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roachboy · 08-20-2004, 07:47 AM

powerclown:
how do you know that these are "pseudo-religious" folk?
you know any of them?
al-sadr is an imam for fucks sake....
and you cannot be surprised to find elements within the shi'a population finding it expedient to mobilize on religious grounds--wherein lies the problem, of course. but i said this a bunch of times above.

that aside, today things are shifting again:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/in...D-IRAQ.html?hp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...287251,00.html

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...F98CCFB299.htm

it is the conflicting reports business that interests me.
but there is nothing to be done except wait a bit and see what happens.

08-20-2004, 07:47 AM	#67 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	powerclown: how do you know that these are "pseudo-religious" folk? you know any of them? al-sadr is an imam for fucks sake.... and you cannot be surprised to find elements within the shi'a population finding it expedient to mobilize on religious grounds--wherein lies the problem, of course. but i said this a bunch of times above. that aside, today things are shifting again: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/in...D-IRAQ.html?hp http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...287251,00.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...F98CCFB299.htm it is the conflicting reports business that interests me. but there is nothing to be done except wait a bit and see what happens. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite