OMG - They handed out excuses for Sadr's death, but he's not dead

[Eloriel]

yet.

This is un-freaking-believable:

The cease-fire reached in Najaf on Thursday did not require Mr. Sadr to disband his militia or to submit to an arrest warrant that an Iraqi judge had issued in connection with the killing in April of Abdul Majid al-Khoei, an American-backed cleric who had returned from exile to Najaf.

Meanwhile on Sunday, people in the streets of Najaf were handed mysterious fliers with Mr. Sadr's picture that said "Moktada was followed by the Iraqi police for his ties to the slaying of Khoei, and due to violent actions he was killed during an attempt to arrest him."

Another flier had a photo of Iraqi policemen and the words "The Justice Ministry tried to arrest Mr. Sadr, but he and his followers resisted fiercely, which drove the Iraqi police to defend themselves."

The fliers appeared to have been made by Iraq's Justice Ministry or its allies to be handed out in case Iraqi policemen killed Mr. Sadr. Somehow, they were distributed prematurely. There were no reports of Mr. Sadr's death.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/international/middleeast/30CND-IRAQ.html?pagewanted=2&hp

[rooboy]

1. Enter Stage Left, Mark Twain. n/t

[burrowowl]

2. Gets better

and better (sarcasm off)
The progandists should have a tad of reality to make it believable.

[Mnemosyne]

3. what a surprise!!

pre- released prop! who would've thunk???

[acmavm]

4. Everyone over there is stark raving mad. Who was it that had the funny

line about 'reports of my death have been premature'?

So the declared a truce and then made up fliers for when they killed the guy? 'In case' the Iraqi police killed him? And golly, I wonder who would put the Iraqi police up to that?

Meanwhile some unknown person or persons tries to shoot Sadr al-Din al-Kubanchi, a prominent cleric linked to the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and Sadr's boys catch him but don't turn him over, so now they're saying he's (Sadr)is behind it? This sounds so damn convoluted and nuts you need a program to keep up with it.

What a way to gain the trust of the Iraqi people.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. 'reports of my death have been premature'

Mark Twain

[maggrwaggr]

5. OOPS!

gee, I guess THAT plan went awry

Obviously they had a plan to bump him off that they thought was gonna work.

These guys are so incompetent, it would be comical if it weren't so tragic.

[bklyncowgirl]

6. Paul Bremer==Note to self

Make sure the guy who picks the propeganda flier to hand out knows how to read Arabic.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

7. .

There is some art you don't have to sign.

- Psy-ops

[robbedvoter]

8. "Are the two of you synched on this plan?" was W's stupid question to

Asscrack and Ridge on the last scare the population snafu. luuks like "no synching" occured in iraq as well.

[anarchy1999]

9. Please God, just tell me "they" weren't this stupid!

Dead before he is dead?? Propaganda gone wild. I really don't feel well, at all. Just sent off my right wing, Christian fundamentalist in-laws. It is a lesson in humility to try and be good and keep one's mouth shut.

And now this!!!

[Hubert Flottz]

11. The soap opera continues!

Never a dull moment! Tune in again tomorrow, same time, same channel, for, 'The Mis-guiding Right'!

[Eloriel]

12. I still can't get over this yet this morning

Talk about the Mayberry Machiavellis!

I also still don't know who "they" are -- was this set up by Bremer, CIA, Iraqi Police (on their own? doubtful IMO)? It's bizarre.

Nor have I even figured out the premature and surprising "choice" of Allawi, either.

Things over there are getting more and more bizarre. Or should I say surreal?

Or maybe I'm at fault here, trying to actually make sense of things, insisting as I do on some semblance of reality at this late stage in our Orwellian experince.

[underpants]

13. Chemical Ali's death then capture, Zarqawi's "didn't take" amputation,

Saddam........how many times did we kill him before we captured him?

I guess they decided to jump the gun and go ahead and declare alSadr dead and avoid the rush. Geez talk about pre-emption. :eyes:

[Texican]

14. Even Funnier

He is suppossedly wanted for killing a rival cleric. Guess who really killed him. Yep, Uncle Sam. We murdered the guy in a Byzntine plot and used the same kind of Saddam loyalist thugs that killed Al-Sadr's father. Moqtadr's guys actually tried to stop it but the US officers nearby were wise to what was happening and refused to help. Brand new $100 bills fell from the clothing of the assassins.

[Eloriel]

21. Happen to have a link?

I like to keep track of these things -- definitely not doubting you. TIA.

[keithyboy]

15. The incompetence is everywhere. There is no doubt that the Saddam

was really captured by the Kurds or someone other than the US military. The US military was merely told where Saddam was being held prisoner. Just like the Jessica Lynch episode. But the military always claims credit and Bush, sitting behind his desk, is called a 'hero.'

[NJCher]

16. don't forget this part

Bush, sitting behind his desk, add ticking off another one on his "baseball" score card, thinks he's a 'hero.'


Cher

[Karenina]

17. Does anyone stop long enough to ask

"WHAT is to be gained by pursuing Sadr?" :eyes:

[keithyboy]

19. We get to kill another Muslim and claim another victory against terra

I mean, we have to make the ones we can locate really important so that people will forget about the ones we can't find.

[Darranar]

18. Well, I certainly am not going to believe what they'll put out...

if it happens.

They're a bunch of liars, it's been clear for a while, and this confirms it again.

[Cocoa]

20. this sounds like everything that comes out of Kimmitt's mouth

or Senor, or Myers, or Tori Clarke. Like when they give us all the info on the wedding they didn't hit, or the cluster bombs they didn't use.

[Eloriel]

22. Kick