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Shiite cleric (al-Sadr) moves to sacred shrine
ABC News (Australia) ^ | 4.7.04

Posted on 04/06/2004 3:24:23 PM PDT by ambrose

Shiite cleric moves to sacred shrine

By Peter Cave in Baghdad

The Shiite cleric at the centre of an uprising by tens of thousands of his supporters across central and southern Iraq has reportedly moved from his headquarters in Kufa to one of the most sacred Shia shrines in the holy city of Najaf.

Moqtada al-Sadr is reportedly in the Imman Ali shrine, surrounded by thousands of armed supporters who have taken over religious, government and police buildings in the holy city.

Mr Sadr has been threatened with arrest for the murder of a rival cleric a year ago in an argument over the rightful possession of the shrine.

His followers have been involved in continuing clashes with coalition forces in many southern cities, including Nasiriyah where 15 have died in battles with Italian troops and Amara where 12 have died.

Bulgarian troops in Karbala came under attack with grenades and machine gun fire but no casualties were reported in the town, where Sadr supporters have taken over a number of public buildings.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alsadr; bulgaria; iraq; mahdiarmy; muslims
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To: OneTimeLurker
I disagree.

I think that Imam Sadr's lieutenant, Mustafa al-Yacoubi, was arrested and the Sadr newspaper shut down in order to provoke the radicals into open hostilities to be killed before June 30. Beats flushing them out one at a time after roadside bombings.

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41 posted on 04/06/2004 4:04:52 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Rumble Thee Forth...)
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To: ambrose
Najaf is where his revered father was Imam, and was assassinated leaving a mosque.

What a weakling this one is.

42 posted on 04/06/2004 4:04:58 PM PDT by mrsmith ("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
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To: Jim Noble; Jeff Head
Yep. This is a WAR, not some cartoonish game. This is a long-term fight, yet we have people responding to each unfolding event.

It is hard to imagine fighting WWII under this current 24/7 instant analysis news cycle.
43 posted on 04/06/2004 4:06:03 PM PDT by ambrose ("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it" - John F. al-Query)
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To: Junior_G
Pork products such as lard & bacon grease dispersed in 5 galon buckets fitted sith small explosive charges , hell send in a dozen live animals at 0300hrs. the reaction of the crowd surrounding the shrine should be interesting to see for those who have never witnessed a "Chinese fire drill comlete with bells,whistles,& sirens".
44 posted on 04/06/2004 4:06:06 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 REACH OUT & THUMP SOMEONE .50BMG REACH OUT & CRUSH SOMEONE!)
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To: ChinaThreat
Good idea! A NEUTRON BOMB would leave the shrine intact!
45 posted on 04/06/2004 4:09:29 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: mtbopfuyn
We can't bomb it but we can sure turn off the water and wait him out.

Good plan! Same goes for food and medicine.

46 posted on 04/06/2004 4:13:09 PM PDT by Prime Choice (Leftists claim Bush is a terrorist. So why aren't they trying to appease him?)
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To: Jeff Head
Spot on the money. You know your stuff. Thanks!
47 posted on 04/06/2004 4:14:36 PM PDT by Prime Choice (Leftists claim Bush is a terrorist. So why aren't they trying to appease him?)
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To: ambrose
It is hard to imagine fighting WWII under this current 24/7 instant analysis news cycle.

It would not have been allowed, even if there had been those so foolish to try it under those austere conditions.

We could be heading for equally austere conditions of we are not very careful.

48 posted on 04/06/2004 4:16:28 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: ambrose
Moqtada al-Sadr is reportedly in the Imman Ali shrine, surrounded by thousands of armed supporters

If it is now a militia command post surrounded by an armed militia, it has lost its status as a protected religious site under the Geneva Conventions. It's time to call in an air strike.

49 posted on 04/06/2004 4:17:03 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: ChinaThreat; RUCKUS INC.
Woohoo! You guys are hired! But let's try to save Grandma, ok? She makes such nice cookies.
50 posted on 04/06/2004 4:18:08 PM PDT by Sender (Support Free Republic...become a monthly donor!)
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To: Sender
Fumigate!


51 posted on 04/06/2004 4:19:26 PM PDT by aught-6
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To: FreedomCalls
I agree, even if a building is a mosque or a Baptist church for that matter, if it is full of armed hostiles and has become an enemy command post, it just lost its holy status. It is merely concealment, not cover.
52 posted on 04/06/2004 4:20:52 PM PDT by Sender (Support Free Republic...become a monthly donor!)
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To: ambrose
"Shiite cleric (al-Sadr) moves to sacred shrine"

Sacred shrine my behind. Go get him and waste the shrine if necessary.

53 posted on 04/06/2004 4:22:09 PM PDT by davisfh
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To: Sender
"But let's try to save Grandma, ok? She makes such nice cookies."

The whole point in killing the wasp is TO save Grandma. Even if she doesn't like the methods, it is in her best interest.
54 posted on 04/06/2004 4:28:45 PM PDT by RUCKUS INC. ("Bartender can I get another round of Daisy Cutters and MOABS for my boys in the turbans...")
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To: Dutch Boy
They won't They would first eat the product of his nether passage, and call it nuggets of gold.
55 posted on 04/06/2004 4:32:15 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: Sender
If a wasp flew up into your Grandma's crystal lamp and you had to kill that wasp, what would you do?

Last time I had a wasp in a lamp, I caught it and let it go outside.

Some things are more valuable than a møøselimb...

56 posted on 04/06/2004 4:36:03 PM PDT by null and void (John f'ing Kerry - More positions than the Kama Sutra...)
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To: ambrose
Boy, there sure are a lot of "holy cities" within the country of Iraq! As I recall, one of the Shiites "most holy mosques" is inside of the Baghdad city limits. Anyone else get the feeling that we are being played like a fish on a line?

Asshole cleric runs into a mosque, then has his followers shout that it is Iraq's "most holy mosque" and it is within Iraq's "most holy city." Americans are too terrified of being politically incorrect to go after the bad guys in a mosque.

57 posted on 04/06/2004 4:36:47 PM PDT by Destructor
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To: mtbopfuyn
Remember napalm? okay, how about using the same planes to dump pork grease over the mosque!
58 posted on 04/06/2004 4:39:08 PM PDT by eccentric
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To: ambrose
Find the sacred shrine in this photograph.


59 posted on 04/06/2004 4:42:44 PM PDT by aomagrat ("The essence of war is violence! Moderation in war is imbecility!")
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To: Prime Choice
What I'm hoping for is US Marine snipers complaining of sore trigger fingers.
60 posted on 04/06/2004 4:45:46 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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