Al-Sadr loyalists take over Iraqi television station By Hannah Allam and Mohamed al Dulaimy McClatchy Newspapersread more: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16092045.htmBAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of the militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took over state-run television Saturday to denounce the Iraqi government, label Sunnis "terrorists" and issue what appeared to many viewers as a call to arms.
The two-hour broadcast from a community gathering in the heart of the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City included three members of al-Sadr's parliamentary bloc, who took questions from outraged residents demanding revenge for a series of car bombings that killed some 200 people Thursday.
With Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki relegated to the sidelines, brazen Sunni-Shiite attacks continue unchecked despite a 24-hour curfew over Baghdad. Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia now controls wide swaths of the capital, his politicians are the backbone of the Cabinet, and his followers deeply entrenched in the Iraqi security forces. Sectarian violence has spun so rapidly out of control since the Sadr City blasts, however, that it's not clear whether even al-Sadr has the authority - or the will - to stop the cycle of bloodshed.
25 November 2006
Major Hostilities Rage in Iraq
It seems that a full blown sectarian conflict has broken out between the Sunni and the Shi'a in Iraq. Here's a story from McClatchy. We need to put more pressure on D.C. to end this occupation. We need to bring in a consortium of credible parties to restore stability to Iraq. The onus is on our government:
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