How Iraqi judge cornered Sadr

The Australian ^ | 4/17/04 | Peter Wilson

[AdmSmith]

I hope that Juhy is well protected.

[stylin_geek]

Off with his head!!! (No wonder he is trying to negotiate)

[blackdog]

Well I now know there is actually one journalist in the world.......As to what the rest of them who claim to be so merely by the text on their business cards and expense reports are doing, I'm not so sure?????

What has happenned to reporting of this quality? Excellent post!

[The kings dead]

Moqtada al-Sadr [...] fail[ed] to ignite a general uprising among the nation's Shi'ite Muslim majority.

You wouldn't know it from reading the 'mainstream' press.

[Valin]

2,500 pissed-off Marines will do that.
He's not really well thought out, at least according to the Iraqi blogs.

[Valin]

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
:: This young man is a case of true schezophrenia. Read this and this.
After he called his supporters to "terrorize the enemy" and after saying that he'll sacrifice himself to "free Iraq from the occupation" he changes his attitude and declares conditions for a compromise , and now he's dropping these conditions when he saw that he will end either in jail or in a box but he still can't find the courage to admit that he made the wrong move, and I don't think there's a chance for him to get out with what he did.
We have a saying here that describes well such nutcases, it says "when someone sh**s in his pants, every move he makes will make his mess worse".
And by the way, he's only 23, not 30.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Interesting, A jduge starts and leads the investigation.

[First_Salute]

Explains why "Mr." Sadr has been offered sanctuary by the Bush Administration.

[observer5]

"But Sadr has also been charged with ordering several other murders, setting up illegal courts and prisons, inciting his followers to violence, and other breaches of the Iraqi penal code."

Isn't that the standard for Islam?

[Valin]

"Mr." Sadr has been offered sanctuary by the Bush Administration.

Source please.

[Valin]

Short answer, no.
And you know better..or should.

[The kings dead]

"when someone sh**s in his pants, every move he makes will make his mess worse"

LOL! Ain't it the truth.

[blackdog]

A snapshot of my fears here.

No matter the people in Iraq elected to a democratic body, each will be subject to assasination by religious clerics who are disturbed by their reduced income and power.

A force needs to gather these morons up right now and sit them down and explain that religion is nice, but it has nothing to do with governance of a thriving and prosperous nation in which all of it's peoples enjoy liberty.

The black market gun running, bribery, murder, torture, and third world fourteenth centuy mayhem these animals promote is to come to a screeching halt or they will go room temperature.

[manic4organic]

Lies, torture, theft, murder...anything in the name of Allah.

[Valin]

A detailed summary of the case against Sadr, which has been obtained by The Weekend Australian, shows that the prosecuting judge, Raid Juhy, has laid a much wider range of charges against the radical cleric than was previously known.
Prosecutors had announced that Sadr was charged with the murder last year of rival cleric Abdul Majeed al-Khoei, the alleged theft of religious funds from several mosques, and the murder by his guards of an Iraqi family.


Maybe you could explain why Raid Juhy is bring charges against Sadr. And why Sistani and the vast majority of Iraqis have turned their backs on him?

[ketchikan]

What did Kerry say recently about Sadr being a "legitimate" voice for Iraq?

[ketchikan]

What did Kerry say recently about Sadr being a "legitimate" voice for Iraq?

[Valin]

Is it just me or is Freerpublic running real slow today?
I've almost double posted myself today.

[The kings dead]

A force needs to gather these morons up right now and sit them down and explain that religion is nice, but it has nothing to do with governance of a thriving and prosperous nation in which all of it's peoples enjoy liberty.

Islam doesn't recognize any idea of separation of church and state; it has no equivalent of "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and render unto God the things that are God's."