Terrorists for Kerry Comittee formed in Iraq

The Wall Street Journal-Opinion Journal ^ | 4/5/04 | James Taranto

[MNJohnnie]

BY JAMES TARANTO The Shiite Hits the Fan Tough battles are under way in Iraq--against Sunni savages in Fallujah and radical Shiites in Baghdad. "Including casualties Monday and Tuesday, at least 18 American Marines and soldiers and 99 Iraqis have been killed since Sunday," the Associated Press reports. "In the same period, a Salvadoran soldier and one from Ukraine also were killed." (El Salvador and Ukraine are part of what John Kerry calls the "fraudulent coalition.")

Fugitive Shiite rabble-rouser Muqtada al-Sadr had been holed up in a Muslim shrine in Kufa, but the AP reports he's now moved to Najaf. Sadr at least has more class than Palestinian terrorists, who hole up in the shrines of other religions and in hospitals. CNN reports Sadrites "controlled government, religious and security buildings in the holy city of Najaf early Tuesday evening, according to a coalition source in southern Iraq":

The source said al-Sadr's followers controlled the governor's office, police stations and the Imam Ali mosque, one of Shia Muslim's holiest shrines.

Iraqi police were negotiating to regain their stations, the source said.

The source also said al-Sadr was busing followers into Najaf from Sadr City in Baghdad and that many members of his outlawed militia, Mehdi's Army, were from surrounding provinces.

There are advantages to having them all in one place.

So what does this all mean? "Take a deep breath," counsels Amir Taheri: "This is not the start of the much-predicted Iraqi civil war." He offers some background on Sadr:

Sadr hails from one of the seven clans who have led Iraq's Shiite community for two centuries. He was propelled to the top of the clan's pyramid when most of its senior members, including his father and uncle, were murdered by Saddam Hussein or driven into exile.

But Muqtada is too young to claim the coveted theological title of "Marjaa al-Taqlid" (Source of Emulation) for himself. Nor can he circumvent the two dozen or so senior ayatollahs who dominate the Shiite seminaries throughout Iraq. He is, therefore, trying to make up for his lack of theological gravitas by flexing his political muscles.

"Sadr lacks the strength to disrupt plans for the handover of power to an interim government," Taheri argues, "but he may produce headlines that neither President Bush nor Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to see":

As one Hassan Nasrallah, a Sadr relative and leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah, succinctly put it: "We may be unable to drive the Americans out of Iraq. But we can drive George W. Bush out of the White House."

Hey, another foreign leader for Kerry!

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[MNJohnnie]

Changes the title cause it was kind of off color. Like my title better anyway

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[cardinal4]

Hey, another foreign leader for Kerry!

Another ringing endorsement..

[Enduring Freedom]

The Left aids and comforts the enemies of freedom in Iraq.

Long live the Left, Power to the Terrorists!

[philman_36]

"We may be unable to drive the Americans out of Iraq. But we can drive George W. Bush out of the White House."
Did x42 loan them his El Camino? LOL

If they can drive GWB out of the WH then wouldn't that mean that they could then actually drive the Americans out of Iraq by having Kerry in office?
Do they actually want a war but only with a different CIC? Total Schizos!

[malia]

mpo is I don't like when that is done!

[An.American.Expatriate]

Changing the original title though makes it impossible to find when searching and causes double threads.

Good find though . . .

[MNJohnnie]

Sorry! The orignal title was "The Shiite hits the fan".

If you put Opinion Journal in your search engine, it will take you to the website. Click on the BEST OF THE WEB tab. There were a number of good articles in there yesterday

[DustyMoment]

If the Bush campaign doesn't make the quote about drivng Bush from the WH front page news, they are missing a golden opportunity to kill Kerry's candidacy.

Libs may hate Bush but, IMO, a lot of them will hate the idea of outsiders trying to influence the election even more.

[driftless]

I imagine it totally escapes libs that all the worlds terrorists and thugs want Kerry to win.

[Mudboy Slim]

"...all the worlds terrorists and thugs want Kerry to win."

As well as all the world's totalitarian tyrants...MUD

[Ann Archy]

As O'Reilly says.."figure out who would the TERRORISTS vote for and then vote for the OTHER guy"!

Bomb that Mosque.

[tort_feasor]

Sadr at least has more class than Palestinian terrorists, who hole up in the shrines of other religions and in hospitals.

ROFLMAO

[upchuck]

Yer link doesn't work.

[dalebert]

This shiite sounds like he is in daily contact with Kerry Kennedy.

[upchuck]

Pardon me. My fault. Yer link DOES work.