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Sadr calls for freeze in fighting; US, Iraqi forces kill 14 Mahdi fighters in Baghdad
Long War Journal ^ | April 25, 2008 7:58 AM | Bill Roggio

Posted on 04/25/2008 7:57:30 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Less than one week after threatening to conduct an uprising against the Iraqi government and US forces, Muqtada al Sadr, the leader of the Mahdi Army, has called for his fighters to maintain the self-imposed cease-fire. The US and Iraqi military continue to strike at Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Baghdad. Ten “criminals” were killed in strikes in Sadr City, making 82 Mahdi fighters killed in the six days since Sadr threatened renewed violence.

In a statement read during the Friday prayers at the Al Hikma mosque in Sadr City, Sadr called for his militia to halt the fighting. “You have been patiently committed to the freeze decision and magnificently obeyed your leader,” Sadr statement read, according to Voices of Iraq. “I hope you retain your patience and faith.”

Sadr also said he did not threaten the Iraqi government with “open war” last weekend, but was directing his threat against Coalition forces. “The open war we threaten is meant against the occupiers,” Sadr said. “There is no war between us and our Iraqi brothers regardless of their sect or ethnicity.”

But Sadr then seemingly contradicted himself when he demanded the government “rein in the militias infiltrated” into the security forces. “I give the Iraqi government the last warning that we would wage an open war until liberation if it failed to rein in the militias infiltrated into it,” Sadr said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bump; iraq; sadr; sadrcity
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1 posted on 04/25/2008 7:57:31 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The losing side usually asks for a halt in fighting so they can regroup/resupply.


2 posted on 04/25/2008 7:58:47 AM PDT by stockpirate (Be a MAVERICK in the GOP , go against the wishes of our nominee John McCain!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Another day, another calling for ceasefire from the muslim meatball.


3 posted on 04/25/2008 7:58:58 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Getting his butt handed to him quite regularly. The only way out is for him to keep calling truces. is he still in Iran hiding out?


4 posted on 04/25/2008 7:59:06 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

Maliki hasn’t accepted a cease fire...


5 posted on 04/25/2008 7:59:22 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

LOL!!! I just read your one post where Sadr’s men are getting their butts whipped and now this post of Sadr calling Uncle!


6 posted on 04/25/2008 7:59:41 AM PDT by avacado
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

It was just yesterday I read he called for a full scale fight. Time to execute this turd.


7 posted on 04/25/2008 8:01:41 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: stockpirate

So true...got to be tough being a radical islamofacist dumba$$ coward.


8 posted on 04/25/2008 8:02:28 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: SueRae; stockpirate; Slapshot68
I think he must still be in Iran...but it's not clear...since statements are being read in Najaf as though he is there.

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From the LWJ Side bar:

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US troops killed seven Special Groups operatives and detained five during operations in Rashidiyah and Baghdad. Iraqi troops killed nine Special Groups operatives in Hussaniyah. Iraqi security forces captured a Mahdi Army leader and two others and seized an IED factory in Karbala. Coalition forces killed 10 al Qaeda operatives and detained 22 during raids in Baghdad, Samarra, Thar Thar, and the North. Iraqi border guards captured three al Qaeda operatives in Hamdamiyah.

9 posted on 04/25/2008 8:03:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“Sadr call for freeze in fighting”

No Hudna for you!!!


10 posted on 04/25/2008 8:04:27 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“I know I threatened violence just last week, but please stop killing my militia, or I will threaten you with more violence”

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Sucks to be you, Sadr and Wiser.


11 posted on 04/25/2008 8:05:07 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; CougarGA7

"Stop kicking my a$$ or I KEEL YOU!"

12 posted on 04/25/2008 8:06:35 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Play that Funky Music Typical White Boy!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I wish they would knock off Sadr. Surely, they have an idea where he is hiding.


13 posted on 04/25/2008 8:06:56 AM PDT by BlueAngel
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why this can’t be.........the DBM continues to report Sadr’s thugs WINNING the battle not to mention politically destroying Maliki.


14 posted on 04/25/2008 8:07:43 AM PDT by PISANO
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To: All
Iran seems to still be shipping weapons....FR thread:

U.S. Says New Find Shows Iran Still Sends Arms to Iraq

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The U.S. military says it has found caches of newly made Iranian weapons in Iraq, leading senior officials to conclude Tehran is continuing to funnel armaments into Iraq despite its pledges to the contrary.

Officials in Washington and Baghdad said the purported Iranian mortars, rockets and explosives had date stamps indicating they were manufactured in the past two months. The U.S. plans to publicize the weapons caches in coming days. A pair of senior commanders said a presentation was tentatively planned for Monday.

15 posted on 04/25/2008 8:09:50 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: stockpirate

According to the front page of the Wilmington Star today, Sadr has pretty much defeated the US Military and is toppling the Iraqi governmemt.


16 posted on 04/25/2008 8:10:11 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

No halt, no cease fire... if they lay down their arms, put them in cells where they will never again see the light of day.. if they don’t kill them where they stand... end this little $#17heads reign of terror.

Obliterate his “army”, leave the bodies where they fall, so that any other idiots who think following this lunatic will result in any sort of end other than death, see exactly how wrong they are.


17 posted on 04/25/2008 8:11:27 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Time out! You guys are killin’ me!


18 posted on 04/25/2008 8:13:23 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I wonder what the morale effect on Sadr’s minions would be if Malaki offered to accept their unconditional surrender.


19 posted on 04/25/2008 8:13:38 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I believe he’s in Iran too, but of course he’ll pretend he was on the front-line all along. It’s hard to be a hero like daddy was when you are - in fact - cowering in a spider-hole in Tehran.

Or maybe he’ll return to Iraq once he’s been to a good dentist. I mean, ewwh.


20 posted on 04/25/2008 8:14:11 AM PDT by agere_contra
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