Muqtada al-Sadr says he will not enter any political process that would allow US forces to remain in Iraq.
Posted on 04/12/2008 2:19:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Muqtada al-Sadr says he will not enter any political process that would allow US forces to remain in Iraq.
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NAJAF, Iraq, April 12--Iraq's Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday lashed out at Robert Gates, saying the US defense secretary will always remain his enemy because he is the occupier of Iraq.
"You have always been my enemy. And you will always be my enemy till the last drop of my blood," Sadr said in a statement.
He was reacting to comments by Gates in which he reportedly said, referring to Sadr, that those who are prepared to work peacefully "within the political process in Iraq" are not the enemies of the United States.
"Which political process do you want to involve me in when you are occupying my land," Sadr asked.
"I heard the statement of the terrorist American defense minister and I feel compelled to give a decent response to such a terrorist. I have no enemy but you. You are the occupier."
Sadr said he will keep resisting the US presence in Iraq in a "way that we consider suitable."
The cleric also told his Mahdi Army that he will no longer accept "any armed men on the streets when they are empty of the occupier."
"If the occupier leaves the cities, we should not use our weapons. Don't raise your weapons against Iraqis as long as they don't help the occupier. I also call on the Iraqi government to back its people to rid the land of the occupier."
It’s his Land NOW!
No mention of Maliki....
Sadr better be very careful....he might wind up like his dead aide.
Hopefully, from Mookie's lips to God's ear...and soon.
EWWWWW!
I am sure this terrifies Gates. NOT.
Someone ring up the hard boys....tell them we got a job for them...
I can’t help but remember the story of the man this guy replaced. How happy he was for the Shites in southrn Iraq. The Americans had liberated them. They would now be free. Then he was blown up. Sadrist’s or Sadr reported back to Iran, “The dog is dead.”
This guy should have been taken out long since. There is a lot of blood on his hands.
Does this mean no more negotiations?
“And you will always be my enemy till the last drop of my blood,”
Mookie! Mookie! Come out and pla-ay!
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Senators clash with White House over US-Iraq plan
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Bush administration officials today clashed with senators over plans for a long-term US presence in Iraq after the current UN mandate expires at the end of this year.
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SADR and Friends were watching the Senate Hearings....Gates and Crocker were the Stars....
Is this guy asking to be martyred? If not, what a set of stones this guy has..
Of all the hundreds of times I have seen reports on TV and read what this fat worm supposedly said...NOT ONCE has he actually been visibly present. It's always SADR SAID, SADR SAID...
I need to see a fake video - like when the dead bin Laden speaks, LOL!
You would think the Iranians could setup a video studio for him....
Why the hell can't we push a button on this a**ho$e?
Jiminy Christmas!
Meanwhile the clown lays low in his villa outside of Qom, Iran. The list must grow daily for those that would have wished if he was rubbed out a long time ago, from all sides concerned.
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