Saudi king receives Moqtada Sadr

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Notice that Moqtada is still a "firebrand radical cleric" here.

MINA, Saudi Arabia - Saudi King Abdullah has received radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr at his palace in Mina near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, as the annual hajj pilgrimage winds down.

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He later expressed pessimism about the future of his war-torn country following the December 15 legislative polls.

"I am pessimistic (about the future of Iraq). Fanaticism and branding others as apostates dominate now," said Sadr, who was in Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj for the first time in his life.

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The King Abdullah-Sadr meeting was significant because of past tensions between the ultra-conservative Sunni kingdom and radical Shiites in the Middle East.

Middle East Online

[leftchick]

1. Notice no hand holding...

I started this thread earlier today without a hit. I think it is damn telling.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=110565&mesg_id=110565

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. He does not have enough power to hold hands

with him.

[bemildred]

3. Sorry, LC, missed it.

Hopefully the mods will append.

I just wish we could be there to feel the raw sexual tension between them ...

[leftchick]

5. eewww

I don't ... :hide:

[Greeby]

4. According to the Dispatches programme on Channel 4 last night

Sadr's militia and political arm pretty much run Basra and Sadr City, in a devil's deal made by the coalition.
Raisin-brain talks about "Islamo-fascism"? Well, people working under him are allowing fascistic rule by Sadr in these cities to create an illusion of security.

[TheGunslinger]

6. Aren't those the Taliban-esque areas now?

Women in burqas and such?