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Attempted coup d'etat underway in Iraq right now
Instapundit ^
| April 05, 2004
Posted on 04/05/2004 2:10:36 PM PDT by John Jorsett
ZEYAD APPEARS TO HAVE ANOTHER SCOOP:
A coup d'etat is taking place in Iraq a the moment. Al-Shu'la, Al-Hurria, Thawra (Sadr city), and Kadhimiya (all Shi'ite neighbourhoods in Baghdad) have been declared liberated from occupation. Looting has already started at some places downtown, a friend of mine just returned from Sadun street and he says Al-Mahdi militiamen are breaking stores and clinics open and also at Tahrir square just across the river from the Green Zone. News from other cities in the south indicate that Sadr followers (tens of thousands of them) have taken over IP stations and governorate buildings in Kufa, Nassiriya, Ammara, Kut, and Basrah. Al-Jazeera says that policemen in these cities have sided with the Shia insurgents, which doesn't come as a surprise to me since a large portion of the police forces in these areas were recruited from Shi'ite militias and we have talked about that ages ago. And it looks like this move has been planned a long time ago.
No one knows what is happening in the capital right now. Power has been cut off in my neighbourhood since the afternoon, and I can only hear helicopters, massive explosions, and continuous shooting nearby. The streets are empty, someone told us half an hour ago that Al-Mahdi are trying to take over our neighbourhood and are being met by resistance from Sunni hardliners. Doors are locked, and AK-47's are being loaded and put close by in case they are needed. The phone keeps ringing frantically. Baghdadis are horrified and everyone seems to have made up their mind to stay home tomorrow until the situation is clear.
I'm not seeing anything about this elsewhere yet. It's bad news if things are as bad as this sounds. This report from Dow Jones says that Bush is predicting more violence in Iraq.
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: aidandcomfort; alsadr; anarchy; antiamericanism; bushaters; coup; coupdetat; iraq; iraqaftermath; looting; riot; rioting; sadr; shiite; terrorism; terrorists
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To: John Jorsett
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:12:25 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))
To: John Jorsett
Keep a sharp watch on the Iranian, Syrian, and Saudi borders.
This could be a larger conspiracy.
Get the airplanes warmed up. This may be very, very big.
To: John Jorsett
More of this activity is BOUND to come the closer we get to formally installing a DEMOCRACY in Iraq.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:12:26 PM PDT
by
Solson
(Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.)
To: John Jorsett
More proof that people tend to get the governments that they deserve. Let's hope the majority of Iraqis are better than this.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:12:32 PM PDT
by
Vitamin A
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To: John Jorsett
A very concerned bttt...
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:13:57 PM PDT
by
MaryFromMichigan
(We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:13:57 PM PDT
by
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To: rogueleader
This could be a larger conspiracy.
ya think?
me too.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:13:58 PM PDT
by
Robert_Paulson2
(the madridification of our election is now officially underway.)
To: John Jorsett
This could work to our advantage. Wipe them out. All of them.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:14:27 PM PDT
by
NativeNewYorker
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sharpton.)
To: Stillwaters
Important ping!
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:14:46 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Some things have to be believed to be seen)
To: John Jorsett
Gee, war can be messy. You wouldn't have known that when everyone was posting cans of "whoop-ass" pics in here leading up to this, like it was a football game or something.
Haven't seen any of those whoop-ass pics in a while.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:15:05 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
(<a href="http://www.angelqueen.org">Traditional Catholicism is Back and Growing</a>)
To: John Jorsett
The Al Mahdi Militia?
As in the "awaited enlighted one ( mahdi) militia?
This could signal a major complication, but we have enough forces to quell it.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:15:13 PM PDT
by
judicial meanz
(If liberals are as compassionate as they say they are, why is there a culture war?)
To: Vitamin A
A Three-State Solution--- better late than never.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:15:41 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: rogueleader
I've been wondering about that, too. I know there is a lot of domestic disturbance in Iran right now (some of it, apparently, because of the collapse of a banking system in some area of the country). I think Iran has been biding its time, all the while sending many "pilgrims" to these Shiite sites in Iraq. But Iran may have decided that striking now would distract its own unhappy citizens, and that the coincidental problems in the Sunni Fallujah would keep us too busy to respond until too late.
I hope we're keeping everything we've got warmed up, and I hope Israel is doing likewise.
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:17:48 PM PDT
by
livius
To: John Jorsett
How can he blog without power?
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:18:47 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: John Jorsett
Bad vibes.
To: John Jorsett
I can only hear helicopters, massive explosions...and this is bad???
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:20:05 PM PDT
by
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To: John Jorsett
If we needed a pretext to occupy Iraq for the next 50 years, this would provide it.
If we needed a pretext to invade Iran, this could also provide it.
To: livius
HOw many RevGuard Pasdaran fighters are ensconsed in the Shia areas of Baghdad by now and/or in the South?
So, three new fronts in Irak - Fallujah, Baghdad and the South.
Long Hot Summer coming up.
To: judicial meanz
This could signal a major complication, but we have enough forces to quell it.
Screw 'em! Let a MOAB take care of these animals! Time for an open season, no-bag-limit on these left hand a$$wipers!
You mess with the bull, you get the HORNS!
You act civilized, you wil be TREATED civily...if not... 
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posted on
04/05/2004 2:21:13 PM PDT
by
Itzlzha
(The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote!)
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