Posted on 02/22/2006 5:17:01 AM PST by SJackson
FWIW...five policemen that were "guarding" the mosque were taken into custody.
And if that doesn't work, they'll have to find something else to blow up. They have a lot to offer society, in the way of big explosions.
Yeah...Pope Urban tried it about 900 years ago I believe.
You got that right.
Those bombs were definitely powerful.
I agree.
Sistani has been a leader. He's kept his mouth shut and not inflamed emotions. He's got a lot of influence in the Shiite community and so far, it has showed.
Surrendering to Islam obviously will not work, they cannot even make peace with themselves.
Glow in the dark. Why else does Iran want 3000km range missiles from Russia? The Skuds they have now will reach Israel. But he who controls the rock at Mecca is the top of the dung heap in the Muslim world.
Time to put a double guard on the goat's butt!
I'm not sure whether it matters if Sadr was involved in this or not. If he was, he can be expected to put his militia into action against Sunnis. If he wasn't, he can be expected to his militia into action against the Sunnis.
Whether Sistani or the Iraqi Army can restrain him remains to be seen.
But then it might not.
Bad guys on both sides tried to ramp it up in April '04. Things did get very bad then, but the civil war they (and the media) wanted never materialized because cooler heads and a few bombs on Fallujah prevailed.
And if Sadr gets his you-know-what in a wad, that's even better.
I agree. Achams Razor applies here.
Very good analysis on AlSistani. He wields a great deal of power and seems to be a very rational man which is not a very common combination in this culture these days.
My first thought was along the line of A-10/GAU-8 -- but your recommendation makes better sense...
One might expect that some of the priests who tagged along on the Crusades had something like that in mind...
Of course, we're hoping this doesn't escalate, and with a couple of votes under their belts, maybe the general population has no appetite for a civil war.
We need to get the Saddam trial over with and him hanged. That will crush any continuing aspirations of the Ba'athists. And we need to catch Zarqawi and send him to Jordan where he's already under a death sentence.
And it wouldn't hurt if Sadr had an unfortunate accident.
It won't solve everything, but it would go a long way.
4 men one in a military uniform 9 was he wearing gold jewelry)
The A team
No, actually Sadar is attempting to ally with the Sunni extremists because he wants the US out NOW. The media is making him more important with their constant attention to him. As a matter of fact, I'd say the US media has done more to promote him (and as a result the Iranians) then anyone in Iraq. Sadar has almost completely taken over Basrah. When we went in Basrah was the most peaceful place in Iraq. The Brits allowed Sadar and his thugs to run wild and now the place is unrecognizable. The people live in total fear. The thing he fears more than anything is Allawi being appointed Minister of the Interior. Keep your eye out for what happens in the coming weeks when the cabinet is appointed.
Zarqawi and Sadr need to assume room temperature ASAP and Saddam needs to swing in one of the public squares where the general population can watch.
From our lips to God's ears.
Almost 1400 years.
They'll be blaming the Jews any minute now.
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