Bill
03-29-2008, 11:03 PM
"Muqtada Sadr has told us not to surrender our arms except to a state that can throw out the occupation," Sheik Salah al-Obaidi said.
This is interesting, and kind of new - the sadrites are making this about the US, saying in effect that the green zoners are puppets of the americans.
It's your basic polarization rhetoric - you're either for the US, or for a free Iraq.
Sounds like there really isn't that much air support being called in...
U.S. planes dropped two bombs Saturday afternoon on a suspected Shiite militia stronghold in the Basra area, a British military spokesman said.
"Shortly after two U.S. jets raised ordnance against Shiite militia positions in Basra, UK artillery engaged an enemy mortar team in the Basra area," said the spokesman, Maj. Tom Holloway.
He said both attacks were in response to requests by Iraqi forces for air support, and the military is still assessing the effect of the bombings.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/29/iraq.main/index.html
"Muqtada Sadr has told us not to surrender our arms except to a state that can throw out the occupation," Sheik Salah al-Obaidi said.
The message of defiance came as U.S. and coalition troops lent more firepower to Iraqi military and police forces battling Shiite militants in southern Iraq and Baghdad.
The unrest also prompted officials to extend a curfew in the capital.
The fighting involves government security forces and Shiite militia fighters, many of them al-Sadr followers.
The violence has sparked fears that a seven-month cease-fire by al-Sadr's Mehdi Army -- regarded as a key factor in a dramatic drop in attacks in recent months -- could collapse or that the U.S. military will have to bail out the Iraqis.
This is interesting, and kind of new - the sadrites are making this about the US, saying in effect that the green zoners are puppets of the americans.
It's your basic polarization rhetoric - you're either for the US, or for a free Iraq.
Sounds like there really isn't that much air support being called in...
U.S. planes dropped two bombs Saturday afternoon on a suspected Shiite militia stronghold in the Basra area, a British military spokesman said.
"Shortly after two U.S. jets raised ordnance against Shiite militia positions in Basra, UK artillery engaged an enemy mortar team in the Basra area," said the spokesman, Maj. Tom Holloway.
He said both attacks were in response to requests by Iraqi forces for air support, and the military is still assessing the effect of the bombings.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/29/iraq.main/index.html
"Muqtada Sadr has told us not to surrender our arms except to a state that can throw out the occupation," Sheik Salah al-Obaidi said.
The message of defiance came as U.S. and coalition troops lent more firepower to Iraqi military and police forces battling Shiite militants in southern Iraq and Baghdad.
The unrest also prompted officials to extend a curfew in the capital.
The fighting involves government security forces and Shiite militia fighters, many of them al-Sadr followers.
The violence has sparked fears that a seven-month cease-fire by al-Sadr's Mehdi Army -- regarded as a key factor in a dramatic drop in attacks in recent months -- could collapse or that the U.S. military will have to bail out the Iraqis.