what's it to be? Iran or a hole in the ground?
Posted on 02/13/2007 4:22:59 PM PST by rip033
Just breaking on CNN and Fox News...
fight with what?
do you think the new leaders of the
likely-split-up army are just going
to just give their portion to al-Sadr?
Didn't he flee once before - from Sadr City when the heat got to be too much? He'll be allowed to come back because like last time he's the only one who can "control his followers".
I am so tired of retaking the same old territory. This is the kind of crap that turns people against the war.
Agree! I would think this has already spoken volumes to the cannon fodder he left behind.
This is good news is Petraeus is as good as people say he is.
Yes - chicken shi-ite that he is.
LOL! Sorry, didn't mean to copy but it was the first thing that popped into my head.
-PJ
Petraeus for President!!!
They'll say that GW Bush's policy is so evil that al Sadr was driven to Iran in order to escape to a lesser evil.
what's it to be? Iran or a hole in the ground?
CNN.com pulled it's "breaking news" banner on this. Are they still reporting in on TV?
And what is really good is that the USA has an excellent record of securing borders, to boot.
Nevermind, they created a story on it:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq plans to close its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours in an attempt to secure the capital, the Iraqi commander in charge of Baghdad's security plan announced Tuesday.
Lt. Gen. Abboud Qanbar, speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, spelled out the details of the security crackdown in a televised address Tuesday.
As details of the border closure with Syria became public, senior Bush administration officials were saying radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has been in Iran for the past two or three weeks.
Iraqi sources have not confirmed Sadr's departure, and a source close to the cleric told CNN that his presence in Iran is a "rumor."
As recently as Thursday, Sadr's office told CNN the cleric was in Najaf.
The U.S. officials said they did not know why Sadr had departed Iraq for Iran or how long he might stay. The officials suggested his departure was tied to the increase of American troops ordered by President Bush and that it could be a sign that he was in fear for his life.
Whatever the reason, it was not clear what effect Sadr's absence -- if he is, in fact, in Iran -- would have on his Mehdi Army.
As part of the security clampdown closing the Syrian border, the curfew in Baghdad will be extended and Iraqi forces plan to suspend civilian licenses for weapons and ammunition.
Qanbar's announcement warned citizens they will be subject to "interrogating, searching and detaining people when necessary and in accordance with the law."
The security plan covers 10 districts in Baghdad.
Some observers have predicted that followers of al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia -- which has been blamed for a large part of the sectarian violence in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq -- would be overlooked, because the al-Sadr movement has backed al-Maliki, who is also a Shiite.
Qanbar did not say when the borders would close, but a government official said it was expected within two days, The Associated Press reported.
During the closures, Iraqi officials will install improved security equipment at checkpoints, including upgraded bomb detection devices, an Iraqi official told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.main/index.html
Too bad it wasn't strapped to a stretcher mortally wounded. Well, two stretchers since he's too fat to fit on one.
I heard he left because he was afraid he'd be on the recieving end of a JADAM.
Obama you mean
The Democrats are too busy supporting their own brand of fascism.
This could also be part of a smarter psy op as well.
By communicating that we believe Al Sadr is in Iran, it communicates betrayal to his core followers.
They get to ask "where is fearless leader?''
Why should we continue with this guy?
From http://www.hotair.com :
...the Times of London reported on January 27th that Mahdi Army capos had slipped across the border — on Maliki’s advice — and were planning to ride out the surge in Iran while U.S. troops hammer Sunni jihadis in Baghdad
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/27/the-mahdi-armys-strategy-memo/
What are the rumors on JAM in Baghdad?
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