W on MSNBC with the Shiite Leader

[malaise]

in the Oval Office. Looks like a coup is in the works.

[lapfog_1]

1. I really really hate *'s speech delivery

Short declarative sentences that state the obvious.

A forth graders book report is more interesting.

[malaise]

3. Looked like he was listening to

that ever present mike. Has Maliki returned to Iraq or is he in exile yet?

[Jawja]

8. but he is communicating

with his base. :rofl:

[thereismore]

10. very well said. nt

[Poiuyt]

14. And he talks in such a condescending, patronizing way

It's like he feels that only he, George W. Bush, knows the facts, and it's up to him to educate us.

[bryant69]

2. It just wouldn't be Vietnam without a US sponsered coup

God Bless us Everyone.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[SusanaMontana41]

6. I was thinking that, too

but you said it better.

[K8-EEE]

4. OMG * is squirming around like a kid in the principal's office

He's such an embarassment....no matter how much time goes by I'm constantly astounded that this dumbass is actualy the President of the United States.

[angstlessk]

5. Who IS this leader? it's as if the is the 'One of which no one speaks his name"

If it ain't Al Sadr it ain't nobody worthwhile from all I have been reading?

[sabra]

7. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Aziz_al-Hakim

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Abdul Aziz al-Hakim with Donald RumsfeldSayyed Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (Arabic: عبد العزيز الحكيم ) (born 1953) is an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of SCIRI, the largest political party in the Iraqi National Assembly.

He was a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and served as its president in December 2003. Brother of the Shia leader Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, he replaced him as leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq when Mohammed Baqir was assassinated in August 2003 in Najaf.

He was born in 1953, the son of Grand Ayatollah Muhsin Al-Hakim, the spiritual leader of the world's Shi'a from 1955-1970. He played a leading role in the Safar Intifada in 1977 and was imprisoned in 1972, 1977 and 1979. He went into exile in Iran in 1980, where he was a founder member in 1982 of SCIRI and headed their military wing, the Badr Brigade. He was the top candidate listed for the United Iraqi Coalition during the first Iraqi legislative election of January 2005 but has not sought a government post because the Alliance had decided not to include theologians in the government.

[Dhalgren]

9. This is the Shiite leader most strongly backed by Iran. His Badr

Corps is a very strong, well trained militia - not as big as the Mahdi Army, but better trained and supported by Iran (Sadr is anti-Iran and doesn't have the support). If this guy takes over in Iraq, then Iran will have won completely and the Sunnis are done for...

[angstlessk]

12. Okay, it is SO difficult to keep up with all the 'leaders' in Iraq

so the Badr Bridage is NOT run by Al Sadr but the Mahdi Army IS? One needs a playbook. Is there one coming out anytime soon?

Edit: and I try hard to keep up with the goings on in Iraq. Juan Cole being my MUST READ.

[Dhalgren]

13. I can't start my day without Juan!

:hi:

[angstlessk]

11. Thank you so much, because I kept hearing he was meeting with him

and they kept saying he was the leader of the Shites and blah and blah and blah..but NEVER his name..I kept wondering if it was Al Sadr himself? thanks for the information!!!