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SHIITE MILITIA SEIZES IRAQI CITY! (Muqtada al-Sadr's Militia Seizes Amarah!)
CNN ^
| 10/20/06
Posted on 10/20/2006 6:58:58 AM PDT by areafiftyone
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized total control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah on Friday in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by one of the country's powerful, unofficial armies, witnesses and police said.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki dispatched an emergency security delegation that included the Minister of State for Security Affairs and top officials from the Interior and Defense ministries, Yassin Majid, the prime minister's media adviser, told The Associated Press.
The Mahdi Army fighters stormed three main police stations Friday morning, planting explosives that flattened the buildings, residents said.
About 800 black-clad militiamen with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were patrolling city streets in commandeered police vehicles, eyewitnesses said. Other fighters had set up roadblocks on routes into the city and sound trucks circulated telling residents to stay indoors.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; wot
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RUH ROH!
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: wideawake
What side of the bed did you get up on? Get a grip!
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:01:49 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: wideawake
This actually gives us an opening to go after Moqtada's boys. They've siezed a city in the South. They did this with the help of the Iranians, I'll bet. Send in the Panzer troops. We can't play nice-nice with the Moqtada.
For the Central government to have any standing, the Moqtada must be cut down to pee-pee size.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:01:50 AM PDT
by
section9
(Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
To: areafiftyone
Sadr should have been dead a long time ago!
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:01:57 AM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
To: areafiftyone
Well this thread's off to a good start!
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:02:03 AM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:03:11 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
To: Steel Wolf
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:03:32 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: areafiftyone
I say... lets just bomb the heck out of them...
It is time for the US to start kicking butt again...
9
posted on
10/20/2006 7:04:19 AM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(FREEPATHON TIME--You need FR, you know you do, so please don't forget to donate!!)
To: areafiftyone
We have allowed al-Sadr to live, why?
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:04:35 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: mystery-ak
I agree. While he was holed up in that Mosque a while ago we should have killed him. But of course we can't go in Mosques!
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:04:36 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: nuconvert
Thanks. Didn't come up in the search!
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:05:15 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: section9
I hope you are correct. This is make-or-break time for the al-Maliki government and is not a laughing matter.
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:05:39 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: section9
"We've" had an "opening" for years to "go after" Sadr.
To: areafiftyone
There aren't many here so stupid they'd repost an article that was posted only an hour ago.
And then there's you.
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:07:03 AM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: mystery-ak
Too damn bad our boys don't pop Muctar's grape for him.
Then we could watch the entire "arab street" go ape sh*t like they do three times a week anyway.
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:08:16 AM PDT
by
newcthem
(Brought to you by the INFIDEL PARTY)
To: mrsmith
HEY I did a search and that's that and it didn't come up. Between you and Wideawke what is this "INSULT A FREEPER IF YOU CAN DAY?" You two need to chill! Many people post duplicates by accident get over it!
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:09:17 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: areafiftyone
Sadr should have been taken out two years ago. THIS is what happens when a war is fought PC.
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:09:22 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(In God we trust. All others we monitor.)
To: areafiftyone
You infidels don't scare me...all I have to do is breathe on you and you will beg for mercy.
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posted on
10/20/2006 7:10:07 AM PDT
by
GunnyHartman
(The DNC, misunderestimating Dubya's strategery since 2000.)
To: areafiftyone
FOX just showed a pic of Mookie and Malaki at a meeting. This does not look good. Remember the President said you are either with us or against us. Which side is Malaki on?
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