TagsTagsHaving decided not to kill this radical Islamic, mass murdering tool of the Iranian mullahs on numerous occasions, apparently we’re now trying a new tactic: asking him to be nice. US urges Sadr to play ‘positive’ Iraq role. WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Friday urged radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ...
LGF operative Kasper has posted another video clip from UK TV, on the Shia-Sunni sectarian savagery in Iraq—and Iran’s burgeoning influence. [Video]
Associated Press analyst Robert H. Reid is greatly mystified by the sudden appearance in Iraq of an apocalyptic cult devoted to bringing about the return of the so-called “12th Imam,” from a well where the little rascal’s been hiding for centuries: Analysis: Najaf battle raises questions. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Accounts of ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Iran, Iraq, 12th Imam, Shi'ite, Apocalypse
It’s time for the yearly ritual of Ashura, in which Shi’ite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains and slash themselves with knives and swords in a 7th century-style blood ritual. This lovely custom, about which we are not allowed to make any judgments in the 21st century, starts at a very ...
At this point I’m afraid to hope that we might actually be on the brink of crushing Muqtada al-Sadr and his nasty gang of thugs, but this is possibly good news: Mahdi Army expressing siege mentality. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were under siege in their Sadr ...
The Detroit News publishes an op-ed by Shi’ite terror apologist Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, the former spiritual leader of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iranian navy (a fact the Detroit News doesn’t mention), about the recent incidents of Islamic sectarian violence in Dearborn, Michigan: Metro Muslims must stop distrust, unite to save faith. It’s ...
Islam, Radical Islam, Shari'a, Bridges TV, Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, Shi'ite, Sunni
In advance of President Bush’s speech, Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has (very) belatedly told the Shi’ite militias to disarm or face an all-out assault. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq’s prime minister has told Shiite militiamen to surrender their arms or face an all-out assault by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, senior Iraqi officials said ...
Damage to businesses and mosques in Detroit raises wider fears. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) As they repaired the broken windows of at least a dozen businesses and mosques along Warren Avenue in Detroit, many Iraqi Shi’ite Muslims wondered Monday if the vandalism was retaliation by local supporters of Saddam Hussein who ...
A Saddam loyalist (the owner of Al-Zawraa TV) and a Shi’ite journalist nearly have a knock-down drag-out fight on Al Jazeera (JihadTV), when the Saddam toady tries to say a prayer in honor of the mass murderer. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
Diana West says that the only solution to the Sunni-Shi’ite feud is to Let the Muslims fight it out. As a culture, however, the West is paralyzed by the specter of civilian casualties, massive or not, that accompanies modern (not high-tech) warfare, and fights accordingly. It may well have been massive ...
The entire al-Sadr clan seems to be out of its collective mind: Waiting for the imam’s return to Earth. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.) THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe that the US invaded Iraq to prevent the return to Earth of their sect’s messiah-like figure, the Mahdi, or 12th imam. Hojatoleslam al-Sadr ...
Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, Mahdi, 12th Imam, Apocalypse, Islam, Shi'ite
The Telegraph reports that Iran has been holding secret meetings with Iraqi extremists, preparing to wage a proxy war against the West: Iran’s secret talks with Iraqi militants spark fears of proxy war. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Iran held secret talks with Shia militant leaders from Iraq and Lebanon only days ...
Here’s a disturbing report at Healing Iraq: Sistani: “Gays Should Be Killed in Worst Way Possible.” His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the supreme religious authority for Shi’ite Msulims in Iraq and worldwide, decrees that gays and lesbians should be killed in the worst manner possible, according to this news article ...