a cease-fire in every region of the country he passes through
on his way from the southern border to his home city of Najaf.
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on his way from the southern border to his home city of Najaf.
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Demonstrators surrounded the Kufa mosque Thursday after at least nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in what was believed to be a mortar attack, according to eyewitnesses and a local official.
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Kufa is a suburb of Najaf, the scene of a nearly three-week battle pitting U.S. and Iraqi troops against fighters loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
That's from CNN, about the mortar fire sustained by the Kufa mosque today. Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's back in Iraq, and he called for all Iraqi Muslims to march to Najaf.
Nothing in the US news media about how huge that is against US military aims in Iraq. Value-neutral reporting, same as with the mortar attack. As though the mortars just appeared out of nowhere.
It's real scary for a lot of decent Americans now, realizing they're inside something evil. That's the beauty and power of Michael Moore's work, as far as it goes, to give some power back to the people, even if it's just the power of outrage and frustration.
The Zionist press repeats these stock phrases, "Islamist" being primary. It's part of the drumbeat. And "renegade" for al Sadr. The "renegade" cleric.
Who exactly would he be renegading on, or at, or against? He's defending a holy shrine in his hometown against foreign soldiers who have no idea where they are or why, and who have been documented as sadistic torturers of children. Where's the renegade part? He's being good. He's doing what good men do. And he's being brave.
Killing women and children to get cheap gasoline is not good. And it's not brave either.
