U.S. Crackdown on Shi'ites Fuels Iraqi Anger

[Spazito]

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. troops sealed off roads around the house of an Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Saturday and another sheikh warned the crackdown on radicals would only backfire

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Sheikh Kathim al-Nasseri, Sadr's representative in Kerbala, said U.S. troops made a serious mistake spilling Muslim blood and pressuring Shi'ite clerics.


"The result will be very bad for the Americans. If they increase the pressure there will be a crisis between the people of Kerbala and the Americans," he told Reuters.


He warned occupation forces that if they do any harm to Shi'ite shrines in the holy cities of Kerbala or Najaf "they will face not only Shi'ites in Iraq but Shi'ites all over the world."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=17&u=/nm/iraq_dc

[0007]

1. Wow! It appears that this is just starting -

When soldiers heart aren't indeed into the fight the out come is pretty much predictable. 60% of Iraq are Shi'ites.

[The Zanti Regent]

9. Thanks for ruining my nephew's life, Bush

You lied to him and tricked him into going into Iraq.

He took a bullet in the spine and is now a quadraplegic.

23 years old and his life is ruined.

Thank you and your pal Nader very much!

[patdem]

2. Who does this remind you of? Taken from that article...

"He is a mixture of a criminal and a lunatic who believes he has a hotline to God...

:shrug:

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Seems like the BFEE got themselves into a bit of a mess ?

. . 2000 tonnes of bombs, 57 Billion $$$ and this is the best the Bu$hCo can do ??

I ain't surprised, fumbling idiots in my opinion

[Mari333]

4. and our soldiers (teenagers with guns)

are the ones on the front lines of this clusterf*ck, they are the ones lying in the sand with their limbs torn off, along with innocent civilians..
and the BFEE just smiles, because those fatcats and corporate whores are sitting pretty as the monies roll in and they chop up Iraq with their reconstruction monies, right out of YOUR pocket, and right into the pockets of a select few.
This is a nightmare. I want to wake up.

http://www.bringthemhomenow.com/

[Barrett808]

5. The beginning of the end

Once the Shia decide to mobilize en masse against the occupation, that will be the end of Bush's criminal adventure.

[tlcandie]

6. Telling quote...someone needs to look in the mirror ...

<snip>
"He is a mixture of a criminal and a lunatic who believes he has a hotline to God... He had set up checkpoints in Kerbala to fleece money out of people. At one point his guys went to the governorate building with machetes and two were shot," a CPA official said.
<snip>

:spank:

[caledesi]

8. Yes B808, so why haven't these idiots figured this out?

Because they don't care. Because they are DESPERATE!

Hey, "Are people going die? You bet." - Rummy on MTP

Disgusting :puke:

[caledesi]

7. These thugs just don't "get it."

This will backfire, as the article said. I would love to know who the hell is dreaming up these new tactics, like the crackdown on the Shi'ites? I think someone is abusing oxycontins!



Now don't these people look happy?

[Bandit]

10. Seems we have a General in charge who believes the Devil is hiding

in those Shi'ite shrines. I wouldn't hold my breath if I was them expecting the Shrines to remain safe.

[AndyTiedye]

11. This is a Crusade

Bush even said so. It's "Onward Christian Soldiers".

Mind you, the last set of Crusades didn't go all that well.

[goforit]

12. Now where is Osama in their time of need?.....Waving the Bush flag.

I do believe the islamics know who OBL works for.

[karlschneider]

13. Oh, dear, they ran out of rose petals. How untidy.

:grr: