Operation in Sadr City part of Baghdad plan: US military

[Barrett808]

Operation in Sadr City part of Baghdad plan: US military
by Jay Deshmukh

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi and US forces will conduct operations in Baghdad's Sadr City, a bastion of Shiite militia fighters, as part of the ongoing security crackdown, a US military spokesman said.

Major General William Caldwell said operation Together Forward launched on June 14 would eventually move into Sadr City, a stronghold of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and a hotbed of anti-US fervour.

"The prime minister has stated that the operation be conducted through out the entire city of Baghdad. That is correct," Caldwell said when questioned about whether an operation will be conducted in Sadr City.

He would not, however, comment on the timing of the operation in the district whose nearly two million residents largely support Sadr but also of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shiite-led coalition government.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060828/pl_afp/iraqunrestusbaghdad

[ananda]

1. Gee, there they go again..

.. using that old Bush strategy of trying to win more friends
by shooting and killing people. Shucks.

[acmavm]

2. Go ahead, hit that hornet's nest again. It didn't get you anywhere

the first time you tried it. You HAD to back down.

Some people just never learn.

[frylock]

3. the freedom agenda is on the march..

let freedom reign.

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. Go Ahead Alienate The Shiites - Again

The April 2004 spike will be nothing compared to the casualties that will come about if they go about this operation indelicately.