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2004-05-22 Iraq-Jordan
Sadr’s Military To Withdraw... If US Withdraws First
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Posted by Raj 2004-05-22 5:01:34 PM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 FoxNews has been reporting that Tater has abandoned Karbala and that Marines / Iraqi Police have moved in.
Posted by .com 2004-05-22 5:41:45 PM||   2004-05-22 5:41:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is the Arab shame and honor dynamic at work again. We've got him beaten and he doesn't want to admit it He's giving us one last chance to surrender before he destroys us utterly.
Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-22 6:51:42 PM||   2004-05-22 6:51:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Fox reports:

"KARBALA, Iraq  — Officials with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani (search) and anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (search) said Saturday that militiamen and U.S. forces had agreed to stop fighting in Karbala, a holy city where the two adversaries have engaged in intense battles in recent days.

The clerics’ representatives of al-Sadr and al-Sistani declined to give their names, and there was no immediate comment from the U.S. military. But witnesses said there were no combatants on the streets of Karbala on Saturday.

Smells like Bremer haqs forced brussel sprouts down the Marine's throats again.
Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-05-22 7:01:12 PM||   2004-05-22 7:01:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Okay, here's the deal: you marines quit killing 80 of us a day withdraw first, then we'll beat feet with our asses and turbans safe to regroup withdraw too. Deal?"
Posted by Frank G  2004-05-22 7:22:06 PM||   2004-05-22 7:22:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If a strong example is not forthcoming concerning this thug terrorist ringleader, Sadr, i.e. taking this little creep out, Coalition troops will begin to lose credibility as a viable counter force against terrorists in Iraq.
Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-05-22 7:27:08 PM||   2004-05-22 7:27:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Fox News reports that the Mahdists have disappeared from Karbala but US troops have not withdrawn and everything is "quiet as a mouse. Iraqi police and Civil Defense Corps are apparently in control again, which is what we wanted in the first place.
I have a source on the scene who confirms that this is true. I think the truce story is disinformation designed to cover up an ignominious defeat and withdrawal for the tater-heads. Of course, their media allies have swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-22 10:59:58 PM||   2004-05-22 10:59:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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