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U.S. Fights Iraqi Militia in South [vs Mahdi Army]
Washington Post ^ | 2007 Apr 7

Posted on 04/08/2007 11:26:29 AM PDT by Wiz

BAGHDAD, April 7 -- American and Iraqi troops engaged in fierce fighting with Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq on Saturday, the second day of clashes that have raised the specter of a resurgence by the Mahdi Army after weeks of lying low.

As combat aircraft zoomed overhead, U.S. and Iraqi troops fought the militia in street shootouts and hunted down fighters in house-to-house raids in what the U.S. military said was an attempt to wrest control of the city of Diwaniyah from loyalists of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. It was the third major clash between U.S.-allied forces and the Shiite militia in Diwaniyah in the past eight months.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alsadr; iraq; mahdiarmy; oif; terrorist

1 posted on 04/08/2007 11:26:32 AM PDT by Wiz
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To: kots

If he is in Iran, he would likely be hidden in Tehran, Qom or some other central and “mullah-cratic” place. They wouldn’t keep him in remote ethnic/tribal regions such as Baluchistan.

Anyway we should look for ways to kill him and while we are at it let’s kill his masters Khameini and Ahmadinejad.


3 posted on 04/08/2007 11:37:57 AM PDT by SolidWood (Islam is an insanity cult that makes everyone act Arab)
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To: Wiz

It’s more like an extension of the IRGC.


4 posted on 04/08/2007 11:38:34 AM PDT by Perdogg (Cheney-Bolton 2008)
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To: Aaron0617
In case anyone missed ~ al-Sadr calls for attacks on U.S. troopsa>
5 posted on 04/08/2007 11:40:51 AM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: Wiz
It’s time to sweep through Diwaniyah just like we did Fallujia and annihilate these vermin once and for all. Take no prisoners.
6 posted on 04/08/2007 11:44:19 AM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: kots

iranian operatives must be killed or captured at any cost

omit captured eh


7 posted on 04/08/2007 2:54:55 PM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (Hey, this aint like the 1960s, this is like the 1860s.)
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