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REPORT: IMAM MUKTADA AL SADR ARRESTED
ITAR/TASS-Russian News Wire ^
| April 13, 2004
| wire copy
Posted on 04/13/2004 11:49:42 AM PDT by threat matrix
United States troops arrested radical Shiite Islam leader Imam Mukatada al-Sadr on Tuesday.
The report came from Hazem al-Araj, his closest associate who is the head of the Baghdad bureau 'Mahdi Army' group.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alsadr; badnewsfordems; democratssaddened; goodnews; goodnewsforamerica; greatnews; iraq
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To: threat matrix
I thought Sadr was useful on the loose. He was rallying all the little terrorist creeps out into the open so they could be identified and wiped out before the new gov't takes over in Iraq.
To: sarasota; hchutch; BlueLancer
But I thought he was willing to die for the cause? No suicide belt? No shootout? All talk and no action?All turban and no jihad?
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:55:17 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Darkdrake Lives!)
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To: threat matrix
If this is true, I'm sure quite a few people are deeply, deeply saddened.
Personally, I'm just puzzled. I could have sworn Sadr was going to fight to the death. He must have forgot.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:55:31 AM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Yo Mullah so fat, the back of his neck looks like a pack of hot dogs!)
To: eyespysomething
How reliable is TASS?They've been John F'n Kerrys' media of choice scince the late 1960s.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:55:52 AM PDT
by
fella
To: threat matrix
I sure hope his head doesn't accidentally fall off in custody.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:56:28 AM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(A tuning, a Vote in the topic package to the starting US presidency election fight)
To: threat matrix
Kerry and Ted Kennedy on suicide watch; meltdown at DNC headquarters.
To: Steel Wolf; hchutch
Personally, I'm just puzzled. I could have sworn Sadr was going to fight to the death. He must have forgot.Naw, he's just another chicken-shi'ite. All turban, no jihad.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:56:55 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Darkdrake Lives!)
To: sarasota
He was ready to fight to his last follower...
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:56:58 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Allah hates jihadists and delights in sending them to hell)
To: threat matrix; Mo1; Peach; Howlin; StriperSniper
I hope this is true.
To: eyespysomething
Good news if true. How reliable is TASS? Closer to the DEBKAfile and the New York Times than the Wall Street Journal.
Then again, I had a professor tell me that "even a blind pig gets an acorn every once in a while". Here's hoping 1. we have him and 2. the President will lead his news conference with the details tonight.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:57:13 AM PDT
by
TonyInOhio
(Benedictus que venit in nomine Domini)
To: threat matrix
This sounds very dubious. There's nothing on any of the news channels.
One of Sadr's deputies was detained, questioned and released today. Maybe they're confusing things?
I can't imagine Sadr being arrested without a big firefight with his supporters.
I doubt this report is true.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:57:13 AM PDT
by
saquin
To: threat matrix
this is very likely a rehash of the israel/sky news report, since debunked, of about 12 hours ago. hope not, but it appears that it simply took 'em that long to translate/retranslate bad information.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:57:34 AM PDT
by
dep
(Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Qvietem)
To: threat matrix
Is this the same story where it was a lieutenant of Sadr's rather than Sadr himself?
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:57:40 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: headsonpikes
If so, then Sadr now sadder than Daschle. Maybe we can arrest Daschle and even it out.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:57:43 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: fella
lol
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target)
To: sarasota
But I thought he was willing to die for the cause? He can still die "while attempting to escape". ;-)
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:58:24 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: Semper Paratus
No, they've already said the press conference is cover for Ashcroft's testimony (whatever that means).
Frankly, since Reno went out guns blazing against the Clintons (for the Florida McBride debacle), he should cancel it toot-sweet.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:58:26 AM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(A tuning, a Vote in the topic package to the starting US presidency election fight)
To: threat matrix; Travis McGee; archy; Squantos
The report came from Hazem al-Araj, his closest associate who is the head of the Baghdad bureau 'Mahdi Army' group. Didn't we just release this guy this morning ? Hmmm...sounds like Hazem may have dropped dime on Sadr...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116696/posts
Lieutenant de Moqtada Sadr released by the American soldiers Hazem Al-Araaji, person in charge for the office of the radical head Shiite Moqtada Sadr in Baghdad, was released Tuesday by the American forces after several hours of detention, noted a journalist of the AFP.
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posted on
04/13/2004 11:59:02 AM PDT
by
in the Arena
("rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” ~ Orwell)
To: Lazamataz
I checked the link. The report is 8 hours old. Seems odd no other reports since then.
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