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Iraq Shiite radical leader threatens to end truce
AFP via Google ^ | April 8, 2008 | Unknown

Posted on 04/08/2008 6:00:45 AM PDT by DGHoodini

(Too short to excerpt)

NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday threatened to end the ceasefire of his feared Mahdi Army militia which he announced last August.

"The Jaish al-Mahdi (Mahdi Army) is hand in hand with the Iraqi people to achieve security, stability and liberation. If it is of interest to lift the ceasefire to achieve the aims and goals, it will be announced in a separate statement," Sadr said in a communique released by his office.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ceasefire; sadr; truce

1 posted on 04/08/2008 6:00:45 AM PDT by DGHoodini
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To: DGHoodini
of his feared Mahdi Army militia

Not so 'feared' now.

2 posted on 04/08/2008 6:03:31 AM PDT by AU72
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To: DGHoodini

Huh? does fatboy even have a clue whats going on? Or maybe it’s this so called “journalist” that is clueless.


3 posted on 04/08/2008 6:04:49 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: AU72

These proclimations are getting pretty schizo, and rapid fire out of his “offices”....Not a good sign...>Bo)


4 posted on 04/08/2008 6:06:44 AM PDT by DGHoodini (Tin eared zeroes and Hollypukes comin...)
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To: DGHoodini

Is “Moqtada” the Arabic word for manic-depressive? Just yesterday he was looking for religious cover for disarming and demobilizing his militia.


5 posted on 04/08/2008 6:11:34 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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To: AU72

He sounds desperate.


6 posted on 04/08/2008 6:13:44 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: DGHoodini
The MSM is attempting their own version of the surge. Mookies Militia got their butts kicked and now he's throwing all these threats out there to try and save face and the MSM is accommodating him.
7 posted on 04/08/2008 6:18:16 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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It’s time to let our Marines do that voodoo that they do so well.


8 posted on 04/08/2008 6:26:37 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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