'To arrest Sadr, you have to kill all Iraqis' - Read this

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'To arrest Sadr, you have to kill all Iraqis' - Read this

http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-imood06.html

April 6, 2004

BY MATTHEW GUTMAN Special to the Sun-Times

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Softly, Sheikh Abed Al Jabbar Al Khusai cooed to his faithful, "come, come."

About 150 members of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia stopped pumping their AK-47's in the air. They turned and gathered around Khusai as he repeated a reporter's question.

The Americans say they will capture or kill al-Sadr, the sheikh told them. "What's your response?"

Theirs was more a roar than a response: "We will die that he may live!" snip

While some Shiite leaders have called for the Mahdi Army to cease fire, al-Sadr's forces have earned some unlikely admirers. Wahabi militants, traditional enemies of Shiite Muslims here, have offered the Mahdi Army "weapons and men to fight the occupiers," said Khusai.

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mike_c

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Tue Apr-06-04 05:11 PM
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1. Bush IS a uniter....

Who'd of thought?

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Tue Apr-06-04 05:14 PM
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2. Damn that's scary

:scared:

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Robbien

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Tue Apr-06-04 05:24 PM
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3. The reports that al-Sadr's followers are in the tens of thousands

are grossly understated. According to Raed (Salam Pax's friend)

AsSadr is NOT reflecting a minority of Iraqis, this is a stupid big lie.
Whether we liked him or not, he is the political and religious leader for MILLIONS of Iraqis in the southern region�
There are 15 million Iraqi living in the south, and another 5 million in Baghdad, I can say that 5 to 7 millions of them can be considered as AsSadr followers.

AsSadr is NOT a mere twenty-something years old guy, that is playing games.
Whether we liked him or not, he is a phenomenon. When people in the south of Iraq look at Muqtada AsSadr, they see the history of his father, the deep roots of his religious supporter: AlHaeri.

AsSadr is NOT a small follower of the Iranian Government; he has very bad relations with the official government of Iran, unlike Sistani and Hakim.

AsSadr is the GOVERNMENT in most of the cities of the south: Amara, Kut, Nasryya and Diwanyya and Simawa partially, and Najaf partially (Kufa is a small city in Najaf that is the center of AsSadr).

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