[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Libertarianize the GOP]

Iraq's version of the Sicilian Mafia?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Source article:

Mehdi Army dissolving, reports say

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Middle East Times

Friday, June 27, 2008

BAGHDAD, June 26 (UPI) -- The Mehdi Army of Moqtada Sadr is evolving into a clandestine movement following Iraqi military operations targeting the group, intelligence suggests.

The military wing of the Sadrist Movement, the political party loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, is "turning itself into a secret armed organization," an Iraqi intelligence official told the Gulf News on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi intelligence reports suggest the group's numbers have dwindled from around 50,000 to as few as 150 in the past few years.

Intelligence officials credit decisions by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch military offensives against Shiite militants in the southern parts of the country as deterring the group. An Iraqi intelligence official reports as many as 2,000 Mehdi Army fighters were killed in recent operations in Basra, Sadr City and the provincial capital of Maysan, Amarah.

[elhombrelibre]

Ping.

[river rat]

Surprise, surprise!

Many of us recognized this YEARS ago..

Sadr should be targeted for destruction - even if an entire Iranian city must be destroyed to accomplish the task.

Then - kill each and every “Sadr Militia” who raises in confrontation, demonstration or “typical Muslim outrage” over his death..

No prisoners, No mercy, No sanctuary for the freaking Islamists...

If we don’t fight this war SERIOUSLY, as we did WWII, they will bleed us to death with a million pin pricks over decades.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[PhilDragoo]

[Yo-Yo]

[Mookie to Mehdi Army] "Go, attack the American Infidels who are occupying our lands!"

[Mehdi Army to Mookie] "Go, attempt to procreate alone. We're outta here."

[Mookie, looking around the empty room] "By Allah, praise be upon him, I declare a temporary truce with the Americans!"

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Snuff Mookie!

[johnny7]

Either way, the Mahdi Militia is no more, as is al-Qaeda.

Yeah... but what about al AP, al CNN, al NBC and al MSNBC?

[alecqss]

“Iraqi intelligence reports suggest the group’s numbers have dwindled from around 50,000 to as few as 150 in the past few years.”

It is a great human tragedy. Harry Reid should declare a week of mourning for “liberal” cause....

[Billthedrill]

What is happening here is the "grass" level is going down to expose folks who would have been able to continue their activities in a noisier environment. That's why they were revolutionaries once, then terrorists, and now mere criminals. The significant thing isn't that Mook is now exposed as an embarrassing sore thumb, it's that the noise level is down.

A lot of people who expected victory to be a single, defining event may be surprised at this slow emergence. But I do think this is what it looks like. BTT.

[amom]

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[pissant]

Saw his fat head off with a rusty sword.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now about the Democrats.....

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Thanks to musicman for posting the above toon on this thread:

Obama under fire over Iraq troop pledge

[blasater1960]

I hope this is all true....The Mookster needs a dirt-nap.

[bray]

If not for the politics of the DNC, this would go down as one of the most successful military operations in history. Unfortunately, they always put politics over Country.

Pray for W and Our Troops