Inside the Imam Ali shrine, as U.S. closes in (7 Yr-Old girl: "I'm Army")

[seventhson]

http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/nation/9479113.htm


At one bend in the labyrinth of alleys, a group of young boys with rocket-propelled-grenade launchers sauntered up to a Knight Ridder reporter and offered to lead the way to the shrine. "Don't be scared," said one sweet-faced boy with a black scarf tied pirate-style on his head. He clutched his launcher as a thunderous explosion shook the ancient path.

The hard-core fighters stayed outside. Only a handful of armed men ventured inside the shrine, where few weapons were visible. Mostly, al-Sadr supporters cherished their relative safety and wondered how long it would last. Men curled up in brilliantly tiled nooks to read the Quran.

Most of the Shiite supporters weren't from Najaf; several begged to use a satellite phone to check in with loved ones. "Please let me call my mother in Baghdad," a 14-year-old boy pleaded. "She has no idea whether I'm alive or dead."

Two dark-eyed 7-year-old girls named Fatima tugged at a reporter's sleeve during a renewed wave of bombings.

"Are you scared?" one asked with a nervous giggle.

"A little," the reporter answered. "Are you?"

"No, not me," she said. "I'm army. Mahdi Army."

[Massacure]

1. I thought the Iraqi Army threatened to kill reporters?

[Aidoneus]

2. wrong army

America's vichyite regime's army has failed to scare reporters from the scene, and many continue to report from the scene under Jaysh al-Mahdi protection. The latter have no reason to fear the truth getting out, so no such threats come from their side as from the forces of the puppet Baathist dictator.

[Dancing_Dave]

3. Yep. Then the Iraqi Puppet Army Deserted and Ran Away.

Somehow I feel like I'm reading from "My Pet Goat", but it true! :)

[seventhson]

4. Frankly, it is hard to tell

exactly who is telling this story and how the story is being told.

At first blush it seems like a first person account from inside - but the way it is written it seems like a "compilation" of sources from inside or near the shrine - none of whom are necessarily the author of the piece.

That sucks - but it is a good article in any event.

[Dancing_Dave]

5. The Martyrs of the Mahdi Army will be remembered for thousands of years

In Iraq. That's just part of how this ancient holy land works.

I believe Moqtada al-Sadr's grandfather was martyred in an uprising against a British Occupation (that occupation failed to), and al-Sadr's father was a martyr in an uprising against Sadam Hussein. So he has this respected "give me liberty or give me death" family tradition.

But I think this last stand at the holiest of Shia Shrines, (which they also believe to be the burial place of the first man, Adam), will be something that truely ralleys and defines them for thousands of years. The Marines have no idea what they are getting into!

[seventhson]

6. Soldiers follow orders. I think Bush et al WANT a perpetual war

it is their apocalyptic vision. They KNOW that they are , essentially, the embodiment of the anti-Christ (or whatever term you want to use to describe the embodiment of global evil and anti-spirituality).

They (BFEE) believe that their way of death is the only way for them to escape judgment on earth and they do not CARE about any other judgment (i.e. they reject God and embrace evil).

But those of us who love Earth and the Spirit of the Creator KNOW that those who are martyred by evil will be respected throughout the ages.

Unfortunately our troops do NOT have a clue what they are even in the middle of. They are just fodder/faggots(kindling) for Bush's orgy and fire of death.