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Artillery fire and bomb blasts shook a militia-held district in the southern city of Basra today as U.S. and British forces backed up Iraqi troops launching a new offensive in the area.
"JAM tried to prevent them from entering, but fierce air strikes enabled the Iraqi Army to take over control of the main streets and roads in Hayaniyah," one witness said.
Hyaniyah has been surrounded by Iraqi forces for several days, but today's actions marked the first time they had attempted to take over the neighborhood.
Meanwhile,
Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, has threatened to declare "open war" if a security crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists is not called off.
He said in a statement on Saturday that he was giving a final warning to the Shia-led Iraqi government "to take the path of peace and stop violence against its own people".
"If it does not stop the militias that have infiltrated the government, then we will declare a war until liberation," he said.
Al-Sadr also accused the Iraqi government of being too close to the US military.
I say, "bring it on". Maybe then, Iraq will finally get rid of this parasite.
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Green Energy
Iraqi Army continues their fight & Sadr threatens war
Artillery fire and bomb blasts shook a militia-held district in the southern city of Basra today as U.S. and British forces backed up Iraqi troops launching a new offensive in the area."JAM tried to prevent them from entering, but fierce air strikes enabled the Iraqi Army to take over control of the main streets and roads in Hayaniyah," one witness said.
Hyaniyah has been surrounded by Iraqi forces for several days, but today's actions marked the first time they had attempted to take over the neighborhood.
Meanwhile,
Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia Muslim leader, has threatened to declare "open war" if a security crackdown by Iraqi and US forces against his loyalists is not called off.He said in a statement on Saturday that he was giving a final warning to the Shia-led Iraqi government "to take the path of peace and stop violence against its own people".
"If it does not stop the militias that have infiltrated the government, then we will declare a war until liberation," he said.
Al-Sadr also accused the Iraqi government of being too close to the US military.
I say, "bring it on". Maybe then, Iraq will finally get rid of this parasite.
- Winds Of War: Another Way To Fight The Jihadists
Last week I posted on how the Iraqi Army deals with terrorists – i.e. weapons found in mosques. Now this is how the Iraqi Army uses intimidation for their own ends. The film was passed to The Sunday Times by a senior official close to Moqtada al-Sadr....
- Mahdi Army Surrenders - Authorizes Iraqi Government To Disarm Fighters
From the Stratas-Sphere: It seems the Mahdi Army in Sadr City has surrendered - completely: Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad’s Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with...
- Why Would The Iranians Broker A Cease Fire For Iraq Vs Muqtadr?
USA TODAY: BAGHDAD -- Iranian officials helped broker a cease-fire agreement Sunday between Iraq's government and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, according to Iraqi lawmakers. The deal could help defuse a wave of violence that had threatened...
- It's Gettyburg - Maliki Needs To Crush Utterly The Mahdi Army Now
Now that Al Qaeda in Iraq has been obliterated, it is essential for the growth and security of Iraq, and for it's national identity against Iran, that the Mahdi army be destroyed. War is politics by other means, and the results of the...
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One of the contingencies involved in the Bush Aministrations decision to commit more troops to Iraq was that Iranian Prime Minister Maliki must lay down the gauntlet on the Mahdi army. I'm not too sure if this is what we were hoping for or not: BAGHDAD...