IRAQ: Update on the fighting in Basra - Roads to Iraq

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Update on the fighting in Basra
Roads to Iraq

March 25, 2008

The situation right now is nothing to do with "Iraqi government" or
"Iraqi Army", it is a Shiite-Shiite war, Mahdi Army with primitive
arms and "Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution" [formed by Iran]
with an army and supported by the Americans.

Remember the so called Iraqi government can not start this campaign
without taking accord from Iran and the U.S., I told about the there
is some kind of agreement between [The U.S. and Iran] few posts
before.

Just few hours ago the Sadrists issued a new statement, signed by Al-
Sadr himself and it says an initiative for peace contains six points:

- To distribute Quran and olive branches on police and army check
points, and ask the security forces to not involve in this fighting
trick used by the occupation.

- All the political, social and religious figures to take their
responsibilities to stop these attacks

- Tribal chiefs to not to be involved in the fighting and to remember
that they are the grandsons of 1920 revolution

- Iraqi parliament to stand beside the Iraqi people who chose them

- Political Parties to be beside the Iraqi public and not beside the
occupation

- Call for all Iraqis to demonstrate, the next step is public
disobedience, as for the third step then it will be announced in later
time.

As for the last point [the public disobedience], the government
announced that disobedience will be charged with terrorism law, the
Sadrists representatives in the parliament announced they will start
the procedures to withdraw their confidence in Maliki if this law put
in practice.
The fights

Mahdi Army start to attack Badr and SCIR offices in Baghdad [the media
reported that the attacks are in Sadr city only but according to my
mother the attacks are everywhere at least in Risafah part of
Baghdad].

Mahdi Army managed to control few neighborhoods in Kut city, Al-
Mahmoudiya, Al-Yousfiyah.