freethefly 6 #1 November 1, 2006 Considering recent events in Iraq, particuarly, Sadr City which is considered an insurgent stronghold and Al Maliki coddling those who are deeply anti-American and considered responsible for numerous Shiite death squads, how long untill the U.S. will be fighting the very Iraqi troops it is training? Al Maliki meets Shiite leaders Agencies Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki met with Iraq’s Shiite spiritual leader and an anti-US cleric in a bid to gain support for efforts to build political consensus and tackle widening sectarian violence. Al Maliki met with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani and Muqtada Al Sadr on Wednesday as he faces growing US pressure to show more strength in dealing with the onslaught of sectarian bombings and attacks in Iraq. Speaking to reporters after the meeting in the holy city of Najaf he said, "I came (to see Al Sistani) so that the security and political situation can be stabilised, allowing the government to turn its attention to reconstruction." Al Maliki also called on Al Sadr, the founder and leader of Iraq's most feared militia the Mahdi Army, whose support was crucial to the prime minister's election to his job earlier this year. Al Maliki has been in power for over four months, during which time Iraq has seen a noticeable deterioration in security. He expressed the independence of his government from apparent US influence. He said, "The Iraqi government is a government of national unity that came to power through the will of the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people are the only authorised party that can remove this government or allow it to continue.""...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #2 November 1, 2006 QuoteConsidering recent events in Iraq, particuarly, Sadr City which is considered an insurgent stronghold and Al Maliki coddling those who are deeply anti-American and considered responsible for numerous Shiite death squads, how long untill the U.S. will be fighting the very Iraqi troops it is training? ." Armed with the very weapons it is supplying: msnbc.msn.com/id/15488151/... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #3 November 3, 2006 Wasn't Al Maliki elected by Iraq's fledgling government, or was he hand-picked by the U.S. to lead Iraq? I can't remember. What it looks like is he is desperate to pass himself off as being independent from US pressure and that he calls the shots. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. He can't seem to do a damn thing about controlling the spiralling violence, and the only entity that has any real ability to stem it, is the US military, which he publicly blasted over the Sadr city siege. Well, fuck, Al Maliki... make up your goddamn mind... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freethefly 6 #4 November 3, 2006 QuoteWasn't Al Maliki elected by Iraq's fledgling government, or was he hand-picked by the U.S. to lead Iraq? I can't remember. What it looks like is he is desperate to pass himself off as being independent from US pressure and that he calls the shots. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. He can't seem to do a damn thing about controlling the spiralling violence, and the only entity that has any real ability to stem it, is the US military, which he publicly blasted over the Sadr city siege. Well, fuck, Al Maliki... make up your goddamn mind... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/28/MNGV3M1SB51.DTL http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/conspiracy_theory/fullstory.asp?id=348 From Al Jazeera; As the U.S. November 7 congressional elections draw near, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are trying to shift the blame for the current bloodshed and turmoil in Iraq from the U.S. government, throwing it on the incompetent Iraqi government, despite the fact that Maliki’s government came to power with the help of the Bush administration."...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
