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Iraq
Tater Demands Iraq Reinstate Fired Security Forces
2008-04-15
Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is demanding the Iraqi government reinstate all security forces fired for abandoning their duty in recent fighting.
That's make sense. Not a lot of sense, but sense. Of a sort...
The powerful cleric said Monday the forces were obeying their religious leaders and should be honored for their devotion.
In that case, shouldn't their religious leaders be signing their paychecks?
Iraqi officials dismissed 1,300 soldiers and policemen Sunday for refusing to fight against Shi'ite militias in Basra and other Shi'ite strongholds. Authorities have admitted some of the soldiers and police handed over their weapons and equipment to the militias, including al-Sadr's Mahdi Army.
So what, precisely, would be their worth as soldiers and policemen?
Posted by:Fred

#12  guess that tells who was on the payroll
Posted by: sinse   2008-04-15 20:00  

#11  LOL MHW..."No Tony, you may not have a pony".
Posted by: remoteman   2008-04-15 14:53  

#10  They could be reinstated as permanent latrine orderlies
Posted by: mhw   2008-04-15 12:56  

#9  They will get whatever is coming to them after the trial.
Posted by: wxjames   2008-04-15 11:48  

#8  a JDAM, MS6713?
Posted by: BA   2008-04-15 09:26  

#7  Some say he's being kicked out of Iran 'cuz the Mahdis lost. Mebbe he says hes returning to Najaf & Karbala in triumph, like MacArthur to the Philippines, 'cuz his guys won. This has to be sorted out somehow. Any ideas?
Posted by: Menhadden Snogum6713   2008-04-15 07:52  

#6  lotta work to embed that many Mahdi spies and fifth columnists, now they've thrown away their worth. Tater's pissed. Good. F*ck him
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-15 07:43  

#5  memo from Iraq army command........the element of surprise in future operations requires that we give the chain of command split orders so that each faction within our structure will compromise any operation to only 50% probability.

sheeesh.
Posted by: Thraviper Panda2099   2008-04-15 07:15  

#4  In the same spirit, I demand a pony.

I look forward to grooming it. And maybe selling it to a glue factory.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2008-04-15 06:28  

#3  But I thought Tater offered to help Iraq rid its forces of these kinds of folks.
Posted by: gorb   2008-04-15 05:32  

#2  Heh! You've got to admire the nerve of the little shit! The GOI should issue a counter-demand that he replace the black wheel on his head with a set of Playboy bunny ears.
Posted by: Apostate   2008-04-15 03:55  

#1  Taterjectives (Tater ajectives) Taterverbs: Radical, demands, powerful

Add impotence, tapped out, halitosis, has-been.

Tater is in no position to demand jack sh*t. He got his a$$ handed to him on a platter, and even his Iranian sugar daddies are smart enough to cut their losses and show him the way to the egress.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-04-15 01:08  

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