August 17, 2004


The Next Ayatollah?

Given the absolutely fabulous job that the 1600 Crew has done in Iraq, are we seeing the 'release' of Ayatollah 2.0? Obviously Sadr thinks that he can either just wait out the "interim" government or he's got something else up his sleeve. His "dis" of the representatives of the US-installed puppet regime speaks volumes to where his head is, and it's not in giving up any time soon...

Rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday rebuffed a delegation of Iraqi political leaders seeking a face-to-face meeting to persuade him to disband his militia and vacate a large Shiite shrine here, increasing chances of intensified U.S. and Iraqi military action to evict him and his followers.

The eight-member delegation, led by a senior cleric who is a relative of Sadr's, crossed a U.S. military cordon and braved nearby gun battles to reach the gold-domed Imam Ali shrine, one of Shiite Islam's holiest sites. The group's goal was to forge a deal with Sadr to end a potentially destabilizing confrontation and convert his militia into a political organization that would take part in elections.

My guess: he's figuring out a way to be a dominant player in those elections with no help from the powers-that-be and he'll gain support by characterizing us as "the Great Satan". Gee, I've heard that before...kept me in the Northern Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf region for a long time in the early 80's, and we were not even at war.

Just another example of the fine, fine post-war planning by the 1600 Crew morons.
posted by Jo Fish on 08.17.04 at 10:27 PM





Comments:

you fly fixed or rotary wing Jo?

 posted by: the mullet on 08.17.04 at 10:32 PM [permalink]

We have taken an urban gang leader and managed to make him a major player in an oil state. That has to be some kind of record for incompetence in nation building.

 posted by: Bryan on 08.18.04 at 04:35 PM [permalink]

ttd, that's what I was getting at, the guy was kept around because his Dad and Granddad were important, but he was a nobody.

His newspaper was the Iraqi version of the National Inquirer with limited circulation. Outside of Sadr City he was known only by his name and his family association.

By making him an "enemy", Bremer elevated him. You have to wonder how Bremer found out al Sadr and his newspaper existed...wait, a name just came to me...how about Chalabi.

After being targeted by Bremer, people who hated him were forced to support him.

Somebody really needs to read about the role of martyrs in Islamic societies, oh, I'm sorry that would be too "sensitive".

 posted by: Bryan on 08.18.04 at 10:53 PM [permalink]

Sadr should be won over. Fighting him makes a martyr out of him.

Killing him would pour fuel on a fire.

And he has also butted heads with other Shi'ia. It is why Chalabi is trying to get him out. Chalabi wants to use his Iran connections to unite SHi'ites.

Allawi is probalby along the same lines, the warrant for Chalabi is more than likely smokescreen. Seeing him do so means Bush no longer needs Chalabi for expedient photo ops and eneeds a scapegoat for audits.

It really seems Allawi 's old secret polcie days probably worked vertically with Chalabi instead of opposed. Each wanted the other areound as an alibi to off/oust Saddam.


The first October surprise had to involve these goons and the new one will too.

They will not catch Bin Laden. They'll kill a lookalike and fake his DNA via blood tests of relatives in overseas labs (GH Venture Partners can do so).

It is the one legged straw man they'll try to 'produce'. Zarqawi has probably been in custody or is dead as initially claimed 3 months into Iraq war.

 posted by: Mr.Murder on 08.24.04 at 11:05 PM [permalink]


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