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[underpants]

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise weapons and chant support for their leader in the holly Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005. Al-Sadr called for an end to the armed clashes between his followers and supporters of a rival Shiite group, saying Muslims should not be fighting one another. (AP Photo/Alla Al-Marjani)

[flying_wahini]

1. maybe I missed it but

have you ever heard of this American administration calling for
the peaceful unification of Muslims ?

[underpants]

2. No

and Welcome to DU :hi:

[KharmaTrain]

3. OK...Whose Side Is Sadr On?

One day I'm reading he's working with the other Shiites and Kurds in ramming through this sham "constitution". Then the next I'm reading about his militia shooting up Najaaf and the ratcheted up rhetoric of how dangerous he is. So which is it?

Also, where our fine friend, the oil minister, Mr. Chalabi, in all of this...he's been very quiet lately.

[underpants]

4. I think he is on Sadr's side

Hell he has expanded his influence so far, why stop now?

Note-this should be considered in the context of being on a playing field with W so winning (playin' W) is really not that much of an accomplishment.

[NNN0LHI]

5. How come the US backed Iraqi army dudes all wear face masks...

...to hide their identity but the Iraqi "insurgent" dudes don't? Somethings the matter with this picture.

Don