NYT: Don Sistani okays the hit on al-Sadr
posted at 11:09 pm on December 19, 2006 by Allahpundit
Iraq’s most venerated Shiite cleric has tentatively approved an American-backed coalition of Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish parties that aims to isolate extremists, particularly the powerful Shiite militia leader Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi and Western officials say…
As the effective arbiter of a Shiite role in the planned coalition, the ayatollah is considered critical to the Iraqi and American effort…
Mr. Sadr’s rise to power, mostly on the strength of his Mahdi Army militia, has presented something of a challenge to the authority of Ayatollah Sistani as Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric. In spite of Mr. Sistani’s preaching of tolerance toward Sunni Arabs, the Mahdi Army has been a driving force in the bloody cycle of retributive violence, which is killing more than 100 people a day in Iraq.
If you don’t recognize the clip instantly, you’re probably better off not watching. Content warning.
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Oh no–I didn’t get until the music started!
Alex K on December 19, 2006 at 11:12 PM
Dibbs! I could take him out in the bass boat a’la Fredo with a bad hat.
Buck Turgidson on December 19, 2006 at 11:20 PM
Did the Times report this and then editorialize against it?
Wouldn’t alienating Mr. Sadr upset him and possibly cause him to react harshly against us. Why would we risk angering him? Then he will feel justified in using violence. The editorial board will probably recommend that President Bush send James Baker to negotiate with the pig and enlist his help.
Is this whole project just a tactic to divert attention from the White House cover-up of Laura’s skin lesion?
eagles5 on December 19, 2006 at 11:24 PM
I know some guys in Jersey. . .
MCPO Airdale on December 19, 2006 at 11:41 PM
Moktada al-Sadr:
What is this…plastic on the floor…..OOOHHHHH Allah…
BANG!!! Cleanup in aisle 4!!
HarryStar on December 19, 2006 at 11:47 PM
I forget, why was Pesci whacked?
Pat Meebles on December 19, 2006 at 11:54 PM
Buck Turgidson on December 19, 2006 at 11:59 PM
Whoops. Pesci got whacked for shooting the waiter kid in the mob hangout who came back as Christopher on the Sopranos. pimf.
Buck Turgidson on December 20, 2006 at 12:02 AM
More like how they offed the Cartel leadership in the movie Clear and Present Danger.
georgej on December 20, 2006 at 12:03 AM
So sick of this crap. Always reminds me of Braveheart where the old leper tells the future king to play both sides. I like to take stock in the fact that surely our leaders are aware of the manipulation and are retaliating likewise but it is so hard to filter the media inundation. What i would give just to know the truth… sigh
frreal on December 20, 2006 at 12:05 AM
Gee…do you think it’s because they don’t have the support of the Iraqi people? Could it be that they aren’t a cohesive government? You know, these people have been killing each other for hundreds of years. Their fight to legitimize who is the rightful heir of Mohammed has been going on for even longer. I’m sick of them. I’m tired of our men and women fighting for them and, ultimately, becoming targets of their fruitless cause. Does it matter if they become a tool of al-queda or Iran? I hear these arguments all the time and yet, nothing convinces me that this all really matters. They want the bomb, we have the bomb. They want to wreak havoc on our cities but they haven’t been able to since 9/11. Are they the threat, or is our complacency the threat? Mass murderers and thugs will always exist. We can’t kill them all or convince enough governments to stop funding their sick ideologies. In the end, we can only be an alert nation with sufficient plans in place to protect ourselves. Thugs like Osama and al-Sadr will always be with us. Vigilance is the price we really pay.
thedecider on December 20, 2006 at 12:16 AM
I thought Pesci got whacked for knocking off the made gangster during the scene where they play Donovan’s “Atlantis” in the background.
Or maybe he simply got whacked for playing a Donovan song in 1990…
Ed Driscoll on December 20, 2006 at 12:19 AM
I assure you this story won’t be told on the morning ‘news’ shows for the masses. But just as assuredly every patriotic Iraqi raised a silent fist for victory and progress. And every slim-ball took a look back to check who was coming through the door.
Griz on December 20, 2006 at 12:31 AM
I could be wrong but I remember the rationale being summed up as “real grease-ball stuff.”
I had the 45 single to Mellow Yellow.
Buck Turgidson on December 20, 2006 at 12:37 AM
Al-Sadr a threat to Al-Sistani?
The same Al-Sistani who raises 500-800 million dollars a year in religious contributions?
Read more:
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus59final.pdf
billy on December 20, 2006 at 1:18 AM
al-Sadr thinks he is going to be a made man.
Wait ’till he gets whacked!
“Moki, buddy! Yoa! How long have we known each other? Five? Ten? Fifteen years? More, maybe?
Moki,
Listen,
You’ve been messin’ up. You’ve been making the fellas … you’ve been making the guys a little bit, how do I say this, a bit uncomfortable.
Moki, you’ve been attracting too much attention to yourself, and you’ve been giving us a bad image, you know, making us look bad.
We got to keep up our public image. Your messin’ that up, Moki.
Besides, the people, the people aren’t happy with the trouble you’ve been causin’, Moki.
Now, the bosses say that this is for your own good, Moki.
Where do you want it?
Come on, Moki. Don’t cry. What’re you doin’, Moki? Stand up and stop shakin’ like that!
