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Posted on 08/21/2007 2:21:50 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush
Muqtada al Sadr admits direct involvement with Lebanese Hezbollah and, by default, Iran
While recent press reporting has been skeptical of the Mahdi Army's involvement with Hezbollah and Iran, Muqtada al Sadr and members his Mahdi Army militia are openly admitting to their links with Hezbollah. In recent interviews with Britain's The Independent, Sadr clearly and proudly admitted to working hand in hand with Lebanese Hezbollah, which is an arm of Iran's Qods Force. "We have formal links with Hezbollah, we do exchange ideas and discuss the situation facing Shiites in both countries," Sadr told The Independent. "It is natural that we would want to improve ourselves by learning from each other. We copy Hezbollah in the way they fight and their tactics, we teach each other and we are getting better through this."
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Sadr is alone is his fight. He’d *love* to have Iran and Hezbollah/Lebanon drug in onto his side by the U.S.
...which is just saying “Sadr has motive to admit to ties to Iran/Hezbollah.”
More intriguing would be if Iran/Hezbollah admitted ties to Sadr. That would be a game-changer.
Probably his Hezbollah and Qods handlers saying “You idiot, what were you thinking? Take it back!”
See, that just goes to show that Iran/Hezbollah have their limits as to how far they will push GWB.
They’ll mouth off, but when push comes to shove they don’t want to be Saddam-ized.
...the goal being to have the U.S. declare war on Iran, thus giving Sadr an instant ally.
Because at the moment, no nation is on his side officially.
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