Their reign will be brief. And hopefully publically punished.
Gauranteed this guy is a friend of Mookie Sadr. He won't be there long.
Ah... If I were an evil genius, I would've encourged these guys to do this, so I could publicly go after them, punish them, and establish the authority of my government.
Then again, I'm not an evil genius, and I'm not representative of a duly elected and recognized government or agency... ;-)
Something tells me when the Marines show up in a few minutes that the dust storm will pale in comparison to the death wish these renegades just invited upon themselves.
When I left in 1995, every day, it is years for me," Mr. Tamimi said. "But now when I leave I don't think I will be sorry. I leave because I cannot live in such conditions."
Guess he doesn't want to be on the new Tourism Board either.
More on Dr. Tamimi from a good Christopher Hitchens article yesterday......
"The New York Times ran a fascinating report (subscription only), under the byline of James Glanz, on July 8. It was a profile of Dr. Alaa Tamimi, the mayor of Baghdad, whose position it would be a gross understatement to describe as "embattled." Dr. Tamimi is a civil engineer and convinced secularist who gave up a prosperous exile in Canada to come home and help rebuild his country. He is one among millions who could emerge if it were not for the endless, pitiless torture to which the city is subjected by violent religious fascists. He is quoted as being full of ideas, of a somewhat Giuliani-like character, about zoning enforcement, garbage recycling, and zero tolerance for broken windows. If this doesn't seem quixotic enough in today's gruesome circumstances, he also has to confront religious parties on the city council and an inept central government that won't give him a serious budget.
Question: Why have several large American cities not already announced that they are going to become sister cities with Baghdad and help raise money and awareness to aid Dr. Tamimi? When I put this question to a number of serious anti-war friends, their answer was to the effect that it's the job of the administration to allocate the money, so that there's little room or need for civic action."
http://slate.msn.com/id/2124157/
Ohoh.. this is bad.
Damn extremist.
Now. I wonder why I think this is all pure bullshit.
>"We really want to establish the state of law for every citizen, and we did not threaten anyone," Mr. Makkia said.<
Sure you don't. Yep, that's the way civilized people change their government officials all over the world.
Shiite Warlords, meet Delta Team and Seal Team Six. Or they are busy, a few Marines will get the job done, maybe in a bit more messy fashion, but done.
this might become interesting.
Saddam fell in 2003. Since that time corruption and lack of security have continued to plague both the coalition and the Iraqis.
That is how you win this war and establish an Iraq that works.
Yep, the Busheviks are fully in control of the situation. Uh-huh.