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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 07:43 AM Original message |
Al-Sadr Offers Peace in Iraq |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. A pause that refreshes............ |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. A truce or peace treaty is an opportunity to refit and rearm |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. For both sides |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. According to the BBC, He has already pulled the troops out..it has been done.. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I think this is at least the fourth time he has done this. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Those bombing raids from the skies will bring em to their knees every |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah maybe we should go hand to hand then |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Isn't bombing them from the air |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, that was/is pretty fucked up. It's THEIR country. So kill 'em in any |
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AteAlien (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's one thing that riles me |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Better that we kill innocent Iraqi civilians? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. War is unfortunate in that you have to make decisions like that. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. But plenty of civilians on the ground will die |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Profile: The Mahdi Army |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yeah, the Mahdi Army is a bunch of sweethearts... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. The smaller mahdi militia is funded from Qom while the larger Badr militia is |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. So what do you think of Abu Ghraib? Do you approve of torture when Bush orders it? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. What would you rather have in your home town? |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Nope, we just bomb people from the air |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Surely you are not suggesting the the US military engages in random killings? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Al-Sadr Offers Truce If Gov't Halts Raids |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. Now, how can you have a Forever War if they start talking Peace? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Al-Sadr calls off fighting amid airstrikes, crackdown |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I do not think that we will stop |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What was that translation? carries weapons and/that/which target ...... |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I read earlier that he had been wounded |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. We announce our disavowal from anyone who carries weapons and targets government institutions, ... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. I read that, too. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It won't work. His army won't disarm. They would be crazy too. |
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143tbone (468 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Five things you need to know to understand the latest violence in Iraq |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The article referenced in the above response is a real eye-opener! Highly recommended. n/t |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. hou much do we have to pay him this time..?? |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Obviously a chess player. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm not sure it's his move. |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Iraqi factions don't act like one, |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Indeed. These groups are not capable of getting past their vast differences |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I agree, but I still think there's a plan. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. One possibility. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. He has nothing to win by getting in an all out fight, and a lot to lose. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Probably, He seems to have taken back the initiative. nt |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. how much? |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. I don't think our current government is interested in any long term peace paln. |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. I thought Al-Maliki said this was to be a decisive operation. |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. You brought up an excellent point |
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