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2006-09-22 Iraq
US, Iraqi forces arrest Sadr aides in holy city
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Posted by Steve White 2006-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sounds like the Sistani finally gave Tater up.

Unless it was Barzini all along...
Posted by Fleasing Unomosh2048 2006-09-22 00:22||   2006-09-22 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The boldness of these arrests indicates that the US can deal with any al-Sadr counter. Its time for the al-Mahdis to meet their maker.
Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-22 00:32||   2006-09-22 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 If they do have to release them, or maybe they could just release them for the heck of it, they should drop them off in front of their houses in a limousine and send them on their way with a loud, heartfelt "Thank you and have a nice day!" and see if they show up for work the next day.
Posted by gorb 2006-09-22 00:49||   2006-09-22 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 gorb, you left out the part about them being dressed in brand new hand-tailored silk suits with their pockets stuffed full of C-notes and Cuban cigars.

PS: The drop-off crew is supposed to blow them kisses and wave vigorously while thanking them loudly for "their vital cooperation."
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-09-22 02:02||   2006-09-22 02:02|| Front Page Top

#5 As long as it's not obvious! ;-)
Posted by gorb 2006-09-22 02:39||   2006-09-22 02:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I heard this last night, and thought there must be some significance to the fact that Tater's Tots are not rampaging, pilloring, plundering, rioting, and torching everthing in sight.

What's it all about (Alfie)?
Posted by Bobby 2006-09-22 06:41||   2006-09-22 06:41|| Front Page Top

#7 AHMADINEJAD in the US. Then we pick up some of Sadr's men. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by plainslow 2006-09-22 08:32||   2006-09-22 08:32|| Front Page Top

#8 we can release them. AFTER we've gotten Baghdad calmed down. The Sammarra bombing unleashed a genuine "cycle of violence" (unlike the so called cycle in Israel-Pal) that the Sadrist rode for all it was worth. IF we can break the cycle, the hope would be that Baghdad naturally calms down, and its not so easy to get the cycle started again. Which means you just need to hold the key Sadrists for a few months. Which Sadr knows - the implicit threat is that if sends his people to the mattresses against the Americans en masse, his people DONT get out in a few months. And maybe we go after him personally. Is it worth the risk? After all, if we win, and Iraq ends up a stable democracy, he probably still ends up a pol leader with enough following to get a cabinet seat and whatever perks accompany. If we lose, and civil war breaks out, while he stands a percentage of becoming El Jefe of Iraq, he also stands a percentage of becoming food for worms, at the hands of any other faction. So while he will push for civil war, he wants to keep open the other options, I think.
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-09-22 09:52||   2006-09-22 09:52|| Front Page Top

#9 As I understand it the tater tots are very unpopular in Najaf so arresting them there isn't too difficult.

The more difficult problem is in baghdad where the tater tots are responsible for hundreds, probably thousands, of murders (although many of the people murdered were probably Baathist scum, al-Q agents, etc. themselves).
Posted by mhw 2006-09-22 10:05|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]  2006-09-22 10:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Even better, a delivery van should pull up to the house w/a generator, frig, latest computer, killer (and I do mean killer) stereo system, new matresses, linens, etc.
Posted by anonymous2u 2006-09-22 10:07||   2006-09-22 10:07|| Front Page Top

#11 We should release them now at exactly the same lat and long we took them from (alititude is another issue). ;^)
Posted by rjschwarz 2006-09-22 11:26||   2006-09-22 11:26|| Front Page Top

#12 Not just Najaf. Recently, US and Iraqi Army have been taking Shiite neighborhoods and arresting Sadr's black clad terrorists. They are shrinking the areas the Madhi Army can operate in Baghdad. Because of this, fighting has been increasing and expect a big fight once forces reach Sadr City.
Posted by ed 2006-09-22 12:35||   2006-09-22 12:35|| Front Page Top

#13 A top aide and three supporters of Shia radical leader Moqtada Sadr were arrested in a pre-dawn swoop by US and Iraqi forces in the Shia holy city of Najaf Thursday

release 'em with Bling Conversion Kits.

Gold Crucifix and Chain

Gilt Leather Bound Bibles

Waterford Crystal Vessels of Holy Water

Big Ass Photos w/ 'em Kissing the Pope's Ring.
Posted by RD 2006-09-22 12:52||   2006-09-22 12:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Obeidi, oblyda, life goes on...
Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins  2006-09-22 14:15|| http://northcountryjournal.org]">[http://northcountryjournal.org]  2006-09-22 14:15|| Front Page Top

#15 Every Abu needs his BCK. Good thinking RD.
Posted by 6 2006-09-22 17:10||   2006-09-22 17:10|| Front Page Top

#16 holy city or holy shit?
Posted by Captain America 2006-09-22 19:41||   2006-09-22 19:41|| Front Page Top

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