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Iraq: Shia Cleric Issues Threat To US Forces
sky.com ^ | June 21, 2014

Posted on 06/21/2014 8:34:19 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

A Shia cleric loyal to anti-US cleric Moqtada al Sadr has warned that the 300 US military advisers en route to Iraq will be attacked.

In a sermon from Baghdad's Sadr City district, Nassir al Saedi threatened what he called "the occupier", saying: "We will be ready for you if you are back."

The warning comes after President Barack Obama announced the deployment of US military advisers, made up mostly of special forces.

Their aim is to help the Iraqi government in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group of Sunni extremists who have seized cities and towns across northern Iraq.

Al Saedi's threats highlight a potentially dangerous secondary front for US forces heading to Iraq. Moqtada al Sadr's militia fought the Americans in at least two rounds of street warfare during the eight years US troops were on the ground there.

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To: The Shrew

Why on earth wait for what has happened, is happening and will continue to happen.

Nuke Iran.


21 posted on 06/21/2014 11:07:07 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: PGR88
The US had this guy in their sites in 2004, but my understanding is the US was convinced not to kill him by Senior cleric Ali al-Sistani. Probably one of the many big mistakes in managing the Iraq war....

Yep, I remember this turd. I always thought he merited the same sort of treatment that Saddam's sons received. He's only resurfacing now because he knows he has nothing to fear from Barry.

22 posted on 06/21/2014 11:16:05 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
In a sermon from Baghdad's Sadr City district, Nassir al Saedi threatened what he called "the occupier", saying: "We will be ready for you if you are back."

Sounds like a clear invitation to "come and get me."
Works for me!

I'm sure that moron's exact location will be easy enough to identify.

23 posted on 06/21/2014 11:37:52 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: MaxMax
Almost 2 people die each year from lightning playing golf.
So, there is hope.

Those are better odds than the Lottery!

I'll get the popcorn, now.
Wait for the DU undercover agents in FR to question the "almost" two people a year statistic...

24 posted on 06/21/2014 11:41:30 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: Captain Compassion
The Mahdi Army of the Shia wants to kill Americans. 300 troops are going to help how?

Animated targets for both Shia and Sunni? Equal opportunity retards?

25 posted on 06/21/2014 11:55:08 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: The Shrew
If you kill an American. I will drop a 20 megaton nuclear weapon on Mecca at the height of The Haj! I will also drop a 20 megaton nuclear weapon on Medina at the same moment. There is nothing your god can do to stop it.

Well, perhaps they can't stop it. But they won't be mortally damaged by the strike, and they will be able to exploit it. Skipping the obvious political fallout, this will simply trigger the fall of the USA, as every country on the planet will happily hit us with sanctions.

26 posted on 06/22/2014 12:23:02 AM PDT by Greysard
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To: PGR88

Al Sadr is sponsored by Iran. Politically, he is an agent of Iran. I think only the western media and public don’t realize this.

Yes, the coalition had Al Sadr in their sights in 2004. They even had a diagram of where he lived and slept in the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf. My understanding was that since he was not a terrorist he could not be apprehended.

Al Sistani is different from Al Sadr. Sistani does not support Al Sadr and is aligned with the interests of Iraqi Shia rather than Iranian political interests.

Did you know Al Sadr is practically illiterate and drools when he speaks? He’s essentially retarded, likely from inbreeding.

This Sadr city cleric is just making a proxy statement for Iran.

The majority of Iraqi Shia do not support Iran or Al Sadr. What support they offer is usually for the goodies they receive which are funded by Iran.

Remember it was Al Sistani, the Iraqi Shia leader, who called for volunteers to defend the cities. One and a half million answered the call. Sistani never made such a request to fight against the Coalition during the occupation. Al Sadr did but few answered and he brought in the Iranians. Lots of Shia in Najaf and Karbala resent him and Iran for the mess they made -robbing banks, occupying hospitals and the destruction from their ejection by Coalition forces.


27 posted on 06/22/2014 12:35:49 AM PDT by Justa
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Let’s wait until Sadr’s head is severed from the dull blade of an ISIS saw and then go help.

How about that deal?


28 posted on 06/22/2014 3:24:16 AM PDT by WildWeasel
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To: Captain Compassion
How many body bags is Obama sending to Iraq?

About 300 - he's making the "advisors" carry their own when he sends them.

29 posted on 06/22/2014 4:00:00 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: The Shrew

“I will drop a 20 megaton nuclear weapon on Mecca at the height of The Haj!”

Better and much simpler, arm all the “supplicants” at Mecca with full auto weapons (for their protection), then drop several planeloads of pigs in parachutes over the site. And voila! the Muzzies will kill each other trying to get the pigs. Follow with a pig fat “douche” of the area.


30 posted on 06/22/2014 4:41:42 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Logical me

This religious war has been going on since about the year 630. It will continue, no matter what the US does.


31 posted on 06/22/2014 4:47:11 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

God be with them.


32 posted on 06/22/2014 4:50:17 AM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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To: justa-hairyape
An American soldier going back into Iraq now has to keep an eye out in every conceivable direction. An attack can come from any where and from any body.

It's always been that way. These comments don't change anything.

33 posted on 06/22/2014 4:51:57 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: PGR88

The US had this guy in their sites in 2004, but my understanding is the US was convinced not to kill him by Senior cleric Ali al-Sistani. Probably one of the many big mistakes in managing the Iraq war....
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Likely a non-issue, if Bush 41 had not let Colin Powell talk him out of finishing off Saddam in the Gulf War. That was one of the major failures of GHW Bush, IMO. ...Then, Clinton did nothing to curtail Saddam’s production of WMDs and the killings.


34 posted on 06/22/2014 5:03:12 AM PDT by octex
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Sounds like your talking in the past tense yet we have yet to see the responses outcome. Of course, any response is likely not a finale since after this rebellion is halted another will eventually begin. By then we can blame another president for not stabilizing a country in religious war for centuries. Too bad Bush took out the dictator this country needed to keep the peace.


35 posted on 06/22/2014 5:18:19 AM PDT by Whidbeyboy
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To: Tailgunner Joe

MMM, this muzzie has drawn a red line and I bet he’ll make good on his promise.


36 posted on 06/22/2014 8:29:02 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Justa

Sistani was born in..........Iran.


37 posted on 06/23/2014 2:31:54 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: TomasUSMC
Sistani was born in..........Iran.

Just like Valerie Jarrett.

38 posted on 06/23/2014 2:33:01 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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