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To: sylvester80 who wrote (183370)	3/11/2006 7:01:37 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

NEWS: WHAT BUSH CALLS "MAKING IRAQI PROGRESS" Geezus... Moqtada Al Sadr??!! You might as well post comments from Iran's Ahmadinejad, or Abu Mus'ab Al Zarqawi.... In a television interview Friday night, radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr described the United States, Israel and Britain as a "Triad of Evil". You're SUCH A MORON if you believe that MAS represents the majority of Shi'ites in Iraq. He's certainly the most vocal, and one of the more militant (remember Najaf in Spring, 2004), but Ayatollah Al-Sistani is the REAL power within the Shi'ite community in Iraq. What MAS has going for him is that his father was killed by Saddam's regime, so he's given a bit of a break. He also appeals to the Arab nationalists because he's not particularly fond of the Persians (but more than willing to take their money when offered to him). But his sponsorship of the murders of Al-Khoei and Al-Hakim back in 2003 has DEFINITELY caused him to make some HATED enemies amongst the Shi'a Iraqis. It's only recently, after his Patron, Prime Minister Al-Jafaari has come under considerable pressure to resign, INCLUDING PRESSURE FROM SHI'AS, that MAS has been let out of his "box". Do us both a favor... Put me on ignore.. PLEASE!! Hawk