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Shia Leaders tell al-Sadr to leave Najaf
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Posted on 05/06/2004 5:04:10 PM PDT by Mark Felton
Edited on 05/06/2004 5:09:20 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Leaders of Iraq's largest Shia Muslim tribes have offered renegade cleric Muqtada al-Sadr a face-saving deal -- and an ultimatum -- to leave the holy city of Najaf.
The arrangement would give al-Sadr a chance to avoid humiliation by surrendering to the tribal leaders instead of being arrested by U.S. troops. But it would still require him to stand trial in an Iraqi court in the assassination of a rival cleric last year. It would also require al-Sadr to disarm his militia, the Mahdi Army, which has been fighting with U.S. forces for more than a month....."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alsadr; iraq; najaf
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To: Mark Felton
Gee. All of a sudden, people don't want to be arrested by the Americans. How strange.
To: Mark Felton
AHAHAHAHAHAA!!!
Sad Sack Sadr!
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:05:52 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Mark Felton
The auto excerpt feature lost my paragraphs.
Try this...........
Leaders of Iraq's largest Shia Muslim tribes have offered renegade cleric Muqtada al-Sadr a face-saving deal -- and an ultimatum -- to leave the holy city of Najaf.
The arrangement would give al-Sadr a chance to avoid humiliation by surrendering to the tribal leaders instead of being arrested by U.S. troops. But it would still require him to stand trial in an Iraqi court in the assassination of a rival cleric last year. It would also require al-Sadr to disarm his militia, the Mahdi Army, which has been fighting with U.S. forces for more than a month.
The deal has the blessings of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, according to several people involved in drafting it, and while U.S. officials have not yet been presented with the full details, they appear willing to accept it. The tribal leaders told al-Sadr yesterday that he had until only May 15 to accept the offer. If he turns it down, he will lose the tribes' backing. That would effectively give the U.S. military a green light to arrest or kill al-Sadr and crush his militia by launching an attack on Najaf.
"This is an attempt to solve the legal question, and not just the security question," said Sheik Fatih Kashif al-Ghitta, a member of a prominent Najaf religious family and one of the deal's architects. "And to solve it in a way that doesn't humiliate Muqtada, that doesn't humiliate the Iraqi people and that doesn't humiliate the Americans."
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:07:42 PM PDT
by
Mark Felton
(The die is cast)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
HO LEE CRAAAAP!!
I had not thought of THAT result! The Rule of Unintended Consequences, or something more?
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:08:16 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Mark Felton
Finally some sense of reality dawns, and it's good that
the tribes are considering American sensibilities in the mix
it means we are recognized.
And of course having the Iraqi people handle their own affairs IS what we want.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:08:36 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Mark Felton
Al SAdr will refuse the offer. We will go in belching fire and lead. End of Al Sadr.
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To: Dog; Mo1; Peach
ping
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:09:46 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Ted Rall is a waste of perfectly good oxygen.)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
interesting.
time to give rummy....
a RAISE!
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:10:12 PM PDT
by
Robert_Paulson2
(the madridification of our election is now officially underway.)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Yes, a picture of him whacking off while naked would do some damage to his image as the great spiritual leader and keeper of the holy places. :)
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:10:54 PM PDT
by
AmericaUnited
(It's time someone says the emperor has no clothes.)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Gee. All of a sudden, people don't want to be arrested by the Americans. How strange.Damn. I wanted to see the pics of Al Sadr forced to perform fellatio on Saddam....
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:11:00 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Hey, I wouldn't touch Camryn Manheim's uterus on a bet.)
To: Mark Felton
"The tribal leaders told al-Sadr yesterday that he had until only May 15 to accept the offer. If he turns it down, he will lose the tribes' backing. That would effectively give the U.S. military a green light to arrest or kill al-Sadr and crush his militia by launching an attack on Najaf."
May 5th sounds better, but this offer seems to have strong backing.
To: tet68
I agree. I read this as a very positive development. Iraqis getting a start at solving their own problems.
I don't really trust him, but this Sistani fellow seems to have his head in the right space, so far.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:12:52 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Objects in post may be larger than they appear.)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment; prairiebreeze
Gee. All of a sudden, people don't want to be arrested by the Americans. How strange.That was my first thought but I wouldn't have stated it so well. Hah!
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:13:49 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: Mark Felton
Well the prison photos seems to have given our guys cover in the media, at least, while the military went into Najaf.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:16:43 PM PDT
by
swheats
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Excellent Pernt!
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:19:01 PM PDT
by
olde north church
(No animals were abused in the typing of this tagline.)
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
Gee. All of a sudden, people don't want to be arrested by the Americans. How strange.Are you saying that the world has been rope-a-doped again by the master of misunderestimation? Almost makes me nostalgic for my conspiracy theory phase...
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:19:27 PM PDT
by
xlib
To: No Blue States
Lets see. We now have Falujans fighting Falujans...Shiites fighting Shiites. Does anyone else see a pattern happening here? Did somebody once say something about turning our enemies against each other?
To: Mark Felton
Note that a few days ago, the CPA installed an ex-saddam general as mayor of Fallujah for about two days...Sistani got the message real fast..
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:20:52 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
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