[NationSoConceived]

Apparently, neither "put up" or "shut up" are acceptable options for the rebel cleric in residence at Najaf's most holy shrine. Numerous trigger-happy Mahdi militiamen were said to be "very dissapointed" by the clerics prevarication.

"To the last drop of my blood" looks more and more like a bid for office on the part of al-Sadr. Talk about grandstanding. Sound like anyone we know? ;)

By the way, Al Jazeera makes me sick.

[GeronL]

what a headline.

Bundy gives up murder, becomes politician...?

[South40]

Moktada al-Sadr Gives up Terrorism, Goes into Politics

That's interesting; so did John Kerry.

[South40]

"To the last drop of my blood" looks more and more like a bid for office on the part of al-Sadr. Talk about grandstanding. Sound like anyone we know?

It reminds me of this guy:

"...never submit to fight beneath the banner [the American flag] with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Senator Robert KKK Byrd (D) West Virginia

[yonif]

Doesn't this sound familiar? Yasser Arafat Gives up Terrorism, Goes into Politics

[Atomic Vomit]

New York Times gives up journalism, goes in to politics

AV

[techcor]

Moktada al-Sadr Gives up Terrorism, Goes into Politics

So he's becoming more evil all the time,eh?