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BODIES IN CLERIC'S COURT (At least 25 Bodies found in basement in Al Sader's court!)
Sky News ^ | 8/27/04

Posted on 08/27/2004 6:23:49 AM PDT by areafiftyone

At least 25 bodies of executed civilians and police have been found in the basement of a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtadr al Sadr, according to AFP news agency.      

Some of the bodies had been mutilated or burned, according to the reports.

The discovery comes after al Sadr officially handed over control of Najaf's Imam Ali shrine.

A representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani confirmed the handover as militia loyal to al Sadr handed in their weapons after a peace deal to end the crisis in Najaf.     

Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites have been marching to the shrine to show their support for Ayatollah al Sistani.

The ayatollah had returned to the southern holy city to negotiate the peace deal after medical treatment in London.

Al Sadr agreed to Ayatollah al Sistani's call for his supporters to lay down their arms.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: insaneclownposse; iraq; murder; muslims; mutilation; religionofpeace; religionofpiece; religionofpieces; torture
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To: areafiftyone

This is all Bush's fault.


61 posted on 08/27/2004 11:33:39 AM PDT by Stag (Kerry, Lenin, Chirac - which one doesn't belong? Kerry. The others love their country.)
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To: NCC-1701

The buildings with .50 cal sized holes in the walls.


62 posted on 08/27/2004 11:34:36 AM PDT by Stag (Kerry, Lenin, Chirac - which one doesn't belong? Kerry. The others love their country.)
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To: RedEyeJack; Mo1; Chewbacco; NCC-1701; Stag; areafiftyone
It all started here:

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63 posted on 08/27/2004 12:09:28 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: areafiftyone

64 posted on 08/27/2004 12:17:46 PM PDT by Stultis
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To: kaehurowing
Isn't this the guy John Kerry called the "legitimate voice" of Iraq?

That would be an exaggeration, if sadly only a slight one. The U.S. (Coalition Provisional Authority, before the transfer of sovereignty) closed down Al Sadr's newspaper on the grounds that it repeatedly violated the single proviso place on journalistic freedom in Iraq: agitating for violence against the Coalition and/or Iraqi leaders.

In an NPR interview, Kerry claimed this was wrong because Sadr was "a legitimate voice".

65 posted on 08/27/2004 12:31:23 PM PDT by Stultis
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To: areafiftyone

We need to be single-minded in our determination to kill that foul SOB. Special Ops should be hunting him down like a dog and NEVER let up until he's dead. I don't care if the UN someday invites him onto the floor of the General Assembly (they've done crazier things), if he appears, he should be shot dead right there in front of the whole world.


66 posted on 08/27/2004 1:04:27 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Stag; All

Am I alone in feeling "deeply saddened" by this turn of events?


67 posted on 08/27/2004 1:09:13 PM PDT by olde north church
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To: olde north church

I take it very series


68 posted on 08/27/2004 1:17:42 PM PDT by Stag (Kerry, Lenin, Chirac - which one doesn't belong? Kerry. The others love their country.)
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To: areafiftyone

And schoolteachers and CNN will be showing us pictures every day for the next month?


69 posted on 08/27/2004 1:19:52 PM PDT by js1138 (Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
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To: areafiftyone

Sadr not taking a dirt nap now is a HUGH mistake. I really hope no more of our guys die because of this.

He needs to be tracked down and killed like the rabid dog that he is!


70 posted on 08/27/2004 1:53:43 PM PDT by upchuck (Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?)
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To: areafiftyone

Who the hell is calling the shots here, and tying the Marines hands?

I'm sick and tired of this $hit.

Al Sadr needs to be executed and hung upside down, like they did to Mussolini.


71 posted on 08/27/2004 2:24:47 PM PDT by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Grampa Dave
Peter O'Toole said it best over 40 years ago...

Tafas, Lawrence's escort, is shot down in cold-blood by the black-robed Bedouin for drinking at the well owned by a rival tribe. Through this ugly, ferocious act of ancient Bedouin tribal warfare, a fearless Lawrence is introduced to Sheik Sherif Ali Ibn el Kharish (Omar Sharif):

Sherif: ...You are angry, English. He was nothing. The well is everything. The Hasimi may not drink at our wells. He knew that. Sa'lam.

Lawrence: Sherif Ali, so long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.


A little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel. That pretty much says it all.
72 posted on 08/27/2004 2:26:56 PM PDT by truthchaser
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To: olde north church

let it play out. the shrine has not been destroyed, the US didn't have to storm it and have that splahed all over the world by the leftist media. I am more interested in any moves that sistani makes now, rather then sadr.


73 posted on 08/27/2004 2:27:46 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: truthchaser

Lawrence: Sherif Ali, so long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.

A great summary then and for now.


74 posted on 08/27/2004 2:28:10 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (https://www.swiftvets.com/swift/ccdonation.php?op=donate&site=SwiftVets)
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To: Palladin

but it needs to be done islamic style by the families and religious leaders of Iraq, to make the point.

and I think it will.
my guess? Car Bomb, or similar.

sadr is toast.
he is free and will not be charged "legally", but will be tried and found guilty by the blood feud addicts of islam.

The relatives of the 25 dead, no doubt loyal to sistani and the provisional government livning in proximity to city of Najaf... will not be bound by the "freedom decree" by the governmnent regarding the fat ass murderor of innocent islamics in their own family.

Sadr.
Dead man walking.
I give him less than three weeks.


75 posted on 08/27/2004 2:37:57 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2 (the madridification of our election is now officially underway.)
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To: Chewbacco

Are we certain they are all Muslims?


76 posted on 08/27/2004 3:37:26 PM PDT by Sunshine55 (If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again. -- John Kerry)
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To: xzins

Do you check the basement regularly, just in case one, twenty five or so appear on their own?


77 posted on 08/27/2004 4:07:36 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: hole_n_one

When I sell my House I think I'm going to call
Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, this guy is good!


78 posted on 08/27/2004 4:11:17 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life..........)
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To: GoLightly

To be honest, I'm afraid of our basement at the church. It has recently flooded and was an old, moldy place long before I arrived. That's why we're building a new building.

When we tear it down, no telling how many bodies might come floating to the top.

There might even be a few skeletons rattling a few closets in that old building.


79 posted on 08/27/2004 4:18:58 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Supporting Bush/Cheney 2004!)
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To: xzins
For some reason, I always call basements in old buildings "cellars". The ick & spiders can then automatically implied. Don't ask me why though. lol
80 posted on 08/27/2004 4:32:42 PM PDT by GoLightly
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