Caption Moqtada with boyfriend

AFP ^

[SolidWood]

Moqtada al-Sadr with deputy, who was arrested by US Forces.

[rhombus]

They look alike, they talk alike...what a crazy pair. But they're cousins, identical cousins all the way.

That's one for us boomers out there.

[rabidralph]

He looks like a cross between Matt Damon and Brad Pitt.

[Ben Mugged]

Research indicates an arrest warrant still exists for Moqtada however.

[Bon mots]

Moqtada and his butt boy.

[Ouderkirk]

I was raped as a boy and so was he.

Now we are coming for your son.

[sure_fine]

[SolidWood]

Lol!

[Congressman Billybob]

There WAS a murder warrant out for Sadr, issued by the Iraqi government, for his personal involvement in the assassination of the former Shi'ite leader, who bled to death on Sadr's locked doorstep.

The Iraqi government canceled that arrest warrant about two years ago, without giving any reasons (other than the obvious politics) for that action.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "The Are-You-Kidding Award for Cong. Conyers"

[SolidWood]

Then there are two warrants. The US Forces AFAIK still maintain theirs. As one US Commander (don't know who exactly) said they would arrest him anytime they want. So far our PC politics granted him life and freedom.

[r9etb]

The boy toy looks sorta like Brad Pitt.... I suppose even Mookie seems sane, compared to Angelina.

[Ben Mugged]

Thank you for the update. There are some very interesting things going on however.

U.S.-led forces are likely to launch a limited New Year offensive against Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia, blamed for sectarian death squad killings, senior Iraqi officials say.

The Pentagon, in a report last month, described Mehdi Army militias as the biggest threat to Iraq's security and diplomats say Washington is impatient to confront them.

Several officials in the Shi'ite political parties that dominate Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's unity government also say they are losing patience with Sadr's supporters and predict more raids like last week's joint U.S.-Iraqi operation in which a senior Sadr aide was killed.

"There will be limited and targeted operations against members of the Mehdi Army," a senior Shi'ite official told Reuters. "The ground is full of surprises but we think around Jan. 5 there will be some operations. I can say no more."

British forces in the southern oil province of Basra have also been conducting major raids against groups they describe as "rogue Mehdi Army", some entrenched in Iraqi police units.

Last week, British troops blew up the headquarters of Basra's Major Crimes Unit and said they freed tortured prisoners.

"The Americans want a war with the Mehdi Army," said a Western diplomat in Baghdad, who was not American or British.

"They want to get rid of the militia and it seems they will succeed in getting one."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02891373.htm

[Stallone]

The Sadr affair is sadder still that Saddam is dead and Sadr is not.

Sad.

[eyespysomething]

[xarmydog]

Which one is which!?

[Redleg Duke]

He would look so much better with a .50" hole in his forehead!

[xarmydog]

Whiter shade of pale!

[SolidWood]

Lol! This one is hard to beat.

[xarmydog]

Bull!!That is someones new mail order bride!

[xarmydog]

I am starting to get confused here.Are they Siamese twins or a scientific experiment gone awry?

[mass55th]

"Looks like Muckie's still working on his Rosie O'Doughnuts imitation..."

I thought that was Rosie...with a beard.