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Sistani on Sadr and the Mahdi Army: "The Law Is the Only Authority in the Country"

Hmmm...

Sadr wanted, he said, a ruling from the country's cleric's on his army. This seems to be such a ruling.

With the Iraqi government applying pressure to the Sadrist movement and Muqtada al Sadr to disband the Mahdi Army, Iraq’s senior Shia cleric has weighed in on the issue. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most revered Shia cleric in Iraq, backed the government’s position that the Mahdi Army should surrender its weapons and said he never consulted with Sadr on disbanding the Mahdi Army. Instead, the decision to disband the Mahdi Army is Sadr’s to make.

Sistani spoke through Jalal el Din al Saghier, a senior leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a rival political party to the Sadrist movement. Saghier was clear that Sistani did not sanction the Mahdi Army and called for it to disarm.

"Sistani has a clear opinion in this regard; the law is the only authority in the country," Saghier told Voices of Iraq, indicating Sistani supports Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki and the government in the effort to sideline the Mahdi Army. "Sistani asked the Mahdi army to give in weapons to the government.

If you read on, you'll see that Sadr is backing away from his previous quote (which he disputes) and saying he doesn't give a fig about Sistani.

AJ Strata actually had this the day before. Why did no one notice? Because this big news was tucked away at the end of an article, where few would see it.

Thanks to RBT.

Posted by: Ace at 11:07 AM



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1 Wow, except for the guns, gangs, and bombings, it's just like our politics. Folks just can't get their stories straight.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 10, 2008 11:22 AM (HTqrO)

2

Why did no one notice?

Because the MSM didn't want anyone to.

Posted by: Rocketeer at April 10, 2008 11:26 AM (GFaLW)

3 This is big. If Sadr doesn't disarm soon, Maliki has the Shia mandate to put down the Mahdi army with extreme prejudice.

I expect the plans for such an action have been made already -- if Maliki is willing to pull the trigger (and judging from the Basra action, he is eager to demonstrate the effectiveness of this fully operational death star!... er.. of his new military); he should be able to wrap up the worst of the Mahdi gangsters within weeks.

This is huge for Iraq, and something I've been waiting for from the beginning. Every successful revolution needs a couple things: An army of revolutionaries, and a common enemy.

Saddam was deposed with no help from the Iraqi citizens. Big brother had to come in and clean up their mess for them. While this was the best possible result given the reality of the situation, psychologically it left them little better off than where they were with Saddam in power -- feeling powerless and insignificant compared to the currents that were shaping their world, and effectively split along the same ideological lines when Saddam was in power.

Defeating the insurgency with the help of Iraqis was a large step forward in the development of their psyche -- Here Iraq citizens played a significant role, politically, militarily, and at a ground level - personally for each concerned citizen that gave valuable intel on terrorist locations & activities.

Sadr may just be the perfect enemy at this time. With Sistani clearly stating that Sadr is in the wrong, Shia, Sunni & Kurd have a common enemy. One who has enough fang in him to require significant military action by the Iraqi national army.

Iraq's army should be able to pull this off with minimal U.S. operational support, at least visibly. Certainly there will be close air support, and our troops will be there as a safety net should the Iraq troops waver in any engagement. But an Iraqi military victory against Sadr's army would give the citizens of Iraq that signature win demonstrating the power of a country united against a common enemy.

Hopefully Maliki will act quickly and decisively. Bush's ultimatum to Saddam that set all this in motion serves as a good example: Give Sadr a couple days to begin compliance, a time frame for complete surrender of weapons, and when either of those go unmet, roll in with overwhelming force and advanced tactics.

Posted by: krakatoa at April 10, 2008 11:59 AM (7IHWE)

4

Why did no one notice?

Because the MSM didn't want anyone to.

Well, how are you going to spin the House hearings and a McCain slip of the tongue, if the news that negates the correct message is allowed to get through?  You clearly do not understand the scared duty of the press to protect the peoples' right to know exactly what they think we need to know.

