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2004-08-13 Iraq-Jordan

Al-Sadr demands interim government resign

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Posted by Fred 2004-08-13 4:14:17 PM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraq's "dictatorial" interim government to resign..

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The spokesman quoted al-Sadr as telling supporters at Imam Ali Mosque on Friday: "I advise the dictatorial, agent government to resign...the whole Iraqi people demands the resignation of the government... they replaced Saddam with a government worse than him."

Earlier, al-Sadr laid down a list of conditions for an end to clashes between his Mahdi Army and US-led occupation forces, according to a spokesman.

This guy just isn't going to learn. Allawi needs to take a bold leap and allow the forces now in place to take this guy out PERMANENTLY. Not doing so and negotiating is only going to prolong a difficult period.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-13 4:35:54 PM|| 2004-08-13 4:35:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think this guy's lived just about long enough.

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-13 4:37:52 PM|| 2004-08-13 4:37:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Ugh. He wants to be killed in the shrine. I'm all in favor of a dead Sadr, but the sacred shrine dedicated to Islam's most famous martyr isn't really the place for it, ideologically speaking.

Borrow the Russian's knockout gas. The rest of the town is is mostly evacuated, and I can't think that you'd get the fuckwits out of that shrine with any fewer casualties by just charging on in... If we're lucky, Sadr won't be one of the unlucky asphyxiated, and he can be properly tried, convicted, and executed somewhere which isn't the Imam Ali Mosque, and at least gas won't leave unsightly holes in the building.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-08-13 4:44:14 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-13 4:44:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hit 'em hard with nitrous oxide gas and videotape it. Bet the MSM won't show that one! Then when the history of the Iraq war is written, there can be a section on how humour won the war. Of course, we will violate the Geneva Convention section on gas warfare, but I am willing to take the heat.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-13 4:48:08 PM|| 2004-08-13 4:48:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraq's "dictatorial" interim government to resign and said he and his militia would remain in Najaf until death or victory, his spokesman said.

The spokesman quoted al-Sadr as telling supporters at Imam Ali Mosque on Friday: "I advise the dictatorial, agent government to resign...the whole Iraqi people demands the resignation of the government... they replaced Saddam with a government worse than him."

er, well i know i dont have the mideast bazaar haggling mindset, but I take it this means the negotiations arent going all that well??

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-08-13 4:52:18 PM|| 2004-08-13 4:52:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Every cease-fire allows Tater's tots to regroup. Allawi needs to get it over with already!

Posted by Spot 2004-08-13 5:01:26 PM|| 2004-08-13 5:01:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Seems to me there's an important lesson we need to learn about fighting the Moose Limbs: YOU HAVEN'T WON UNTIL YOU'VE MADE THEM SHUT THEIR F*CKING MOUTHS.

And, with only rare exceptions, that means killing them.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-08-13 5:05:59 PM|| 2004-08-13 5:05:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Heh heh heh... http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1073071

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Posted by Parabellum 2004-08-13 7:45:17 PM|| 2004-08-13 7:45:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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