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2006-08-27 Iraq

Call for Shia autonomy as Iraqi tribes demand peace

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Posted by Steve White 2006-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They want to open the door for Iran perhaps?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-27 00:16|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-08-27 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Hakim is tied to Tehran. No breakaway, unless you want further escalation of violence.

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-27 02:02|| 2006-08-27 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 And partition begins - the only "surprise" being that it begins at the behest of the Shia.

This was rather hysterical:

Our biggest assurance to our people is that federalism be implemented in the centre and south of Iraq, said Hakim...

And what about the North, Hakim? Y'know, those guys who are actually ready for democracy and peace and progress - those Kurd guys?

SCIRI, DAWA, Dippity DooDah, The Maddest Qom Moolah
Southern Shia, Shitstani, None Madder than the Mahdi
12th Imamis, Mad Hatters, Tater Sadrs, all come to tea.

Posted by Threatch Unons6270 2006-08-27 04:22|| 2006-08-27 04:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Threatch Unons6270

SCIRI, DAWA, Dippity DooDah, The Maddest Qom Moolah
Southern Shia, Shitstani, None Madder than the Mahdi
12th Imamis, Mad Hatters, Tater Sadrs, all come to tea.

whoomp there it is Threatch!

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Very recent ROP werk.

IOW a fine example of Islam's lust for murder.

Iraq, Sunni-->Splodydope-->Shi'ite

"Revenge on those who ridiculed the Prophet /owner of status"

Mujahideen Shura Council Suicide Carbombing against Shi'ite Targets.

The Mujahideen Shura Council released a video along with a statement on an Islamic militant forum frequented by terrorists. The video depicts a member of the Mujahideen Shura Council, who goes by the name of Abu Umar an Najdi, driving his car rigged with explosives on a highway in a Shi'ite controlled area and detonating his car bomb against unspecified targets. The statement that was posted said that this is a revenge operation "on those who blasphemed against the Prophet".

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Posted by Bubblegum Angager5204 2006-08-27 16:32|| 2006-08-27 16:32|| Front Page Top

#5 The interesting thing is the Shia are accepting a rich small chunk of Iraq rather than the whole thing (with slight compromise). If they really want independence I say we let them, or push towards a loose federal system the way the Germans have it with rich states paying a bit of a tax to help out the poorer states.

Might also work to irk the Iranians if the constitution was written to allow for additional areas to join (Shia Arabs in current Iran for example) as the Federal Republic of Germany's constitution was written to allow for East German entry.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2006-08-27 21:48|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com] 2006-08-27 21:48|| Front Page Top

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