Main aide of Muqtada al-Sadr arrested

AP via Yahoo! ^ | January 19, 2007 | KIM GAMEL

[Brilliant]

"Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has pledged to crack down on Shiite militias..."



Bush is making it easy for him to unload al Sadr and his baggage. Will he do it, though?

[SolidWood]

saying he (Moqtada as-Sadr) fears for his life and stays constantly on the move.

Be afraid Muqtdi... If we have our way, you'll end up like Zarqawi and Saddam. No refuge for you. Maybe Tehran is willing to adopt you?

[TNCMAXQ]

"Reid, Pelosi, Sheehan condemn the brutality of the arrest."

OK I made that up but it could be real....

[theDentist]

Main aide of Muqtada al-Sadr arrested

I'd be happier if it read "Main aide of Muqtada al-Sadr shot 637 times by Police", but it's a start.

[LurkedLongEnough]

In the interview with La Repubblica, al-Sadr said his militias would not fight back during the Muslim holy month of Muharram, saying it was against the faith to kill at that time.

The implications of this statement are very clear: it is not "against the faith" to kill at other times...

I'm surprised the editor let this little slip of tongue pass by unredacted...

[McGavin999]

Abdul-Razzaq al-Nidawi, an al-Sadr aide in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, demanded that al-Darraji and other detainees from the cleric's movement, be released and called for demonstrations after the weekly Friday prayer services.

"America is playing with fire and our patience is beginning to fade," he said. "This savage barbarian act will not pass peacefully."

This guy needs to be next.

[org.whodat]

Well since we have been running a boarder style catch and release program, what can one hope for???

[JimRed]

La Repubblica also quoted him (Al-Sadr) as saying he fears for his life and stays constantly on the move.

I guess he doesn't want his virgins.

[Red_Devil 232]

"...al-Sadr said his militias would not fight back during the Muslim holy month of Muharram, saying it was against the faith to kill at that time. "Let them kill us. For a true believer there is no better moment than this to die: Heaven is ensured," he was quoted as saying. "After Muharram, we'll see."

Yet again! Another mohammedan holy month! What do you want to bet that they will not fight back? After all it is just another Convenient Lie.

[Brilliant]

Maybe he's afraid the virgins won't want him.

[pissant]

Well, this is a good sign. Let's pray it continues and accelerates.

[TexKat]

Iraq: Al-Sadr Aide Arrested

January 19, 2007 15 02 GMT

U.S. and Iraqi special forces arrested Sheikh Abdul-Hadi al-Darraji, radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr's media director, in a raid in Baghdad's Baladiyat neighborhood Jan. 19, a senior al-Sadr aide said. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica published the same day, al-Sadr said 400 of his men also have been arrested and that he fears for his life.

[jazusamo]

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has pledged to crack down on Shiite militias

Let's hope he means it this time. If not, he needs to go too.

[reagan_fanatic]

Main aide of Muqtada al-Sadr arrested

al-Sadr has aids? Doesn't surprise me any.

[TexKat]

Okay Mook Mook, your time is drawing near.

Live by the sword, die by the sword!

The irony!

[TexKat]

"Let them kill us. For a true believer there is no better moment than this to die: Heaven is ensured," he was quoted as saying. "After Muharram, we'll see."

In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica published the same day, al-Sadr said 400 of his men also have been arrested and that he fears for his life.

http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?selected=Situation%20Reports&sitrep=1&id=283153

[TexKat]

Shiite Sheikh Abdul Hadi al-Darraji leads the noon prayers in Sadr City. More than 10,000 Shiite Muslims gathered in the poor northeastern suburb of Baghdad for special prayers to denounce a perceived US army assault on their cherished religion. (AFP/RABIH MOGHRABI)

Sheik Abdul-Hadi al-Darraji, spokesman for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr

[Brilliant]

One or two MOABs ought to do it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

he fears for his life

Guess he is a member of the elite Class who choose the suicide bombers...