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2004-05-27 Iraq-Jordan

Cleric Offers to Pull Fighters From Najaf

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Posted by Steve White 2004-05-27 4:13:44 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by Dog Bites Trolls TROLL 2004-05-27 4:57:14 AM|| 2004-05-27 4:57:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Jen would probably agree with you if it's Hezbollah giving up on al-Sadr.
(Hey! These guys are the Enemy! What is your problem?)
But you can't post a link to save your life, DBT.

Posted by Jen 2004-05-27 6:01:55 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-05-27 6:01:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Any word on whether we're seriously going to negotiate with this clown? Or is this another one of the "I'll retreat right after you do" things he's been pulling in past weeks because ~~he's had his ass kicked and he knows it~~ we're at a stalemate?

By the way, DBT, what do you have against Jen?

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-27 9:51:33 AM|| 2004-05-27 9:51:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 DBT or MBD or whatever his "nom de troll du jour" is, has received Jen's righteous wrath for severely OT slams on Bush and anything our "military-industrial complex" - read Halliburton - does.

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-27 10:17:52 AM|| 2004-05-27 10:17:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 word is weve accepted. If we didnt get out, after Sadr did, it would put too much pressure on Sistani to break with us. In any case, with Sadr out of Najaf, and all his hardboyz out, what reason do we have to go in? Less than in Fallujah, surely. And in this case its the regular Iraqi Police who will go back in, NOT some quasi-Baathist militia as in Fallujah.

But the question remains - where do Sadr and his gang go, now that theyre running from Najaf? My guess is Kufa, but I cant see that theyre too safe there either. I hope we're getting close to the day that Tater finally does run for Teheran (or Qom, more likely)

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-05-27 11:21:01 AM|| 2004-05-27 11:21:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 You have to remember that this is a negotiation between religious leader and potato head. The coalition hasnât agreed to anything except that tater has to be arrested. If the âagreementâ falls short of the requirement the coalition would/should not agree to anything. The âMighty Mahdiâ rabble is almost disbanded or dead so tater doesnât have too many trump cards to through on the pile at this time.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-05-27 12:02:49 PM|| 2004-05-27 12:02:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Think Sadr's movements are being monitored? I'd be pleased beyond words if a stream of bullets from Spooky's minigun cut Sadr in half while he was slithering across the desert someplace.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-27 1:35:26 PM|| 2004-05-27 1:35:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Dog Bites Trolls 2004-05-27 4:57:14 AM|| 2004-05-27 4:57:14 AM|| Front Page Top

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