US troops will leave Iraq “in coffins”: Sadr aide

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BAGHDAD - A senior ally of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr warned on Friday that thousands of the planned 21,500 extra US troops en route for the war-torn nation would “go home in coffins”.

Launching a new strategy to rescue Iraq from civil war, Washington told the government of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, who owes his job to Sadr, it was on “borrowed time” and declared new “no holds barred” military operations.

A cornerstone of the new approach is increased pressure on Iraq’s neighbours Iran and Syria -- which are accused by Washington of fomenting unrest -- and tougher action to deal with militias such as Sadr’s feared Mahdi Army.

“The American people have to prevent their sons from coming to Iraq or they may return in coffins,” threatened Sheikh Abdel Razzaq al-Nadawi, a senior official in Sadr’s movement, slamming the planned US troop increase.

that Sadr and his followers are anti-Iran, even though both are Shia.
Betcha that al-Sadr is resisting the western oil "takeover" of the petroleum
assets; BushCorp is upset that they may not be able to rip off the Iraqis.
No wonder Muqtada has a huge following in Iraq. He could have been an asset,
but BushCorp is waaay too greedy to negotiate a fair deal.