Supporters of the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rallied in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad today. Members of al-Sadr's Mahdi army gathered in northeastern Baghdad early in the morning, leading up to a peaceful protest, rally, and march.
The Mahdi resistance soldiers marched through the capital without weapons, but still intended the march to be a display of force and a warning. Their message was simple, they want the United States and its allied forces to leave Iraq by December 31 (the deadline set by the SOFA agreement). If the occupation forces remain, the Mahdi resistance will resume its combat operations against the US military.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has expressed his hope that the Iraqi puppet regime will request that Western armed forces remain in the country beyond the year-end deadline. There are around 45,000 US soldiers remaining in Iraq. Some of them are still being killed while on patrol, despite the false claims of the Obama administration that the Iraq War is winding down.
The only way to minimize, and hopefully prevent, further death and destruction in Iraq is for the United States and its allies to leave Iraq entirely.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
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