Come on, Moki. You’re disgracin’ yourself! Stop that.
Now, where do you want it, Moki?
We can do this the easy way or the hard way, Moki. Now, where do you want it?
This is the last time I am going to ask you, WHERE DO YOU WANT IT!!!?????”
BANG!!!! BANG!!!! BANG!!!!
(Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble whisper, whisper.)
Ha, ha, ha, hehehe. I always thought he was a bledder, and he sure dis splatter a lot! Look at this mess! At least his brains didn’t all splatter all over the walls. We can feed ‘em to the pigs, or the dogs.
Hey, wait! Did he pee himself? Did Moki pee himself?!!!
OH! CRAP!! The SOB actually PEED HIMSELF!!!!
What a sissy! What a Betty!
Can you believe this guy? Mister tough guy, and his pisses all over himself!
“We always knew he was no good, and he’d never anount to much. He sure caused us a lot of trouble.”
RIP, Moki.
Have fun in hell.
F’in cry baby. F’in troublemaker!
F U Moki!
William
William2006 on December 20, 2006 at 1:24 AM
Why cant we enlist some hard core sicilian mobsters from the 80′s to go Capone on his ass.
Have a sit down in nice Iraqi restaurant or in the basement of the Hotel Palestine. Lure him in by pretending to sell weapons to his sacrificial army. Then take him out Roy Hobbs style with a 42″ Louisville slugger right to his cranium.
InstantNemesis on December 20, 2006 at 2:23 AM
InstantNemesis, because the mob guys would get whacked … jihadi style … sprayed with AK fire and RPGs … before they ever had a chance to make ‘em an offer they couldn’t refuse.
Tony737 on December 20, 2006 at 3:15 AM
It’s really a sad that Allahpundit has to rely on a tired old Italian American stereotype in order to make his point. Allah must be just another one of those lazy Jews from Hollywood… you know the ones I’m talking about. Maybe Mel Gibson was right after all! /s
The Muslims have enough blood on their hands, that dragging Italians into this just sucks!
Bob on December 20, 2006 at 6:39 AM
It’s about time. Who says it’s too late to kill him? If Sistani says its OK, then its OK.
That will be a nice Shiite gesture toward peace in the valley, and then the Sunnis can decide whether they’d like to live or die.
The situation really isn’t all that complicated.
Pablo on December 20, 2006 at 7:37 AM
Bob, are you suggesting that referencing Mafia practices stereotypes Italian-Americans?? Gadzooks!
Wait ’til Rudy hears about this!
Pablo on December 20, 2006 at 7:45 AM
Funny? How am I funny?
there it is on December 20, 2006 at 8:11 AM
Go for it. And kill the rest of Sadr’s slime while you’re at it.
Abigail Adams on December 20, 2006 at 8:39 AM
Pablo,
What I’m saying is it’s the only way people see Italian-Americans… especially in Hollywood. Name me one movie or TV show in the last 20 years that doesn’t either portray Italians as poorly educated or in mafia type roles. I’m sure if Jews were always portrayed as shysters, blacks as drug dealers, and Irish as drunks, there would be an outcry.
I’m not over sensitive, but tired of only see Italians portray one way… give me balance and I’m fine.
Rudy should be pissed too!
Bob on December 20, 2006 at 8:43 AM
Sistani to Mookie: “Now you’se can’t leave”.
JetBoy on December 20, 2006 at 9:05 AM
Well, we at least got another Al-Qaeda Leader in Iraq.
Mookie needs to get whacked as well.
JammieWearingFool on December 20, 2006 at 9:08 AM
You are correct, Sir.
Regarding Al-Sadr, though, it isn’t “Goodfellas” that comes to mind, but “A Few Good Men”. As in that Code Red should have been ordered long ago.
Kid from Brooklyn on December 20, 2006 at 10:14 AM
I think we just need to go Mr. Clark on his ass.
But if we can use the Italians, then by all means.
Just not the Russians…just not the russians.
Kai on December 20, 2006 at 11:25 AM
Bob,
Everybody Loves Raymond. A monster hit. I’m sure there’s more, but I don’t watch enough of them to name them. And if I’m not mistaken, Allah is a straight up Big Apple Italio-American of the wiseguy persuasion. That’s why you never see him. Blogger Protection Program.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some drinking to do.
Pablo the Mick
Pablo on December 20, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Pesci played mustache on a made guy, so they made a little more money off him then….disappeared him, disgracefully.
NO ONE questions the timing.
..
So how are Sadr’s bedsheets lookin’? Horses? Or pigs in Iraq?
shooter on December 20, 2006 at 3:45 PM
That was a weird 50 year jump.
Mobsters from the 80′s? They’re still around, they just blend in better now.
A few good non-mob ‘Italian’ movies in theme or subject.
Based on the story by Luciano Vincenzoni, “Malena”
“A Room with a View”
“Heaven”
“Life is Beautiful”
“The Merchant of Venice”
“Dangerous Beauty”
“Roman Holiday”
AND,
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
shooter on December 20, 2006 at 4:10 PM
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani OK’s the government to take out Muqtada al-Sadr and suddenly he’s a cream-puff
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr weighs cease-fire
DANEgerus on December 20, 2006 at 6:24 PM
Yeah, I saw that in this article.
crosspatch on December 20, 2006 at 6:52 PM