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Militia Pulling Back in Najaf, Kufa & Karbala (Out of Government Buildings into Mosques-Surrender?)
Associated Press ^ | April 12, 2004

Posted on 04/12/2004 10:00:10 AM PDT by threat matrix

Iraq Shiite parties have been holding negoiations with al Sadr-representatives to try and find a peaceful way to end the standoff.

'Al-Sayad al-Sadr issued instructions for his followers to leave the sites of police and the government,' said lawyer Murtada al Janabi, on of al Sadr representative in the talks.

Over the weekend, a negioator for the Shiite Islamic Dawa Party presented al Sadr's side with a letter of conditions from the Americans for ending the crisis.

The demands include dissolution of the al-Mahdi Army, withdraw from all government facilites and respect for law, according to the Dawa representative, Hameed al-Maliki.

Al Janabi said al-Sadr's supporters reject the demand that the militia dissolve.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alsadr; easterceasefire; iraq; mahdiarmy; shiite
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1 posted on 04/12/2004 10:00:11 AM PDT by threat matrix
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To: threat matrix
Expect that little pipsqueak coward, Al Sadr, to run back to Iran with his tail between his legs!
2 posted on 04/12/2004 10:04:32 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (I don't believe anything a Democrat says. Bill Clinton set the standard!)
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To: threat matrix
The demands include dissolution of the al-Mahdi Army, withdraw from all government facilites and respect for law, according to the Dawa representative, Hameed al-Maliki.

Translation: America to ragheads - Do this or die!

3 posted on 04/12/2004 10:05:56 AM PDT by DakotaGator
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To: threat matrix
Now this is HUGE NEWS!

I have been reading the Belmond Club blog, really changes my view of what is going on.

Here is a good intro :

The Wider War (with Iran?) (Belmont Club, best war blog)

4 posted on 04/12/2004 10:07:07 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
All that needs be done is a CIA "get out of jail free" card to allow Muqata to flee to Teheran.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

5 posted on 04/12/2004 10:12:21 AM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "John Kerry: all John F., no Kennedy..." Click on my pic!)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Dog; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; blam; BOBTHENAILER; Cap Huff; Howlin; ...
heads up!
6 posted on 04/12/2004 10:12:53 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
Good post. It is, however, naught but a delay in the inevitable confrontation with these fanatics.
7 posted on 04/12/2004 10:14:46 AM PDT by JeeperFreeper
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To: Joe Hadenuf; XHogPilot; F14 Pilot; DoctorZIn; Dog Gone
Joe -- we are winning!
8 posted on 04/12/2004 10:16:45 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bump for victories!
9 posted on 04/12/2004 10:18:45 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (John Fedayeen Kerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This can't be true, because we're in a QUAGMIRE! < /Democrat spin >
10 posted on 04/12/2004 10:23:50 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Maybe they're gonna make a last stand at Fallujah.

Mike Shelton - OC Register

11 posted on 04/12/2004 10:24:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
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To: threat matrix
Some "turban renewal" is needed.
12 posted on 04/12/2004 10:24:59 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: threat matrix
All the Iranians who were brainwashed into coming over the border are all now scared of dying at the hands of the US military.
13 posted on 04/12/2004 10:26:29 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: threat matrix
Wow, the new Viet Nam is a LOT different from the old one, isn't it? This lends credence to what the Bush Administration has been saying. This is NOT a general rebellion. (Let's see if the mainstream press can find a way to ignore this, now that it is being reported by AP.)
14 posted on 04/12/2004 10:30:06 AM PDT by Rocky (It was Al Qaeda, stupid!)
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To: sheik yerbouty
"turban renewal"

LOL!! I may incorporate that into a tagline!!
15 posted on 04/12/2004 10:31:03 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (So you're a feminist - isn't that cute!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Who is the guy in the picture doing the talking? Is that Ted Kennedy or al-Sadr? It could be either one.
16 posted on 04/12/2004 10:33:13 AM PDT by 68skylark
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
Expect that little pipsqueak coward, Al Sadr, to run back to Iran with his tail between his legs!


Yup, just like S.H. while his sons and grandson died in battle.
17 posted on 04/12/2004 10:35:54 AM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Let's turn Iraqi sand into some useful glass!)
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To: threat matrix
Al Janabi said al-Sadr's supporters reject the demand that the militia dissolve

Not a problem. The U.S. military caries several varieties of militia dissolving agents. (Lemon-scented JDAM, USMC Sniper-All, and Liquid Hellfire) We'll have those nasty grease spots wiped up in no time.

18 posted on 04/12/2004 10:39:16 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (Yo Mullah so fat, the back of his neck looks like a pack of hot dogs!)
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To: Steel Wolf
Industrial strength.
19 posted on 04/12/2004 10:41:00 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: NormsRevenge
ROFL!!
20 posted on 04/12/2004 10:44:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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