Rival Shia Factions Kiss And Make Up. Mookie & Hakim Love Munchkin King.
Al-Hakim meets with the King Munchkin. Let’s see…Northern girl Mookie, who is a butt-buddy of the King Muchkin, decides to bury the hatchet with Southern girl Al-Hakim, another butt-buddy of the King Munchkin. The Munchkin King wishes they could all be Iranian girls. Mookie and Hakim have been on-again-off-again in their butt-buddyism. Take this in light of the recent “We are prepared for a power vacuum in Iraq” statement made by the King Munchkin, and…what kind of conclusions can we draw, boys and girls?
~Bashman.
BAGHDAD- Two of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite leaders agreed on Saturday to end a bitter rivalry in a bid to end months of armed clashes and assassinations in the oil-rich south that have threatened to spread into a wider conflict.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the largest Shiite political party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, promised to stop the bloodshed and enhance cooperation between their two movements.
An official in al-Sadr’s office in the holy city of Najaf called the agreement a “fresh start.”
Internal rivalries have been rising in recent months, particularly in the southern Shiite heartland where factions have been vying for power as the British military has pulled back to a base at the Basra airport.
The three-point agreement appeared to be aimed at reining in rival militants loyal to al-Sadr and al-Hakim before the fighting erupts into a full-fledged conflict that could shatter the relative unity of the Shiite-led governing apparatus.
It also comes as mainstream politicians from Iraq’s majority sect have been trying to bring al-Sadr back into the fold after his loyalists pulled out of the main Shiite bloc last month.
The Sadrists’ pullout left the United Iraqi Alliance, which includes al-Hakim’s SIIC, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawa party and some independents, with only 85 seats—a dramatic drop for an alliance that once held 130 seats in the 275-member parliament.
Sadrist lawmaker Nassar al-Rubaie said the agreement did not change the movement’s political opposition to al-Maliki’s beleaguered government but was aimed at “preventing clashes between the two groups and reducing the violence hitting the country.”
“We have agreed to from joint committees to investigate any friction and to determine the reasons and the people behind it,” he said, stressing the need for dialogue. “The success of this agreement will mean less bloodshed.”
A copy of the agreement, signed by both leaders, was shown on the Shiite Al-Forat television station.
The principles outlined included “the necessity of protecting and respecting Iraqi blood regardless of the situation or sect,” mobilizing all Islamic and cultural institutions on both sides “to maintain friendly feelings and to avoid hatred” and to establish provincial committees aimed at keeping order.
The al-Sadr official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to disclose the details, called it a chance “to give up differences and take the path of stability that will serve the interests of the Iraqi people.”
The Mahdi Army militia, which is nominally loyal to al-Sadr, and the armed wing of al-Hakim’s party known as the Badr Brigade face longstanding rivalries and frequently have clashed since Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-dominated regime was ousted in 2003.
Tensions boiled over this summer with the assassination of two provincial governors belonging to SIIC, the targeting of al-Sadr lieutenants and even the shooting deaths of several aides to Iraq’s pre-eminent Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
A turning point appears to have been in late August when deadly street battles broke out between militia fighters in the holy city of Karbala, killing dozens of people during a major Shiite religious festival.
(AP)
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MUNCHKIN KING… that’s some funny shiite!!
October 6th, 2007 at 3:44 pmI believe these guys are feeling a little more comfortable with not having to hedge their bets with Iran. These guys are now really starting to believe in the future of Iraq. They are all starting to believe they can make it on their own and they would much rather make it with the help of the Americans instead of the Iranians. Who can and will help them more than the greatest nation on earth?
Everyone in Iraq can see the finish line now. Its good to be a winner! The truth deep down is they all want to be more like Americans.
They admire what we can accomplish and have accomplished. If you were in their shoes who would you rather have as an enemy? The US or Iran? You know those Iranian soldiers are thinking to themselves no matter how much bravado they show… “I really hope we don’t have to fight those American soldiers… they would kick our ass!”
God bless the United States of America!!!!
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October 6th, 2007 at 4:29 pmI’d be more pleased to see Mookie takin’ a dirt nap with ZarCowardly. I fail to see the efficacy of letting Mookie have any future in Iraq. The SOB has the power disease, imagining himself the Sultan.
Dust him!
October 6th, 2007 at 8:33 pmI’m with Clyde. Leaving the BADR gang and Mahdi Army in place is a baaddd idea. Stompum.
October 7th, 2007 at 1:14 pm