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2003-04-19 Iraq

In al-Kut: Marine Commander explains reality to Shiite Muslim cleric

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Posted by Frank G 2003-04-19 01:31 pm|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Here's a sippy cup and a bib. You sit back there."

Posted by Dar 2003-04-19 14:09:40|| 2003-04-19 14:09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 "Previously, their chants focused on denouncing Ahmad Chalabi. One man held a framed portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni, the late leader of Iran's Islamic revolution."

The shape of politics in the Shiite south is becoming clearer astonishingly quickly - its Chalabi and the INC versus the Iranian supported fundies. The more the fundies focus on Chalabi as the enemy, the more the INC becomes the natural rallying point for any sheik, would be pol, or non-Iranian oriented (EG Sistani and the Khoie family) cleric. This despite an occasional stupid move by the inexperienced INC people (eg the guy who proclaimed himself mayor of Baghdad, or the guy up in Mosul who seems to be working with the Kurds and seems to have pissed off the Sunni Arabs)

Posted by Liberalhawk 2003-04-19 23:52:42|| 2003-04-19 23:52:42|| Front Page Top

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