Muqtada al-Sadr and the American Dilemma in Iraq
http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt325.html
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Iraqi Cleric Sadr Threatens 'Open War'
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al Sadr has threatened "open war" if the crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists continues.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1313362,00.html?f=rss
Iranian ambassador lashes U.S. offensive in Baghdad's Sadr City
"We criticize the pounding of cities and the siege of people, which will aggravate the situations and make things worse," ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi told a news conference at the Iranian Embassy.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/20/content_8012630.htm
Iran: Claims of support for Iraqi insurgency unfounded
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran Thursday to end its backing for Shia militias. She also told reporters in Washington that she has no plans to meet Iran's foreign minister at the conference next week.
http://tinyurl.com/3fqtl2
Purple Patch: The echo chamber of history
The Iranians used to call the United States the 'centre of world arrogance', and I would laugh at this, but I have begun to understand what it means.
http://tinyurl.com/4t43f9
Battle to retake Basra was 'complete disaster'
The British-trained Iraqi Army's attempt to retake Basra from militiamen was an "unmitigated disaster at every level", British commanders have disclosed.
http://tinyurl.com/5srxem
Rice: Muqtada a Coward
Najaf Tense; Veterans Depressed, Unemployed
By Juan Cole
Rice has her 'bring'em on moment' in Iraq, talking trash to the Mahdi Army and calling Muqtada al-Sadr a 'coward.' Muqtada al-Sadr eluded Saddam Hussein for 4 years after Saddam killed his father and two elder brothers; and in 2004 he twice took on the US military. He may be a lot of things, but he is not a coward.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19780.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Muqtada
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mahdi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sadr+City
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Shia+militias
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraqi+insurgency
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/engelhardt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Fisk
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Juan+Cole
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Iraqi Cleric Sadr Threatens 'Open War'
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al Sadr has threatened "open war" if the crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists continues.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1313362,00.html?f=rss
Iranian ambassador lashes U.S. offensive in Baghdad's Sadr City
"We criticize the pounding of cities and the siege of people, which will aggravate the situations and make things worse," ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi told a news conference at the Iranian Embassy.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/20/content_8012630.htm
Iran: Claims of support for Iraqi insurgency unfounded
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran Thursday to end its backing for Shia militias. She also told reporters in Washington that she has no plans to meet Iran's foreign minister at the conference next week.
http://tinyurl.com/3fqtl2
Purple Patch: The echo chamber of history
The Iranians used to call the United States the 'centre of world arrogance', and I would laugh at this, but I have begun to understand what it means.
http://tinyurl.com/4t43f9
Battle to retake Basra was 'complete disaster'
The British-trained Iraqi Army's attempt to retake Basra from militiamen was an "unmitigated disaster at every level", British commanders have disclosed.
http://tinyurl.com/5srxem
Rice: Muqtada a Coward
Najaf Tense; Veterans Depressed, Unemployed
By Juan Cole
Rice has her 'bring'em on moment' in Iraq, talking trash to the Mahdi Army and calling Muqtada al-Sadr a 'coward.' Muqtada al-Sadr eluded Saddam Hussein for 4 years after Saddam killed his father and two elder brothers; and in 2004 he twice took on the US military. He may be a lot of things, but he is not a coward.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19780.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Muqtada
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mahdi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sadr+City
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Shia+militias
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraqi+insurgency
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/engelhardt
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Fisk
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Juan+Cole
rudkla - 9. Apr, 09:00
