Diwaniya: ISF Gives Mahdi Army Bloody Nose

threatswatch ^ | August 31, 2006

[bnelson44]

Iraqi Defense Minister Insists on State Authority, Abrogating Ceasefire; Sadr Backs Down From Fight On Monday, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) engaged in their first gunbattle with the Mahdi Army of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr without assistance on the ground from American troops. It took place in Diwaniya, which is located in Al-Qadisiya Province in...

[camas]

very GOOD

[Anti-Bubba182]

Now if someone will just cap al-Sadr!

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

I wonder if having 13 of their Muslim comrades in arms beheaded by the Mahdi "Army" will cause the ISF to curl up into little balls of fur in abject fear, or if it'll have the opposite effect.

I doubt any ISF soldiers will be surrendering to anyone soon, let alone the Mahdi terrorists. They'll fight to the death. My guess is that the ISF will clean house, all the way up to the border of Iran.

SFS

[Carry_Okie]

I wonder how Al Sadr is getting his arms shipments, or is he relying upon Saddam's residue?

[toddlintown]

Bloody nose? Big deal. Blow his head off. His nose will follow.

[McGavin999]

VERY interesting. I think little Mookie is on his last legs.

[Billthedrill]

Yep. That beheading was stupidity of a fantastic order. It's one thing to do it in secret, masked, and distribute it later on videotape. It's quite another to do it in your backyard.

The tribal heads are already baying for Sadr's blood. Mookie-boy pooched this one. IMHO.

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

I wonder how Al Sadr is getting his arms shipments, or is he relying upon Saddam's residue?

The most effective "IED's", are no longer so "improvised". They're using military grade munitions, with military grade timers, and military designed components. They're coming from Iran.

So is about 85% of the Maddi terrorist Army's support.

The moment we drop-kick Iran, the Maddi so called army will transform themselves into the Maddi Boy Scouts and Rotary clubs.

SFS

[Carry_Okie]

The most effective "IED's", are no longer so "improvised". They're using military grade munitions, with military grade timers, and military designed components. They're coming from Iran.

I knew that; I was asking about the logistics of moving the material. How are they getting the equipment over the border and to Al Sadr?

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

How do they move the material?

Same way they've been smuggling for thousands of years; bakshish and camels, plus a few of the more modern conveyances.

Check out this link of a mapquest map of Iraq. Then click it a couple of times to zoom focus on the border between Iraq and Iran. I don't have the scale for it (i.e. how long it is), but it's huge. And a lot of that territory is not all that hospitable.

Smuggling arms from Iran to Iraq is a piece of cake for the experienced smuggler, and trust me, the Iranians ARE experienced smugglers.

SFS