Posted on 11/25/2006 6:29:08 PM PST by TexKat
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of the militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took over state-run television Saturday to denounce the Iraqi government, label Sunnis "terrorists" and issue what appeared to many viewers as a call to arms.
The two-hour broadcast from a community gathering in the heart of the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City included three members of al-Sadr's parliamentary bloc, who took questions from outraged residents demanding revenge for a series of car bombings that killed some 200 people Thursday.
With Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki relegated to the sidelines, brazen Sunni-Shiite attacks continue unchecked despite a 24-hour curfew over Baghdad. Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia now controls wide swaths of the capital, his politicians are the backbone of the Cabinet, and his followers deeply entrenched in the Iraqi security forces. Sectarian violence has spun so rapidly out of control since the Sadr City blasts, however, that it's not clear whether even al-Sadr has the authority - or the will - to stop the cycle of bloodshed.
"This is live and, God willing, everyone will hear me: We are not interested in sidewalks, water services or anything else. We want safety," an unidentified Sadr City resident said as the televised crowd cheered. "We want the officials. They say there is no sectarian war. No, it is sectarian war, and that's the truth."
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Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech during prayers in Kufa, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 24, 2006. Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr warned Friday they will suspend their membership in parliament and the Cabinet if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets U.S. President George W. Bush in Jordan next week. (AP Photo/Alaa Al Marjani)
Al-Sadr loyalists take over Iraqi television station ping
This guy and his ilk should have been sent to Allah yrs ago.
And we had him right there, too. This guy has to go.
Nothing to see here, folks. Everything in Iraq is going very well, it's just the MSM that's making it LOOK really bad!
They took over MSNBC along time ago
7 - 730am: "Good Morning to Death to America", hosted by Mookie and Dirka Dirka Mohammed Jihad.
Why is that wretched being still drawing breath?
Is our military clueless?
Is our government run by idiots?
We need some of that Polonium stuff from Putin!
Yes....
Hello, I am Muqtada Al Sadr, and this is CNN.....
He should have been at room temperature 2 years ago at least. He has mocked us and undermined us repeatedly. It is no wonder the Iraqi's think us weak.
We should pick the fat pig up and drop him off in an insurgent filled Sunni neighborhood. Let him make a speech from there.
Liberals and their media wants us to leave and hence defeated, do you want this as well?
This is a joke, Sadr being a alive is just plain studid
wants=want
I miss him nmh, I really, really miss him.
See below.
Is our military clueless? No.
Is our government run by idiots? Yes!
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