Speaking of Al Sadr...
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts?page=1324#1324
OPINION: Well now, this sure sounds like a no-no Al-Sadr.
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Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3524897,00.html
Radical Shiite cleric al-Sadr says Arabs meeting in Syria must support resistance
Published: 03.29.08, 12:15 / Israel News
Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on Arab leaders meeting in Syria to voice their support for Iraq’s “resistance” To what he calls foreign occupation.
Al-Jazeera television has shown a brief clip of an interview with the Mahdi Army militia leader. The broadcast is the first word from the reclusive Iraqi cleric since Iraq’s government launched a crackdown against Shiite militia violence in the southern oil port of Basra earlier this week. (AP)
1,324 posted on 03/29/2008 4:45:27 AM PDT by Cindy
Iraq to Iran to Iraq to Iran to Syria.....
Additional details:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17915&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080329-07
March 29, 2008
MND-B Soldiers kill 9 supporting ISF
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers supported Iraq Security Forces operations around Sadr City March 28-29.
The two operations resulted in 9 terrorists killed.
During checkpoint inspections at approximately 11 p.m., March 28, militants attacked Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division with small-arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. The Soldiers returned fire and killed seven.
At approximately 1 a.m., Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division identified two roadside bomb emplacers. The Soldiers killed the emplacers in an exchange of gun fire.
“We continue our successful operations to protect the Iraqi citizens with our ISF partners against criminals who conduct violent acts or intent to commit violent acts in violation of al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr’s ceasefire,” said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff for MND-B.
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