Secret US plot to kill Al-Sadr - Democratic Underground

Andre II

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Mon May-21-07 01:54 AM
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Secret US plot to kill Al-Sadr

Source: The Independent

The US Army tried to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr, the widely revered Shia cleric, after luring him to peace negotiations at a house in the holy city of Najaf, which it then attacked, according to a senior Iraqi government official.

The revelation of this extraordinary plot, which would probably have provoked an uprising by outraged Shia if it had succeeded, has left a legacy of bitter distrust in the mind of Mr Sadr for which the US and its allies in Iraq may still be paying. "I believe that particular incident made Muqtada lose any confidence or trust in the coalition and made him really wild," the Iraqi National Security Adviser Dr Mowaffaq Rubai'e told The Independent in an interview. It is not known who gave the orders for the attempt on Mr Sadr but it is one of a series of ill-considered and politically explosive US actions in Iraq since the invasion. In January this year a US helicopter assault team tried to kidnap two senior Iranian security officials on an official visit to the Iraqi President. Earlier examples of highly provocative actions carried out by the US with

little thought for the consequences include the dissolution of the Iraqi army and the Baath party.

The attempted assassination or abduction took place two-and-a-half years ago in August 2004 when Mr Sadr and his Mehdi Army militiamen were besieged by US Marines in Najaf, south of Baghdad.

Read more: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2565123.ece

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gobblechops

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Mon May-21-07 03:24 AM
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1. ahh

Winning hearts and minds :sarcasm:

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jonnyra

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Mon May-21-07 06:03 AM
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2. This is so insane

it had to have come from the desk of Cheney. Im sure he had Stalin's "No man, no problem" ringing in his head.

Suggestion to the American anti war movement: Target Wall Street and forget the subservient political hacks in Washington.

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formercia

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Mon May-21-07 06:36 AM
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3. What's so sinister about this

is that the Koran says that if a foe requests to negotiate terms, one is obligated to meet, even if the terms might be unfavorable. Being a cleric, he was lured into a situation where he had no choice.

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Kagemusha

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Mon May-21-07 08:33 AM
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5. I guess that's where being fashionably late comes in.

No, seriously, according to this he's alive because he wasn't there yet..

Sinister would've mattered if this had actually succeeded and Sadr became a martyr. Unfortunately, he became something even worse: a survivor with a grudge who was cunning enough to push his advantage rather than just be glad to not be dead. And so we are where we are today.

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formercia

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Mon May-21-07 09:03 AM
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7. That's what happens when you put a bunch of lick-spittle idiots

in charge. I wouldn't be surprised if Al-Sadr sent a decoy ahead.

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Xipe Totec

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Mon May-21-07 08:29 AM
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4. Are we surprised?

When this entire administration is a bunch of yahoos, whose only exposure to history is watching West Wing and 24 Hours on TV.

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LiberalFighter

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Mon May-21-07 08:48 AM
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6. Cheney Bush and their gang --- No honor among thieves

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KansDem

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Mon May-21-07 09:07 AM
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8. Now, does this give al-Sadr's son the right to invade the US...

...and kill His Royal Flatulence?

After all, he is "the guy who tried to kill <his> dad."

Don't these twits know there are consequences for their actions?

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Javaman

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Mon May-21-07 09:07 AM
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9. This was a secret? nt

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MrPrax

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Mon May-21-07 11:58 AM
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10. My thought exactly...

I mean three years ago US troops tried to level Sadr City trying to arrest the guy on phoney trumped up charges produced by an unpurged Ba'athist judge who might have been involved in having his father Muhammad Sadiq as-Sadr assassinated under Saddam.

So I too am confused by this shattering revelation :eyes:

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