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Iraq
Iraqi minister cancels truce with Shia militia
2006-08-30
DIWANIYAH, Iraq - IraqÂ’s defence minister declared the armyÂ’s truce with Shiite militants in the central city of Diwaniyah null and void on Wednesday and demanded an inquiry into the murder of 13 soldiers. Fighting erupted in Diwaniyah on Sunday between Iraqi army troops and the Mahdi Army militia. Officials reported that 23 soldiers, 50 militants and eight civilians were killed before local officials could negotiate a ceasefire.

Visiting the city Wednesday, Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim Mohammed denounced the truce under which the army agreed to pull out of residential areas, and rejected the idea of concessions to the gunmen.
Gloves off, we hope?
He also said that 13 of the military’s dead had been ‘executed’ by the militia fighters and demanded that this be investigatied while an ‘extraordinary security plan’ be implemented in the city.
Posted by:Steve

#5  it's about time to kick sadrs' ass even mopre than fallujah

ah
Posted by: sinse   2006-08-30 17:01  

#4  If the upshot doesn't include one very dead Moqtada Sadr, then it's only a partial measure.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-30 16:17  

#3  At some point either now when they got US backup or later when not the Iraqi gov is going to have to make clear the pecking order with the Mehdi boys very clear that the GOV is Trump.

Hopefully this is the straw that broke the camels back.

I like by Tater Tots extra crispy.
Posted by: C-Low   2006-08-30 15:32  

#2  Gloves off, we hope?

me hope so too!

rip Sadr and Sadr City a new one.
Posted by: RD   2006-08-30 13:51  

#1  Def Min's a Sunni. Interior Min's a Shiite.
Posted by: Fred   2006-08-30 12:56  

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