Blue Herald
09
Apr
Is It Time To Leave Yet?
by Buck • 9:10 am

If never before, NOW is the time to get the hell out of Iraq. They clearly want us out. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

MSNBC

Shiite rallies mark anniversary of Baghdad’s fall

Huge turnout follows calls by radical cleric for Iraqis to A-unify- against U.S.
Ceerwan Aziz / Reuters
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Tens of thousands marched through the streets of two Shiite holy cities Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad’s fall.

The rally was called for by powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who commands an enormous following among Iraq’s majority Shiites and has close allies in the Shiite-dominated government.

A day earlier, the renegade cleric issued a statement ordering his militiamen to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq’s army and police should join him in defeating “your archenemy.”
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In a statement distributed in Najaf on Sunday, al-Sadr called on Iraqi forces to stop cooperating with America.

“You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don-t walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy,” the statement said.

He urged his followers not to attack fellow Iraqis but to turn all their efforts on American forces.


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