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2008-05-10 Iraq

In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City

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Posted by Steve White 2008-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 Aren't light weapons sufficient for Sadr's goons to terrorize the locals?

And I'd throw in a provision that if good people start mysteriously dying or corners of the agreement start getting cut that the whole thing is off. From my point of view, the idiot imam who was already spouting hate would result in warning number one unless he died of "natural causes" before the Iraqi Army could show up to arrest him the next day.

Posted by gorb 2008-05-10 02:22|| 2008-05-10 02:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Next slant to the news: Maliki faction oppresses poor wittle Sadrists. Mark my words.

Also love how they just talk about it as if Maliki is the leader of some militia, instead of the legitimate, elected leader of Iraq.

Posted by gromky 2008-05-10 03:03|| 2008-05-10 03:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Prolly right Gromky,
This is a surprising developement, give the libs some time to digest it and they'll no doubt spin it against Maliki and us.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-05-10 07:22|| 2008-05-10 07:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Gromky: then the news coming out of Beirut ought to just make your head explode. The government is being treated as "one side" by its own army. When the military in a country can't be trusted to take the side of the elected government, you know it's end days.

I love how this article manages to describe events as "seem[s] likely to be hailed as a major victory for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki", rather than cowboying up and actually crediting the man with a success.

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