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2004-08-08 Iraq-Jordan

Details About Failed Attempt to Arrest Sadr

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-08-08 9:40:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 These are bandits and gangs trying to hide behind Muqtada Sadr," Allawi said of the insurgents. "We donât think those are his people ... The prime minister is a Shiite.

Until Allawi decouples his religious and political obligations, the man's ability to faithfully execute his duties is compromised. Any inability to denouce the radicalism and lawlessness that Sadr continually engenders merely means more dead Iraqis at the hands of Mehdi thugs.

Allawi's inaction smacks of inbred theocratic comingling between legal and religious stations. This is harmful to the Iraqi people and also constitutes a needless increase of the danger Coalition troops face when top Iraq's prime minister lends the least credibility to a theocratic thug like Sadr.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-08 3:50:42 PM|| 2004-08-08 3:50:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Zenster--

Yeah, maybe. But on the other hand...

Can Allawi allow himself to be seen as a pawn of the Amis? No....

Plus which: given that Tater is way unpopular among Shi'ites, doesn't it make sense to call his bluff and ask him to make a stand at the ballot box? A decisive defeat there would be the fat man's coup de grace, would it not?

Just thinking out loud.....

Posted by Wuzzalib 2004-08-08 9:59:52 PM|| 2004-08-08 9:59:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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