..Resistance will resume if US forces stay in Iraq: Sadr

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

..Resistance will resume if US forces stay in Iraq: Sadr
Saturday, 09 April 2011 12:16

BAGHDAD: Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday that his supporters will resume their resistance to US forces in Iraq if they do not leave as scheduled by the end of the year.

"If the Americans don't leave Iraq on time, we will increase the resistance and restart the activities of the Mahdi Army," Sadr said in a fiery statement read by a spokesman to thousands of followers in Baghdad.

He was referring to his militia which mounted repeated uprisings against US-led forces in Iraq before he stood it down in August 2008.



Read more: http://www.brecorder.com/world/middle-east/10581-resistance-will-resume-if-us-forces-stay-in-iraq-sadr.html

[aquart]

1. They're telling us to go. We can be packed in an hour.

Bug out!

[dipsydoodle]

2. Well there's a suprise

NOT.

If the US doesn't do what it said it would do why should they be believed at all. The flaw in "giving" Iraq democracy was dictating exactly what form of democracy was acceptable - Latin America revisited.

:hi:

[Turborama]

3. He's not just talking about the US army leaving by the end of the year, "contractors" have to go too

Moqtada al Sadr, a prominent Iraqi Shia cleric, has threatened to revive his Mehdi Army and relaunch armed resistance against continued US presence in the country.

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Al Jazeera correspondent Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said that this time Sadr had not only warned US troops but also the contractors.

Full article: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114975436936287.html

[dotymed]

4. My neighbor

just got his papers to deploy to Iraq???

[No Elephants]

5. Saddam was awful, but he did keep Al Q'aeeda out of Iraq. We helped them recruit.

[_ed_]

6. Did anyone ever think we'd not only still be fighting two wars,

but have started a third in Libya? Hope for change.

[gateley]

7. No, I didn't think we'd escalate in Afghanistan nor that we'd be building for

so much of a future in Iraq. It's just fucking crazy.

But we didn't "start" a war in Libya - jeez! We came in, did what we said we'd do and left (at the peoples' request, don't forget).

We're guilty enough for Iraq and Afghanistan - no need to add another onto the pile that isn't warranted.

[neoralme]

8. I thought so after the increase in troop strength in Afghanistan. I

think now they'll be a fourth.