay all the credit... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-03 14:22 |
| #3 Sounds like a target-rich environment to me. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2006-08-03 14:19 |
| #2 Shias from southern and central Iraq have begun travelling to Baghdad in answer to Muqtada al-Sadr's call for a "million man march" in support of Lebanon's Hezbollah. "Fifteen-hundred of Sadr's followers from Basra have arrived to take part in the demonstration that had been called in Baghdad," said Sadr spokesman Akil al-Bahadli. Looks like he's juuuuuuuust a bit short... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-03 14:05 |
| #1 When is someone gonna WACK this MORON???? |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2006-08-03 14:03 |