The country’s most powerful Shiite politician issued strong backing Thursday for the Iraqi government’s new Baghdad security plan, calling for it to “strike with an iron fist” and indirectly urging the militia of a radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disarm.
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Things are getting very interesting.
Who's Ron? Can he hit pretty hard, because we need him.
FYI
We need to pry those weapons from their cold dead hands.
Mookie's real problem is that all of a sudden it's gone from militarily and politically disadvantageous to engage him to highly advantageous for nearly all of the major players. An infantry battle through Sadr City is likely to be a very nasty affair, and if it's nastier to allow him to stay in place then he has only himself - and, of course, the Iranians - to blame.
Poll to freep
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No 26 79%
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I hope Ron takes the glove off his fist.
ron must be a bad ass.
Did Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim say this in Arabic to a mostly Muslim crowd, or did he say it in broken English to western politicians?
If only American Democrats wanted our efforts to succeed as much as the Shiite leader.