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Saturday, April 19 2008, 07:26 PM Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation." 12 News Stories, 6 Liberal Blogs, 6 Conservative Blogs Post A Comment
From The Left
AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush and Cheney Now! Anti-us Cleric Al-sadr Threatens New Uprising In Iraq By ROBERT H. REID BAGHDAD (AP) ? Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a 'final warning' to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare 'open war until liberation.' A full-blown uprising by a
legitgov Iraq's Sadr Warns Of 'open' War 'We will declare a war until liberation.' Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened on Saturday to declare 'open war' if the crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists is not stopped. 'I am giving my last warning and my word to the Iraqi
Think Progress Condoleezza Rice Mocks Sadr As A Coward. “Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.” Spencer A
legitgov 12 Killed In Baghdad's Sadr City, Government Troops Sweep Through Basra Twelve people died in overnight clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City district, which has become a chief battleground between U.S. and Iraqi forces and the Mahdi Army of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, police and hospital officials said Saturday.
Informed Comment Muqtada Threatens Open Warfare; Islamic State In Iraq Launches One-month Campaign; Help! They Told Me On Television Iraq Was Calm Now Meanwhile, a lot of open warfare is being threatened in Iraq. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is said to have threatened open warfare with the al-Maliki government if it does not cleanse 'militias' [i.e. the Badr Corps] from its security forces and does not
AntiWar.com Sunday: 56 Iraqis Killed, 35 Wounded Excerpt: Early reports from Sadr City suggest that fighting has increased a day after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned the Iraqi government that he would end his unilateral cease-fire if the government does not stop harassing his followers. At least
From The Right
Dean's World Sadr Threatens To Annihilate What?s Left Of His Army Having lost Basra, Umm Qasr, Kut, Diwaniyah, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Amarah, and Hillah, Sadr now threatens to helpfully march the remainder of his forces out into the open where Iraqi Security Forces can kill them with tanks and APCs while our forward controll
Daily Pundit So It Must Be True Sadr Warns Of ‘Open War’ If Crackdown Is Not Halted - washingtonpost.com BAGHDAD, April 19 — Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday to launch an all-out war against the U.S.-backed Iraqi government if it continues a wi
memeorandum Secretary Of State Rice Mocks Muslim Cleric Muqtada Al-sadr As A Coward (associated Press) Associated Press: Secretary of State Rice Mocks Muslim Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a Coward  —  BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical
Patterico's Pontifications Hoping Al-sadr Will Fade Away [Guest post by DRJ] Wretchard at The Belmont Club has a round-up of encouraging al-Sadr news. First, from the AP: “Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader
The Discerning Texan Updated Condi Throws It High And Hard I've had my problems with Condi in Bush's second term, but when she gets beyond the State-speak and actually tells it like it is, she can still be a lethal weapon. And this one is beautiful:Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric
Dean's World The Fogs Of War And Politics Hard to say which is worse.  Amazingly, people are still saying things like this: On the other hand, we have also learned that the Iraqi central government can?t cope and is still far from being able to. Its recent, unsuccessful effort to wrest Basra from