Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - Anti-American Cleric Rising as Iraqi Kingmaker

			November 25, 2009 Log in / Register
			Text Size

Still Doing God's Work on Wall Street

Age Trumps Youth in UC Tuition Dispute

Obama Risks Losing His Judicial Prize

Books, Not Bombs

Delay Worked for Kennedy

Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street
By Robert Scheer

Age Trumps Youth in UC Tuition Dispute
By Yasha Levine

Like It or Not, Health Care Mandate Is Constitutional
By Ruth Marcus

Delay Worked for Kennedy
By William Pfaff

Google Goes to Iraq

There’s More to Hate Crime Stats Than Meets the Eye

They Never Call, They Never Write, They Never Move Out

U.S. Economic Growth Falls Short of Earlier Figure

Banks Gamble With Almost-Free Money

Abbas: Obama Hasn’t Helped Mideast Peace Process

Palin Still Gets Huckabee’s Vote (Against Obama)

Home Sales Jump 10.1% in October

‘Left, Right & Center’: The Geithner-Summers Backlash; Is Palin Dangerous?

Throw the Money Changers Out of the Temple

Sarkozy’s Bid to Move Camus’ Ashes Stirs Controversy

Lambert’s ‘AMA’ Act Costs Him ‘GMA’ Gig

The Guantanamo Lawyers: Shipwrecked
By Baher Azmy

Freedom’s Fight: Part II
By Gary Phillips

Financial Meltdown 101

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

Vetting Sarah Palin

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics

By Bill Boyarsky
$17.79

Anti-American Cleric Rising as Iraqi Kingmaker

From weekly.ahram.org.eg

The influential and virulently anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr

New York Times:

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 15—Late Saturday night, on the eve of a crucial vote to choose Iraq’s next prime minister, a senior Iraqi politician’s cellphone rang. A supporter of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr was on the line with a threat.

“He said that there’s going to be a civil war among the Shia” if Mr. Sadr’s preferred candidate was not confirmed, the politician said.

Full story

Truthdig says:

Check out Truthdig’s Robert Scheer on the ominous implications of Sadr’s ascendancy.

More Below the Ad

Advertisement

TAGS: american civil war moqtada al-sadr parliament shiite threat

Related Entries

November 4, 2009 Keeping Afghanistan Safe From Democracy
October 20, 2009 Daffy Ducks Peck at Corrupt Politicians
October 15, 2009 40,000 Flee New Fighting in Congo
September 3, 2009 The Making of Iran’s New Cabinet
August 22, 2009 Mexico’s Murder Woes

Email to a friend

Get truth delivered to
your inbox every week.

Previous item: Anti-American Cleric Rising as Iraqi Kingmaker

Next item: Anti-American Cleric Rising as Iraqi Kingmaker

Elsewhere: .

Comments

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

By R. A. Earl, February 16, 2006 at 5:16 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)

Two things:

1. Why does the link to the “Full Story” take me only to an AD for the NY Times?

2. What else do you expect from self-styled “clerics” like this guy? He, and, I guess, his followers, have all the maturity of a young child… “I WANT WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT”... or I’ll start a war, or blow you up, have a tantrum or some other profoundly STUPID reaction.

Watching this whole Iraqui/Muslim dust up is like looking in on a primary schoolyard during recess. Where are the leaders with MATURITY and INTELLIGENCE… on EITHER SIDE?

Report this

By E.T. Spoon, February 16, 2006 at 1:43 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)

Well, gee, you had to be blind to not see this coming. Oh, that’s right, Condi still hasn’t seen this coming.

Report this