Colonel: Al Sadr Back In Iran
Could it be related to the fact that Britesmile just opened a franchise in Tehran?
There is speculation that he left in advance of an Iranian/Iraqi Shiite offensive. Or maybe it’s because we keep bombing the shit out of his stomping grounds. Several interesting developments below:
AFP:
Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr is reported to be back in Iran and elements of his Mahdi Army militia appear to be operating outside his control, a US military commander in Baghdad said Friday.
Sadr’s reported absence comes amid US fears that Iranian-backed cells are arming for attacks ahead of a key assessment to US Congress next month on whether the surge in US forces has worked to curb sectarian violence in Baghdad.
Colonel John Castles, a brigade commander whose area includes the sprawling Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, said he has seen intelligence reports that armor piercing explosives are being smuggled in from Iran.
So far no surge in attacks has materialized, he said. To the contrary, indirect fire attacks have fallen in his Baghdad sector from about 60 a month in May to about 40 in July, he said.
“But there is reporting that supports that they are trying to increase that particularly as we go into the months of August and September,” he said.
Meanwhile, US forces backed by helicopters and fighter aircraft struck Sadr City overnight Wednesday in a raid aimed at a cell suspected of trafficking armor piercing explosively formed projectiles, or EFPs.
The US military said 30 “terrorists” were killed in the strikes, but residents said women and children were among the dead.
Speaking to reporters here via video link from Baghdad, Castles said the degree of Sadr’s influence and control over his movement in Sadr City was uncertain.
“I think he is now in Iran, so just based on his location that implies that some of his control is not direct,” he said, adding that US reporting places Sadr in Iran.
He said Sadr’s political organization remains strong, but his control over the Mahdi Army is harder to discern.
“I personally think that it’s fractured somewhat, that they don’t get a whole lot of direct guidelines from him and that some of these divisions of it are operating on their own,” he said.
Sadr was reported to have gone to Iran in January ahead of a US troop surge to restore order in Baghdad and halt a spiral of sectarian violence.
He resurfaced in May in the southern Shiite city of Kufa where he led Friday prayers. He later met with key lieutenants in Najaf, reasserting his control over the movement.
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Pussy! maybe he will be in one of the buildings we drop a bomb on soon
August 10th, 2007 at 11:19 amWhere’s Mookie?
Somebody get me the name of his dentist.
This pig-fuck needs an immediate skull aeration procedure.
August 10th, 2007 at 11:22 amIf you were Allah, is this a guy you would choose to lead your movement?
Bashman, he sent his dentist to fight and die while he ran away to hide like a pussy. Can you imagine the friggin smell? (sorry to be gross)
August 10th, 2007 at 11:39 amhow the fuck is this dude still alive?
August 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pmPoor Mookie, maybe he just went to pick up some more diapers for his headwrap. Or maybe he just needs to take his old diaper wraps to the cleaners.
Got news for you…BrightSmile couldn’t do shit for that ugly jerk. A baseball bat however, might do wonders for that face, since it is blatantly obvious that the best part of him rolled down his daddy’s leg.
August 10th, 2007 at 1:01 pmLooks like Mookie gets his dental care in England!
August 10th, 2007 at 1:33 pmThis picture is sickening and sad in that the state of his teeth reflects his 7th century ideology–his teeth look like they’ve had 7th century dental care. The islamofacists must keep their women subjugated because they don’t want them to be able to speak up and tell them just how bad they look.
August 10th, 2007 at 1:49 pmWhere’s Sean Penn when you need him?
http://www.townhall.com/funnies/cartoonist/CoxForkum/2007/08/2
August 10th, 2007 at 2:43 pm“women and children”, oh, fucking well.
August 10th, 2007 at 2:59 pmHey Joe,
August 10th, 2007 at 4:26 pmWe had him and his men by the nuts in Najaf a few years ago but we let him withdraw. So as not to enrage the muslim streets, I guess.
I’m tellin ya, we’re gonna need a shit load of ammo for this venture.
Somebody kill that fuckin’ ghoul.
August 10th, 2007 at 9:12 pm