...Bring those Americans here to fight hand to hand," said one militant, biting his finger for emphasis.
"They are cowards. They stay thousands of feet away in their airplanes. They are scared, they know we will slaughter them."
Funny saying that hiding in a place we are not allowed to make more Holey. Personally, I would be most afraid of his breath as he probably hasn't seen a toothbrush in a month.
...We would like to hand over the shrine to the religious establishment which has the right to control it," Sheikh Ahmad al-Sheibani told reporters, adding that talks on the mosque's future had begun. But Sheibani later added that Sadr's militia would continue to guard the mosque after any handover, precisely the outcome that the two-month-old government has vowed to prevent. "The Mehdi Army will continue to defend the shrine and Najaf, all of Najaf because it is a holy city," Sheibani said.
I have an idea, maybe we can convince them to guard the nearby cemetery underground. That way they can protect it forever. |