Sadr calls for halt to Iraq fighting - Can't we all get along?

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQIPpw5idetLcIENg1eSbrEUfDTA

Sadr calls for halt to Iraq fighting
10 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq's hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday called for an end to fighting between the country's security forces and his Mahdi Army militia, a week after he warned of "open war" against the government.

"I call upon my brothers in the army, police and Jaish al-Mahdi (Mahdi Army) to stop the bloodshed," Sadr said in a statement read out at a Baghdad mosque during Friday prayers.

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1. And thus his word is apparently the loudest

Because he could probably kill most of our troops with a few words. Bush and Cheney must think this is a dream come true- whenever they need more instability to justify their presence there, they just kidnap a few of Sadr's inner circle for torture and send him the pics.

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2. Russia reported Sadr himself was taken into US custody years ago

http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/93/375/12491_Alsadr.html

13.04.2004

American armed forces arrested radical Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, reported the leader's close assistant Hasem Al-Araadge, Chief of Baghdad bureau “Mahdi army”. Al-Arradge was also arrested by the Americans. Both are currently held in the “Palestine” hotel in Baghdad.

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3. Now that's interesting

That's on par with what I heard about Bin-Laden getting treatment for his bad kidneys with us shortly before 9/11- did we pick him up to give him his marching orders? You know how we like to have a central figure to be referred to as "the ultimate evil."