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Kufa, Iraq - Sadr appears in public after long absence
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | May 25, 2007

Posted on 05/25/2007 2:05:57 AM PDT by HAL9000

KUFA, Iraq, May 25 (Reuters) - Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has not been seen since the start of a major U.S.-backed crackdown in Iraq in February, appeared at Friday prayers in the holy Shi'ite city of Kufa.

The U.S. military has said he went into hiding in Iran in January to escape the crackdown, but aides to the young cleric, who led two uprisings against U.S. forces in 2004, say he never left Kufa. A Reuters witness saw him enter Kufa mosque, surrounded by bodyguards and close aides.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alsadr; iran; iraq; kufa; sadr

1 posted on 05/25/2007 2:05:59 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
Associated Press -

Radical cleric al-Sadr arrives at mosque

BAGHDAD - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday and delivered a fiery anti-American sermon in the holy Shiite city of Kufa.

"No, no for the devil. No, no for America. No, no for the occupation. No, no for Israel," he chanted at the start of his speech. The roughly 6,000 worshippers in the mosque repeated after him.

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2 posted on 05/25/2007 2:24:33 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

al=Sadt should be dead. Just one reason we are fighting a political war instead of a war to win.


3 posted on 05/25/2007 2:25:57 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: HAL9000

If we can’t take this guy out, get ready for Iran to start parading their nukes.

But I never, ever in a million years expected man to get out of this jam, because the Bible is clear as crystal that only divine, supernatural power can stop Satan’s final attempt to destroy God’s creation.


4 posted on 05/25/2007 2:33:49 AM PDT by HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath (Christ's Kingdom on Earth is the answer. What is your question?)
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To: Joe Boucher
Just one reason we are fighting a political war instead of a war to win.

I'll disagree. I believe we are fighting to win. I posted a report a few days ago that alleges we did try to take him out, but he got lucky and escaped.

5 posted on 05/25/2007 2:40:37 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

kill him


6 posted on 05/25/2007 2:47:38 AM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (Hey, this aint like the 1960s, this is like the 1860s.)
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7 posted on 05/25/2007 2:53:15 AM PDT by joseph20
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To: HAL9000

What difference does it make where Al sadr was hiding. The Coward was hiding while his forces were fighting. Its always a bit hard to see why the idiots fight for these cowardly Mullah rats, but then when you think of it,none of them have the brains to tie their shoes.


8 posted on 05/25/2007 3:00:21 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I'm gonna vote for Fred. John Bolton for VP.)
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To: HAL9000

It’s about time to take out the garbage, and anything else in a black turban....


9 posted on 05/25/2007 3:01:32 AM PDT by dirtbiker (I'm a liberal's worst nightmare: Redneck with a pickup, library card, and a concealed carry permit)
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To: sgtbono2002

From the looks of the guy in post 7, they don’t even have enough brains to put them on....


10 posted on 05/25/2007 3:03:20 AM PDT by dirtbiker (I'm a liberal's worst nightmare: Redneck with a pickup, library card, and a concealed carry permit)
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To: HAL9000

When you have gatherings of hundreds of known militants at funerals, or for years now Iran is arming and supporting insurgents along with Syria to kill our heros and they are
immune?
When you have large numbers of al-Sadrs followers in an area and no assault?

I just don’t agree.


11 posted on 05/25/2007 3:04:08 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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Look, we're not going to take him out in front of 6,000 people. It's just not practical.

If and when we try again, it will be in his home, after dark.

12 posted on 05/25/2007 3:07:52 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: dirtbiker

You got that right.


13 posted on 05/25/2007 3:20:38 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I'm gonna vote for Fred. John Bolton for VP.)
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To: HAL9000

Sadr is lucky we are fighting this war instead of Israel. He and his body guards and aides would have been at the bottom of a bomb crater outside that mosque long ago if Israel were fighting this war. They really believe in blowing up their enemies instead of letting their soldiers be blown up.


14 posted on 05/25/2007 3:26:22 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: HAL9000

And why does the MSM still refer to these hell holes as ‘holy cities’? There is not one holy city in any of these Muslim countries. They are cities held special by satanic killers. Why are they not called ‘damnation cities’?


15 posted on 05/25/2007 3:42:51 AM PDT by abclily
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To: HAL9000

I certainly hope you are right.


16 posted on 05/25/2007 5:45:44 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: HAL9000

A 50 cal sniper rife round hitting him in front of 6,000 people would have a huge impact.


17 posted on 05/25/2007 7:27:48 AM PDT by 70th Division (If we loose the Republic we have lost it all.)
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To: HAL9000
He coming back to give the Dims/Rinos a much needed boost, since their surrender bill failed.

He will kill women and children thru Sept, for his buds in the US Congress who consider him a “winner”.

18 posted on 05/25/2007 7:30:22 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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