Comments on: Muqtada Sadr Office Bombarded

By: Flopping Aces

Flopping Aces — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:25:59 +0000

Some Good News Out Of Iraq...

While Murtha, Pelosi and Reid are spewing their cut n' run philosophy there is REAL progress going on in Iraq....much of it related to "the surge". Jules Crittenden is reporting that the Iraqi Army along with Coalition forces are pound...

By: jpe

jpe — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:26:53 +0000

Sounds promising. Would be good if true.

By: Chuck Simmins

Chuck Simmins — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:04:10 +0000

Hold for verification. KUNA is not the most reliable source at times.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:21:09 +0000

If this is what you say it is, the Sadrists will pick their time and place for retaliation. The Baghdad Security Plan calls for dispersing US personnel into neighborhood strongholds. Yesterday's attack on the US outpost is but a foretaste of the possible future.

By: Stix Blog

Stix Blog — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:09:23 +0000

Mookie's Office attacked...

While Mookie is hiding out in Iran, the US and Iraqi troops bombard his office and gather evidence against him. Muqtada Sadr office bombarded POL-IRAQ-SADR-OFFICE Muqtada Sadr office bombardedBAGHDAD, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- A joint force of the Iraqi Army...

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:49:36 +0000

Im with you on this being a win-win. If Sadrs people dont react they lose face in the Arab sense (acknowledging they are the weaker party). And if they do react, they lose lives.

In either case, they become less of a threat.

Perhaps just as importantly, this may be a redirection that will make US and Iraqi forces a more likely target of Shia militias, taking their focus away from sectarian killings of Sunnis. Sunnis have already started to abandon Al Qaeda, since they have had to face the consequences of Al Qaeda's sectarian division plan. It may be that US forces find themselves aided by Sunnis to suppress Shia militants. I wonder if our support for a Shia-led government will waiver in the future...

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:34:37 +0000

I'm with you on this being a 'win-win'. If Sadr's people don't react they lose face in the Arab sense (acknowledging they are the weaker party). And if they do react, they lose lives. In either case, they become less of a threat.

By: Stanford Matthews

Stanford Matthews — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:33:16 +0000

First report said Al-Sadr fled to Iran for fear of being targeted by the troop surge. Then a report announced his followers said he was still in country. Now his office west of Baghdad is bombed by UR/Iraqi forces. Maybe some firm information will eventually follow.
I thought his area of Baghdad was on the east side. What's this one, his satellite office? However, regardless of one's stand on the war it would be helpful if this "new" strategy would produce some significant results.