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2008-04-08 Iraq

Al-Mahdi army offers to lay down its arms

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-04-08 03:48|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
File under: Mahdi Army

#1 Yes another defeat for Bush and the Bush-backed govenrment of Iraq, this is clearly a victory for al Sadr, who is biding his time and lulling his hapless enemies into a false sense of security.

Hey! That's not bad! Maybe I'll apply to The New York Times!

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-08 05:53|| 2008-04-08 05:53|| Front Page Top

#2 The MSM were completely wrong on who was winning and losing. It occured to me a couple of days ago that they were reporting what they wished were true.

Posted by phil_b 2008-04-08 06:11|| 2008-04-08 06:11|| Front Page Top

#3 In all the previous battles, they were attacking and we were on the defensive. Now its the other way round.

Yup, that's one of the metrics we look for.

Posted by lotp 2008-04-08 06:26|| 2008-04-08 06:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it even Maliki behind the push anymore? He's a duplicitous toad and I wouldn't trust him any further than I could throw him. My brother is being moved from Al-Taji airbase to a Stryker brigade in Baghdad for the festivities, I bid him happy hunting.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-08 07:56|| 2008-04-08 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Whatever the MSM tells me now, I believe the exact opposite.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-08 07:58|| 2008-04-08 07:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Looks like 2004 left a deep impression on Sadr. He also knows hiding in a Shiite holy site won't save him or his lackeys this time.

Posted by ed 2008-04-08 08:07|| 2008-04-08 08:07|| Front Page Top

#7 One of the effects of having Tater in Iran studying is that he is buying into the religious structure. His status as a hojatoleslam (authority on Islam) makes it a requirement that he seek guidance from the grand ayatollah (sign of Allah).

Now, whether Sistani will actually help out here is probably less than 50%.

Posted by mhw 2008-04-08 08:09|| 2008-04-08 08:09|| Front Page Top

#8 That ayatollah-in-training all-Sadr is asking means the answer in his mind is already in the affirmative. He never thought of asking the question before.

Good luck to your brother, bigjim-ky, and all the rest who are rooting out the bad guys.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-08 09:07|| 2008-04-08 09:07|| Front Page Top

#9 What's interesting is how this reconciles with what they are reporting in the MSM (CNN, MSNBC, etc.)

Eenie-meenie-miney-mo...

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-04-08 10:50|| 2008-04-08 10:50|| Front Page Top

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