REPORT: IMAM MUKTADA AL SADR ARRESTED

ITAR/TASS-Russian News Wire ^ | April 13, 2004 | wire copy

[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.

[soozla]

Good news and good hunting for America's finest!!!!!!!!!

Bad news for (and now left to hunt for another avenue of criticism towards President BUSH) DEMOCRAPS!!!!!!!!

[Lazamataz]

In the meantime...you've just come face-to-face with a Democrat who placed an ad saying that Rummy should be shot. ROLL INITIATIVE!

Luckily, I have a Vorpal Sword of Secret Service Phone Numbers. :o)

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Checking various web news sources, I have yet to see anything. Top-of-the-hour radio news says he is still "hold up" in Iraq.

Maybe Bush will verify this tonight.

[Lazamataz]

You sure have a good sense of humor. I find it odd you can't get any dates. You must really be homely.

It's the odor of muffins that scares the girls away.

[BlueLancer]

"All turban and no jihad?"

All Saddam and no Hussein?

[johniegrad]

It's the odor of muffins that scares the girls away

Corn or stud?

[NathanR]

I rolled a 20. I successfully disbelieved.

So what did you roll against, "Intelligence" or "Wisdom?

[saquin]

"... was Sadr's deputy who was arrested. His bodyguards were going to fight, but saw the US soldiers and gave up."

I know the Arab press is screeching about a "Fallujah massacre" but, if you ask me, we were starting to look too soft. All these groups in Iraq were starting to see U.S. troops as easy targets and pushovers. We showed, in Fallujah, that we mean business (and I hope we're not done there).

This is what one of the Iraqi bloggers (who has been saying for months that we should surround Fallujah and pacify those areas) said yesterday:

"You are going to be amazed what a little bit of firmness can produce."
"Once everybody understand that the U.S. is not going to be shaken, and they are watching the polls anxiously, and that she will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and can be ruthless, you will start seeing results."
"As far as the Mehdi Army and Al Sadr are concerned, you will soon see how this soap bubble explodes harmlessly into thin air."

The Mesopotamian

[Diddle E. Squat]

No more Imam In The Morning?

I hope they didn't arrest Bernard, too, that guy is hilarious.

[mrsmith]

When you’re driving down to Najaf at night
And you’re feelin’ that wild turkey’s bite.
Don’t give Mullah Sadr a ride
Cause jack black is right by your side.
You might get taken to the jailhouse and find
You’ve been arrested for jihading while blind!

[LincolnLover]

Given the fact that this AFP report that was released over 2 hrs ago makes no mention of Sadr--going so far as to quote al-Araji who, by the way, does not mention Sadr's "capture"--I'd say the Sadr capture story is bunk.

A nice thought, but still bunk.

[cardinal4]

You mean the Iraqi cousins of these two?

[Grampa Dave]

"Hazem al-Araj. This give me an idea for a comic strip about two loveable, wacky, Iraqi magpies named Hazem and Hatem."

One half of your dream magpie team is all ready in America:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1116806/posts



UC Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian calls for an intifada in the United States:
little green footballs ^ | 4/10/04 | little green footballs


Posted on 04/13/2004 9:24:38 AM PDT by ElisabethInCincy


GF reader “Zombie” took movies of the unbelievable events in San Francisco this weekend: Movies of the April 10, 2004 Rally in San Francisco.

Here, UC Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian calls for an intifada in the United States:

[Lazamataz]

Blueberry.

[hershey]

Thanks for the insight. I couldn't agree more that we need to roll these people up and fast, not because we're bloodthirsty, but because Muslim culture doesn't value Marquess of Queensbury rules. They think we're idiots....they know Kerry's an idiot for sure, that's why they're praying he'll win.

[Lazamataz]

So what did you roll against, "Intelligence" or "Wisdom"?

Charisma.

[Sam's Army]

"I rolled a 20. I successfully disbelieved"

Damn, Laz----taking me back a while.

How many experience points did you rack up with that one?

[Savage Beast]

"How reliable is TASS?"

More reliable thean the American Mainstream Newsmedia.

(Who would have expected that 20 years ago?)

[NathanR]

So what are you, a Bard, a Sorcerer, or a Paladin?

[Cap Huff]

An AP item posted here does talk about some of the militia guys having a rendezvous with raisins:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1116911/posts

The situation is building up a lot of pressure. Something is likely to give before too long.