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2004-04-07 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-04-07 1:08:40 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Time to strike Irainian RG bases and supply depots.Then bounce the rubble.

Posted by Raptor 2004-04-07 8:34:16 AM|| 2004-04-07 8:34:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I would not be suprised to see many of Sadr's 'army' are members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

Didn't we warn Iran about meddling? Time to bitchslap them.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-04-07 9:33:25 AM|| 2004-04-07 9:33:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 looks like I was onto something yesterday!

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-04-07 10:11:11 AM|| 2004-04-07 10:11:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It's interesting that this uprising comes at a time that pressure is increasing on Iran about its nuclear weapons programs. It seems somewhat inopportune for Sadr, as his chances of success would have been much higher sometime in the future after our troop rotations were completed and possible troop level drawdowns went into affect. My bet is the Iranians pushed this up so they can distract the coalition from their final push to a nuke. The Iranians will have nuke weapons within the next year or two unless they are attacked. It's too late for any sanctions to work.

Posted by Anony-mouse 2004-04-07 11:28:57 AM|| 2004-04-07 11:28:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 This example of "on the scene" reporting gives info that tells me that this is more than a little bit of irans hand:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2093154/entry/2098336/

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In the courtyard I saw a man in an "Iran" tracksuit.

The head of the Badr Organization in Najaf, Hassan al-Battan, said he was worried, very worried. The Badr Organization, formerly the Badr Brigade, formerly based in Iran, also favors an informal uniform of black shirts and black trousers. It is the militia wing of SCIRI (the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq),

it seems to me that the people with the most to lose with a free iraq is iran.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-04-07 11:51:50 AM|| 2004-04-07 11:51:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 As long as the borders of both Iran & Syria are not totally closed, which may be an impossible task, fanatical jihadists will continue filtering into Iraq and organizing murderous attacks on Coalition troops.

If Iran & Syria were stuck with numerous domestic 'problems' with the end result goal of overthrowing both rouge terrorist promoting states, this Iraq problem shall not become stable.

The OPEC oil profits of Iran & Saudi Arabia among other Muslim oil producers are fueling the Iraqi, Afghan and all other Muslim rebellions against the civilized world.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-04-07 12:13:48 PM|| 2004-04-07 12:13:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It is very important to understand how much of a threat the Shia are in Iraq to the Shia in Iran.

The two religious cities of the Shia: Qom in Iran and Najaf in Iraq are controlled by different schools of thought. Qom sees the direct involvement of clerics in state ruling and executive affairs as their legitimate right and moral obligation while Najaf seminary's view of the Velayat-e-Faqih is that of a supervisor and adviser.

Senior Iraqi Sh'ite leader Abdul Majid al-Khoei was assassinated at the Imam Ali mosque in the holy city of Najaf by Sadr's goons. His father Ayatollah Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr was assassinated here in 1999. According to Shia doctrine if you are buried in Najaf you will enter paradise; as a result, the tombs of several prophets are found in Najaf.

Is is well known that Sadr is very young and not a true cleric. He gets his support from his lineage, another important factor in the Shia version of Islam. He can be considered a direct proxy of Iran because he is directly backed by the clerics in Qom.

So by forcing Sadr's hand now with shuting down his newspaper and then arresting his aid, the US forced him to ack now instead of later. Doing so allows us to consolidate power to Sistani and his view of Velayat-e-Faqih.

I wasn't surprised that Sadr left his fortress and went to Najaf to 'console' with Sistani. If he is going to be martyred this is the place to be.

Posted by ZoGg 2004-04-08 12:11:36 AM|| [http://www.americanintelligence.us/] 2004-04-08 12:11:36 AM|| Front Page Top

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