Shiite militia seizes Iraqi city

[Canuck_Buck]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)-- The Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized total control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah on Friday in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by one of the country's powerful, unofficial armies, witnesses and police said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.sadr.ap/index.html

About 800 black-clad militiamen with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were patrolling city streets in commandeered police vehicles, eyewitnesses said. Other fighters had set up roadblocks on routes into the city and sound trucks circulated telling residents to stay indoors.

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[Canuck_Buck]

Hey he kinda looks like that Hezbollah weenie dude doesn't he?

[burniegoeasily]

Looks like a bloated toad. Is Teddy Kennedy his cousin?

[kevin1]

3...2...1...

[Magnum_Man]

ORIGINAL: Canuck_Buck

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)-- The Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized total control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah on Friday in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by one of the country's powerful, unofficial armies, witnesses and police said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.sadr.ap/index.html

About 800 black-clad militiamen with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were patrolling city streets in commandeered police vehicles, eyewitnesses said. Other fighters had set up roadblocks on routes into the city and sound trucks circulated telling residents to stay indoors.

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Sounds like the bully in the kids sand box who kicks sand in everyones face while he takes their hot wheels.

[Whitehorse]

All done as a publicity stunt for the media, who lap it up. I would imagine they would scatter pretty quickly if the Iraqi security forces or US forces came to town...