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2006-03-27 Iraq

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Posted by Flailet Unoper7560 2006-03-27 01:47|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like the one man one vote one time Shiite Islamists are making their move, with the Prime Minister in the lead. And we will have to crush his private army, if democracy is to succeed in Iraq. We don't need a Shiite Saddam ruling the country.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-03-27 12:18|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-03-27 12:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I think it is the other way around. The non-islamists in the Iraqi government and the US will attack the Sadrists. While useful in putting down any Sunni pretentions after the Samara mosque bombing, the Sadrists have gone way over the line with the continued massacres and have to be put down. Raids such as this one are useful for labeling them as criminals and destroying them piecemeal vs. the full scale urban destruction that killed thousands of Sadr's boyz in 2004.

Posted by ed 2006-03-27 13:10|| 2006-03-27 13:10|| Front Page Top

#3 The US needs to hammer Sadr's Tots especially hard, to send a clear message to Iran when the US meets with them next month. We need to emphasize that when we say "end all assistance to agents in Iraq", we meen Sadr and al-Jafari, as well.

In a republican form of government, there can only be one military, one civil government, and one source of power - the people AS A WHOLE. Certain groups in Iraq believe they can set up their own agencies and get away with it. That needs to end, like yesterday.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-03-27 14:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-03-27 14:02|| Front Page Top

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