Comments on: Sadr: Sistani told me to keep the Mahdi Army; SCIRI: No, he didn’t

By: major john

major john — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:57:08 +0000

With AQI pretty much finished, looks like Sadr`s boys are the last big military challange left.

Or maybe not, this Iraq situation always baffles me.

No, you are correct – as I said before, the fight against AQI is going to be tough, but they are not the future. Dealing with JAM is the fight to see what direction Iraq goes – Lebanon with Iran playing Syria, or if the Iraqis solve it, they will be independent. From where I stand (close enough to Basrah, thanks) it sure looks like the Iraqis are dead serious on this one – they don’t want to be a satrapy of Iran. Neighbors and trading partners, sure. But not thralls of Tehran.

By: ThePrez

ThePrez — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:45:33 +0000

With AQI pretty much finished, looks like Sadr`s boys are the last big military challange left.

Or maybe not, this Iraq situation always baffles me.

By: Travis1

Travis1 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:21:24 +0000

Since the trust isn’t in either of them, who the hell cares what they say? Screw em.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:50:39 +0000

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04102008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/irans_busted_iraq_bid_105852.htm?page=0

Interesting take…

By: MNDavenotPC

MNDavenotPC — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0000

Mookie al-Rottentooth needs to be vaporized ASAP!

By: BobK

BobK — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:43:24 +0000

So, um, Sadr was for disbanding before he was against it.

Is that something like voting for the war before voting against it? Hum, is Kerry on Sadr’s staff?

By: midwesternperspective

midwesternperspective — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:24:19 +0000

When Mookie came out with his, “if they tell me to I will,” schtick, my thoughts were, wouldn’t it be funny if Sistani hung him out to dry and said, hey, you decide whatever I’m not the boss of you. Looks like that is what happened, Mookie is no longer relevant to the world, his days are numbered.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:16:47 +0000

Sistani isn’t going to publicly “order” Sadr to disband his militia. Doing so would send the message that Sadr is directly subordinate to Sistani and therefore Sistani is to some extent responsible for the actions of the JAM. Sistani is not going to place himself in that position.

What he has done is to place the maximum possible distance between himself and Sadr and said that the government is the only legitimate armed force in the country. The rest really is up to Sadr but Sistani is not going to get directly involved one way or the other. He isn’t going to be seen as a pawn of the government or seen as the ultimate commander of the JAM.

By: Hening

Hening — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:09:27 +0000

Romeo13 on April 10, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Alphie loves to toss bombs. Be advised.

By: jdun

jdun — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:05:49 +0000

It doesn’t matter who to believe. If the reporting is correct then this is good news. There is a rift between Sadr and the Council

By: sdd

sdd — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:19 +0000

Why is this guy still alive anyway? He should have been dead five years ago.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:52:01 +0000

Are there any reports of new fighting in Sadr City today?

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:51:49 +0000

alphie on April 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM

Grrr… sorry… mispasted….

Meant that last comment for alphis…

Anyway, you do understand that Mook is in a madrasa in IRAN right now? and has been for quite some time? That he has used Iranian funding, weapons, and training to build the Mahdi army? That Iran looks at them as the Iraqi Hezbollah?

Yes, and Iran IS working on Nukes, and chants “Death to America” constantly?

By: innominatus

innominatus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:47:56 +0000

Sadr has about as much organizational skill as the DNC.

By: The Jawa Report

The Jawa Report — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:46:56 +0000

Is Sistani Really Smacking Down Sadr or What?…

Honestly I’ve no idea. AJ Strata e-mails with commentary and a link to this post from Bill Roggio. The glass half full view emphasizes that we have a statement from Muqtada al Sadr that he’d disband the Mahdi Army if……

By: a capella

a capella — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:45:30 +0000

Without his militia, what use does Iran have for Sadr? That’s his only poker chip and is the leverage he’s been using to maintain what political power he has. I would guess Iran might grease him for good and try to use his death to rekindle the sectarian wars, if he tries to disband.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:43:37 +0000

logis on April 10, 2008 at 12:31 PM

Oh, maybe because he is an Iranian puppet?

By: HawaiiLwyr

HawaiiLwyr — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:41:48 +0000

I cannot figure Sadr out. I think maybe he painted himself into a corner and is scrambling around trying to figure out how to resolve it without one side or another chopping his head off. just my opinion…

By: THE CHOSEN ONE

THE CHOSEN ONE — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:40:40 +0000

If Malaki can show the iraqi people al-sistani’s allegiance to the new iraqi government, it will be curtains for Sadr sooner rather than later.

By: dmann

dmann — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:40:27 +0000

Maybe the Messiah should talk to Mookie, they seem to have much in common, both are pathological liars!

By: alphie

alphie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:38:33 +0000

“Mookie” has stood up to the U.S. military for five years, and is first in line to take over Iraq when we finally leave that land of pork and corruption.

Why don’t we save thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions of American taxpayer money and just back al Sadr to run Iraq?

Too easy?

Don’t want the pork party to end?

Who knows…

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:40 +0000

Key here is what Al-Maliki does with this information.

“Al-Sistani asked al-Mahdi army to give in weapons to the government,” – if it is a true statement, then Al-Maliki has the religious (and thus political) cover to continue ops against the “Gangsters” in the area.

Al-Sistani may not be talking to the Press, but Al-Mal is both the Government, and a fellow Shiite, and so should be able to get a straight answer out of him.

“IF” Sistani did make the statement? Its a win for the Iraqi government whether they disband or not.

By: Hening

Hening — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:34:46 +0000

The depth of insanity and sheer moronic behavior that people like Mookie are allowed to get away with in the current times is a sign of how the bar just keeps getting dropped lower in order for the West to dialog with the likes of Islam.

By: Vizzini

Vizzini — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:30:40 +0000

So kingpin thug remains kingpin thug.