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Iraq: Tater Tots, guards clash
2005-05-22
Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have clashed with guards of a provincial governor's office in Nasiriyah, witnesses said. More than 10 people were reported injured in the attacks on Friday. The fighting occurred during an organised parade of about 2000 members of al-Sadr's Jaish al-Mahdi (al-Mahdi Army) in Nasiriyah, about 320km southeast of Baghdad.

An Associated Press reporter on the scene said the al-Sadr supporters, many holding the Quran above their heads, were marching towards the anti-US cleric's office, which is near the headquarters of the Dhi Qar provincial governor, Aziz Abed Alwan. Armed men guarding the headquarters opened fire towards the crowd in an apparent bid to disperse it, prompting retaliatory shooting from al-Sadr supporters. An official from Nasiriyah General Hospital said four police officers and four civilians were wounded in the firefight and are being treated. Another six al-Sadr supporters were wounded in the fighting, said Sheikh al-Khafaji, an official at al-Sadr's Nasiriyah office. The parade was attended by Fatah al-Sheikh, a member of Iraq's National Assembly.
Posted by:Fred

#10  MWH: Better yet, it would be better if he didn't know it was pork until someone told he right before he died.
Posted by: Charles   2005-05-22 14:58  

#9  it would be cooler if Tater died of a heart attack after a pork barbeque lunch
Posted by: mhw   2005-05-22 13:09  

#8  Time for Mucky to have a tragically fatal goat-breeding accident...
Posted by: mojo   2005-05-22 12:01  

#7  I thought he was doing an indepth study of a bugger.
Posted by: raptor   2005-05-22 11:35  

#6  he keeps showing where the laser dot should be - love the pic
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-22 10:17  

#5   It will look a lot stronger when THEY execute him,not us. I think it will happen ,too.
Posted by: Palladin   2005-05-22 09:52  

#4  He's riding the fact that his father was a revered scholar. My guess is that's the only reason he hasn't been sent to the boneyard yet.
Posted by: Fred   2005-05-22 09:13  

#3  his time should have been up

I had the exact same exasperated thought reading this. I'm torn between thinking if you just get rid of him his followers will go get a real job - and - fearing that will just make him a martyr. Look at the Chechen butchers - they were turned into martyrs even after Beslan.

maybe it's best to give this guy just enough rope to hang himself.
Posted by: 2b   2005-05-22 07:33  

#2  I never understood by the overstuffed Shi'ite butcher, Moqtada al-Sadr was allowed to continue with his gang of killers of American troops.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2005-05-22 05:57  

#1  His time should've been up long ago. The asstard Fatah al-Sheikh provided cover - he should be gone, too, as an accomplice and co-conspirator in this violence.

The Iraqis in charge have to get it through their thick Arab skulls that you cannot allow criminals and foreign agents with private militias and no qualms about instigating violence to exist. There will be no peace as long as they keep trying to appease and buy off and negotiate with Tater or the Sunnis supporting the violence.

The endgame for the current chaos cometh soon. It can play out only a few ways - mostly bad. They'd better take a step back and reassess - while we're still willing to let them play it their way and back them up. Rule of Law, boys. No exceptions. Enforce it mercilessly.
Posted by: .com   2005-05-22 02:54  

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