Sadr Lashes Out at ‘Terrorist’ Gates

Muqtada al-Sadr says he will not enter any political process that would allow US forces to remain in Iraq.
Alalam news
NAJAF, Iraq
April 12
Iraq’s Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday lashed out at Robert Gates, saying the US defense secretary will always remain his enemy because he is the occupier of Iraq.

“You have always been my enemy. And you will always be my enemy till the last drop of my blood,” Sadr said in a statement.

He was reacting to comments by Gates in which he reportedly said, referring to Sadr, that those who are prepared to work peacefully “within the political process in Iraq” are not the enemies of the United States.

“Which political process do you want to involve me in when you are occupying my land,” Sadr asked.

“I heard the statement of the terrorist American defense minister and I feel compelled to give a decent response to such a terrorist. I have no enemy but you. You are the occupier.”

Sadr said he will keep resisting the US presence in Iraq in a “way that we consider suitable.”

The cleric also told his Mahdi Army that he will no longer accept “any armed men on the streets when they are empty of the occupier.”

“If the occupier leaves the cities, we should not use our weapons. Don’t raise your weapons against Iraqis as long as they don’t help the occupier. I also call on the Iraqi government to back its people to rid the land of the occupier.”

Wild Thing’s comment……..
“And you will always be my enemy till the last drop of my blood,”
Hopefully, from Mookie’s lips to God’s ear…and soon.
Sadr is feeling the heat from the Locals heh heh
* Coalition forces killing “a senior intelligence officer of al Qaeda in Iraq’s network in Diyala. Arkan Khalaf Khudayyir, also known as Karrarr . . . was described as a senior intelligence leader . . . who facilitated suicide bombing attacks in the Diyala River Valley,” and this same “network also has been responsible for attacks in Baghdad, ‘to include attacks by female suicide bombers.'”
* “A document seized by US forces in Balad, and a communique from al Qaeda in Iraq’s leader intercepted by U.S. intelligence (painting) a bleak picture of the terror group’s ability to conduct operations in former strongholds.” A captured diary written by a “emir” Abu Tariq “documents the terror group’s decline, the desertion of its fighters, and logistical problems incurred in the wake of the surge. The diary is also an intelligence coup for U.S. forces. Tariq names current members of the groups and the companies and individuals used in al Qaeda’s support network in the region.” Hillary said that if media reports are accurate, the diary requires a willing suspension of disbelief.
* Al Qaeda in Iraq, “driven from its havens in Baghdad and the surrounding belts region, and most recently Diyala,” has tried to regroup in Mosul, “which has emerged as the latest battleground.” On January 25, ‘lame duck’ al-Maliki announced a new offensive to kick al Qaeda out of the Mosul region, where al Qaeda “maintains its only established supply line to Syria.” The operation has gone better than expected, as you can see by all the media coverage it’s not getting.
* On the political front, Iraqi leaders pushed through a provincial powers law that helps define Iraqi federalism, and sets the stage for provincial elections later this year,” which is on top of enactment of an “amnesty law to resolve the status of many Iraqis held in Iraqi custody,” which is on top of enactment in January of a “de-Ba’athification law that allows mid-level Baath party members to re-enter political and civic life,” which is on top of enactment in December of “a pension law that will allow tens of thousands of Sunnis to collect the retirement benefits they were promised.” The proposed oil law hasn’t passed yet, but “the central government in Iraq continues to distribute oil revenue to the provinces” as if it had.
Now that 12 of the 18 “benchmarks” have been met, liberals complain that the laws passed only after sharp bickering and because lawmakers traded favors by voting for one another’s bills — mammoth abominations unheard of in a democracy.
Before the recent crackdown against militias in Iraq, the New York Times complained that al-Maliki wasn’t cracking down enough against militias in Iraq. Now the New York Times complains that Crackdown on Militias May Add to Instability in Iraq. But if the Mookster’s idiotic provocations accomplished anything, it’s to get the Sunni, Kurd and Shiite factions in the government behind al-Maliki and against the Mookster. Cracking down on Shia militias was another of the Democrats’ hallowed “benchmarks,” but that was until al-Maliki started cracking down on Shia militias. Bush-Petraeus-McCain won the argument, which is why the losercrats are looking sadr and sadr every day.