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2004-09-23 Iraq-Jordan
Brits and Shia Establishment Smash Opponents in Basrah
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-09-23 12:08:55 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The aim apparently is to try to get the populace of the city to call for the expulsion of the Jaysh al-Mahdi from the city – a move that would allow the chauvinist collaborationist Shi‘i clerics a free hand in the second largest city of Iraq.

They're actually doing this?! If so, then GO, SISTANI, GO!
Posted by Edward Yee  2004-09-23 12:15:17 AM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]  2004-09-23 12:15:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Sistani's the key to Iraq's future. Need him to be totally with us.
Posted by lex 2004-09-23 12:18:05 AM||   2004-09-23 12:18:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Far be it from me to dispute the credibility of Jihad Unspun, but the only Basra-related item from last weekend I've found so far is a widely circulated report from the equally reputable Agence France-Press giving a total bodycount of trois.

Oh, and from the JI article, ya gotta love this one:
Unlike the pro-American SCIRI...

Finally, what the hell's the deal with "chauvinist"? "Collaborationist chauvinists" this and "Conservative chauvinists" that. Is this a Sunni vs. Shi'a thing?
Posted by The Caucasus Nerd 2004-09-23 1:11:39 AM||   2004-09-23 1:11:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 chauvinists
That's what you get when Agence France-Press ghost writes for JU.
Posted by ed 2004-09-23 1:27:25 AM||   2004-09-23 1:27:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Fifty cars were damaged or destroyed in the fighting that raged intensely until 7:00am Saturday morning local time.

I smell "auto-dealership opportunity"!
Posted by Pappy 2004-09-23 2:27:18 AM||   2004-09-23 2:27:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The correspondent obtained his figures from what he described as “private sources.”
Private sources? You mean as in Mapes, Burkett, or Lockhart? These idjits been watching too much CBS.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-09-23 2:59:10 AM||   2004-09-23 2:59:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The collaborationist chauvinist parties

Funny. Just too funny.
Posted by 2B 2004-09-23 8:29:57 AM||   2004-09-23 8:29:57 AM|| Front Page Top

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