Uh Oh! "U.S. could face Another showdown with al-Sadr"!

[leftchick]

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=7ff829f8-9a20-4f4b-980a-a09c3c008a6a&k=93361

U.S. could face a showdown with al-Sadr
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Font: * * * * ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Putting more U.S. soldiers in the streets of Baghdad risks a new showdown with a radical anti-American cleric who has modeled his movement after Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.

Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army has re-emerged as a key force in the majority Shiite community after suffering substantial losses during two uprisings against the U.S. military in 2004. Sunni Arabs believe the militia is responsible for kidnapping and killing thousands of Sunnis since the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine.

Al-Sadr's black-clad followers insist they simply protect Shiite communities that have suffered horrific losses at the hands of Sunni insurgents and religious extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime in 2003.

U.S. officials believe disbanding Shiite and Sunni armed groups is essential to curbing the sectarian violence threatening the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. plans for removing substantial numbers of troops before U.S. congressional elections in November.

[symbolman]

1. I like the way they bring up so naturally

the scumbag move telegraphed by Bush & Co, the RETURN of SUBSTANTIAL numbers of Troops BEFORE Nov Elections..

Amazing, remember the old days when the CIA did things and we never knew for 40 years, or the President actually PROTECTED the country - now everything they do is NEWS, News, news..

Blow up a 6 foot tall Arab? Sure, wait for the LIVE FEED Mr CIA guy :)

Welcome to bizarro world, eh?