Suicide bomber kills 10 at police checkpoint in Iraq

Sunday 01st June, 05:22 AM JST

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Madverts at 05:10 PM JST - 2nd June

I still can't believe there are no takers, even from the radicals.

The US is trying to organize a deal that keeps them planted in Iraq - the Iraqi's don't want them to remain when the UN mandate expires and the US installed "government" is trying to broker a deal anyway.

Al-Sadr is now taking the Americans on at their own game by playing the referendum card - he knows the people would vote to send the US packing, but we couldn't have that now, could we...?

And anyway, "referendum" sounds sooo lefty and un-democratic.
Sarge at 05:26 PM JST - 2nd June

"he ( Sadr) knows the people would vote to send the US packing"

He knows that if his people weren't brainwashed they would arrest him and try him for his crimes.
Madverts at 05:37 PM JST - 2nd June

"He knows that if his people weren't brainwashed they would arrest him and try him for his crimes."

Ah, so the majority of Iraqi's are now "brain-washed"? I'll repeat:

Heh, the Denial just goes deeper.
Sarge at 05:41 PM JST - 2nd June

"Ah, so the majority of ( Iraqis ) are now "brain-washed"?"

No, just the majority of Sadr supporters, who are actually a tiny, but very loud minority in Iraq.
Madverts at 05:52 PM JST - 2nd June

Uh, sarge,

Your knowledge on Iraq, once again, would seem extremely limited:

*Virtually unknown before the collapse of Saddam Hussein's government in 2003, Sadr has since emerged as one of the most important Shiite leaders in the country....

..estimates of Sadr's support base range from 3 million to 5 million.*

http://www.cfr.org/publication/7637/
Sarge at 09:26 PM JST - 2nd June

Madverts - Your knowledge of Iraq, once again, would seem extremely limited. Even using your inflated figures ( Sadr's supporters are mainly crowded into one section of Baghdad and there ain't no 5 million there ), 5 million is just one-fifth of Iraq's population.
Madverts at 10:18 PM JST - 2nd June

If "my" figures are inlfated, let's see what figures you can present to argue that one. And may it be a non-partisan source like mine please.

Oh, and 5 million people out of a population of 20 million "is a tiny minority"?

Heh, al-Sadr's many followers aren't simply the residents of the slums in Sadr City. Surely you remember when the Iraqi "government" got the green light from the US to snuff Saddam off, all the government people were taunting him chanting "Moqtada, Moqtada!".

Come on uh, sarge. Now's the time to show us what you're made of, otherwise you're "tiny minority" claim wil remain the most ill-informed post on the subject of Iraq the boards have seen for some time.
SuperLib at 02:22 AM JST - 3rd June

he knows the people would vote to send the US packing

Do you have sources for this info? Most of the opinion polls I've read show Iraqis wanting US forces to be gone....but not right now.
SuperLib at 02:23 AM JST - 3rd June

Oh, and 5 million people out of a population of 20 million "is a tiny minority"?

Define support.
SuperLib at 02:30 AM JST - 3rd June

SuperLib is right, 532 dead in just one month, years after 'Mission Accomplished' and the restoration of Peace, Liberty and the American Way, is something to crow about.

I think it is good news when you consider the alternatives. I'm guessing you don't think I think 500 dead people is good news on it's own.

Your "Peace, Liberty, and the American Way" comments aren't appreciated. It sounds like you're just a bargain basement anti-American when you talk like that. I'm sure there's a lot of good in America that you support. You need to start separating yourself from people like smith and sushi. You're better than they are.
Jahdog at 04:21 PM JST - 3rd June

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the man who led American ground forces in Iraq from 2003-2004 (that's bargain-basement anti-American to you, SuperLib)

"Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story" takes aim at the Bush administration with some of the strongest criticism to date from a former Iraq commander.

"In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions. It became painfully obvious that the executive branch of our government did not trust its military. It relied instead on a neoconservative ideology developed by men and women with little, if any, military experience. Some senior military leaders did not challenge civilian decision makers at the appropriate times, and the courageous few who did take a stand were subsequently forced out of the service..."
Madverts at 08:58 PM JST - 3rd June

"Define support."

For the minute it means preaching what the masses want to hear....

...which is America go home.
Madverts at 09:02 PM JST - 3rd June

Uh, sarge? The silence is deafening.

The fact that you are one of the occupations most ardent supporters yet believe support for al-Sadr is a "tiny minority" speaks volumes about your knowledge of what is really going on in Iraq - other than listening Bush Co speaches, and blogs that agree with this point of view of course.
super delegate at 09:13 PM JST - 3rd June

"other than listening Bush Co speaches, and blogs that agree with this point of view of course."

Now's your big chance, madverts, who is the authoritative source on Iraq?

Lemme guess - old mother Beeb?
Madverts at 11:02 PM JST - 3rd June

Can we really compare www.moonbattery.com with the BBC?

If you had any credibility with your own sources, I'd take your comments seriously. Or, you could always take up the charge where uh, sarge scampered off...