Over at Lucianne.com someone asked why the Hillary campaign had failed so miserably.  After much theorizing about her persona, her strategy, her husband, and her staff, someone finally nailed it: "The media fell in love with someone else."

Precisely, and had that not happened, Hillary would still be walking on a carpet of rose petals on her way to the coronation.  It has nothing to do with what she did or did not say, policies she did or did not announce, or the degree to which we the people like or dislike her.  We have absolutely no influence - we get to vote on whomever the media picks for us, and then we get to vote for which one of them the media likes best.  When something goes wrong, like GWB (twice), the media lashes out and tries to destroy the offensive cancerous abberation, as we have witnessed.  When things go right, like the Clintons, we get to enjoy years of peace and prosperity.

I wish I were making a joke about this, but I am not.

Posted by: sherlock at April 10, 2008 12:02 PM (ojW85)

5

On the plus side, we're all gonna look like modern day prophets for predicting continued progress and success in Iraq, since no in the MSM is bothering to report these facts.

I always get flabergasted looks from liberals when I confidently predict success in Iraq.

Posted by: Fred at April 10, 2008 12:04 PM (ivbbD)

6 Isn't this, like, a huge fucking deal?

Posted by: tachyonshuggy at April 10, 2008 12:06 PM (IVUjc)

7 "abberation" s.b. "aberration"

Posted by: sherlock at April 10, 2008 12:08 PM (ojW85)

8

Isn't this, like, a huge fucking deal?

That's not what my leg's telling me.  Not a twitch.  Nope.

Posted by: Chrissy Matthews at April 10, 2008 12:11 PM (ojW85)

9

I hate to be a wet blanket, but Sistani has been saying versions of this for over a year.  Sadr just misremembers or changes his tune.

I don't see Sadr going away until there is something in it for Sadr.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2008 12:12 PM (UIw5P)

10 We have an A-10 with something in it for Sadr.  Time to give it to him.

Posted by: sherlock at April 10, 2008 12:15 PM (ojW85)

11 Good commentary on the Basra action from Amer Taheri.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tried to seize control of Iraq's second-largest city using local Shiite militias as a Trojan horse...

Maliki proved that he had the courage to lead the new Iraqi Security Force (ISF) into battle, even if that meant confronting Iran. The ISF showed that it had the capacity and the will to fight...

The Iran-backed side lost more than 600 men, with more than 1,000 injured. The ISF lost 88 dead and 122 wounded.

That casualty ratio is an eye-opener, especially given the type of fighting involved.  The ISF has come a long way.

Read it all. Granted, it's commentary and perhaps has some conjecture involved, but it seems to fit the facts better than the MSM's 'Sadr WON' meme.

Posted by: krakatoa at April 10, 2008 12:35 PM (7IHWE)

12 "I hate to be a wet blanket, but Sistani has been saying versions of this for over a year.  Sadr just mis-remembers or changes his tune."

The key is that with the Sunni insurgency dying down, they now have a lot of Iraqi forces ready to go, AND the other parties are unifying behind the state. Think of this as the whiskey rebellion.

Sistani, regardless of his actual power to sway Sadr, has been pretty awesome in Iraq, and you wonder if people in Iran don't notice this as well...hmmmmm, dude says religion should be out of politics...hmmmmm.

I think one point a lot of people miss about Iraq, is that as the state gets stronger and stronger, especially the military, it will becomes very robust and will start to clamp down on militias if it can. How many nations allow non-state controlled militias to peacefully co-exist within their own borders? Lebanon? Palestine? maybe Pakistan vis a vis Kashmiri terrorists? But for the most part, states do not like to have competing armed factions, and armies don't like it most of all. Some of the 20th centuries major coups happened because the politicians attempted to create their own independent political militias (left wing) such as Allende in Chile, and Sukarno in Indonesia. They got shut down fast.

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