Thousands of Iraqis Descend on Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq : Thousands of Iraqis descended on Najaf after Moqtada Sadr urged his Shiite militia to fight on, while US and Iraqi forces closed in on his stronghold and a British journalist was abducted in the south.

Around 2,000 demonstrators marched under the blazing sun from Najaf's twin city of Kufa after Friday prayers, straight through the US and Iraqi lines to the revered Imam Ali mausoleum.




Showered with sweets and water, they embraced members of Sadr's Mehdi Army who have battled US-led forces for nine days in this beseiged pilgrimage city and shouted their support for the cleric and his fighters.

"All of us are soldiers of Moqtada Sadr. With our blood and our soul, we serve you Ali" chanted demonstrators, none of them carrying weapons.

Militiamen refused 5,000 dinar notes being handed out by one man, waving him off. "We are mujahedeen," or holy fighters, they said, as he desperately tried to shove the money in their pockets.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/100751/1/.html

I put this up because it came from a differant perspective and it sounds like more how the Iraqi's would see it. Sad.

They won't be able to spin this. Even Bloomberg is saying half the city's destroyed. But the media has Charlie to hide behind and tommorrow is no-news Saturday. whew....

...the Iraqis were supposed to throw at US troops.

Looks like they're throwing them at the Mahdi militia instead.

n/t

The Bu$h family is getting the one, two punch today.

George is losing Iraq and Jeb is going to have a disaster in Florida. Now we will see what crappy leaders these boys really are.

Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

AMERICANS, not for the Mehdi Army! "Dang Iraqis. Don't even speak English."

Thousands of Iraqis leave Najaf!

:)

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and the whole war for that matter is we got our soldiers and these people fighting it out killing eachother for what? for whose freedom? It'd be different if Iraq was a direct threat and these militiaman had orchestrated some sort of attack on America or if Saddam had ordered a Pearl Harbor type attack, but this is all senseless it is for nothing and that's what personally breaks my heart more than anything.

I can't remember where I heard or read this,
but recently I remember a soldier saying that
on the average, there were 60 hostile Iraqi fighters
to every US soldier in combat situations and that it
was impossible to distinguish friend from foe in
those confrontations.
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BHN

...more reason for keeping troops there and inciting anger from a neighboring country that is primarily shite muslim and thus necessitating the involvement of the United States having to do something about Iran and all them Shia's who will be angered at the destruction of their holiest site?

Hmmm....Could it be a "ruse"? :eyes:

Funny how easy it is to be intent out to the universe, take certain actions and then make it happen....Wonder how long the Neo-cons worked on that one....I still keep thinking Chalabi has ties to this one too, just too coincidink for me....:think:

This is analogous to the first shot at Fort Sumter...Civil War has begun already...they just don't know it.