Talking about pedophilia gets him an audience so Andy can do the president's dirty work.
Another string of bombings in Baghdad. Sadly, nothing new there. This, however, might be. Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki, claiming that government forces have now arrested some 400 members of the Mehdi army, Muqtada al-Sadr's Shia militia. A sign, if it's true, that al- Maliki may finally be willing to rein some of his Shia allies in. Or it could be a sign that he's just paying lip service to what Washington wants.
President Bush is putting a lot of faith in his Iraqi counterpart, and Mr. Maliki seems to be acting the part.
WHY IS IT THE SHIA ARE always the enemy when it is the Sunnis that are doing all the killing and causing all the infrastructure damage with the assistance of al Qaeda. When Bush f0rces Maliki to arrest Shia and victimizes Holy Men such as al Sadr it is to passify the Sunni Arab Leaders.
TELL ME THIS MAKES SENSE:
From the Gulf News:400 Mehdi Army gunmen detained, says Al Maliki
AP
Baghdad: The prime minister said 400 fighters from the Mehdi Army had been arrested over the past several weeks.
Nouri Al Maliki was apparently seeking to calm fears that he will not go after militia gunmen loyal to one of his key political backers.
In Baghdad yesterday, bombers and gunmen killed at least 19 more people in a series of attacks in the pre-noon hours as the capital faces a surge in violence ahead of a planned US-Iraqi security crackdown.
A roadside bomb also struck a police patrol near a market in the northern city of Mosul, killing a bystander and wounding five people, including four policemen, police said.
In the deadliest attack yesterday, three car bombs detonated within minutes of each other in front of a wholesale vegetable market near a Shiite enclave on the edge of the predominantly Sunni neighbourhood of Dora in southern Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30, police said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10097833.html
The Mehdi Army has been protecting Shi'ites from the attacks of Sunnis and al Qaeda sanctioned by the Sunnis. If the Mehdi Army is placed behind bars they can no longer do that. The Mehdi Army is being characterized 'as the problem' and as elements of 'ethnic cleansing' due to the incompetency of the USA forces in Iraq. The Shia have been forced to take up arms to protect themselves because the USA has never been able to protect them from assault of the Sunni rebellion against the Shia majority.
The arrest of 400 members of the Mehdi army is to quell concerns of the Sunni Arab leaders who see a 'rise' in the Shi'ites of Islam as a challenge to their authority and a potential for nuclear war. No different than when Saddam was PLACED in leadership of Iraq by Rumsfeld; Bush is doing the bidding for men such as the Saudi King. This measure is endangering the Shi'ites more and there needs to be a regional diplomatic effort to stop this incideous motivation toward conflict rather than peace.
Were the Shia ever the problem? No, only the victims.
Insurgents in Iraq admit to killing U.S. civilian
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Sunni insurgent group linked to al-Qaida claimed responsibility Thursday for killing an Ohio woman working in Baghdad during an attack on her convoy, according to a posting on a Web site used by some Sunni groups.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070119/1063117.asp
Those are Sunnis backed by al Qaeda that are the issue and not the Shia. But why the idiocy by the Oval Office? I mean do I have to say it?
Defense Secretary Gates Confers with Saudi LeadersSecond Cabinet Official Visit in Days Marks Urgency of Regional Security Issues
http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/articles/2007/ioi/070118-gates-abdullah.html
...Gates stop in Saudi Arabia, on a day that began for him in Afghanistan and ended in Bahrain, was the first visit by a US Defense Secretary since Donald Rumsfeld was in the Kingdom in April 2003. Among the officials present when Gates met with King Abdullah were Saudi Defense Minister Crown Prince Sultan and Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz. The talks were said to focus particular attention to checking Iranian regional ambitions with Gates noting that the United States "can always use Saudi cooperation on these issues" in response to a question about support from the Kingdom....
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Saudi Arabia seeks US$50 bn foreign capital investmentshttp://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200701191967.htm
New Delhi, Jan. 19 (PTI): Saudi Arabia today invited foreign investment to the tune of 50 billion dollars in sectors like infrastructure, oil and gas.
"The Government of Saudi Arabia would shortly float tenders to invite foreign capital to put up variety of projects in infrastructure and oil and gas sector with private and government investments to the extent of 50 billion USD," Indo-Saudi Joint Business Council Chairman Abdul Rahman A-Al-Rabiah said.
The war in Iraq is not about speading democracy in the Middle East. It is not about the security of the USA, it is not about peace, it is about MONEY. Bush will do the bidding for Saudi Arabia in whichever why they want it with the USA military and Saudi Arabia will give Bush the world out of personal friendship and the simple idea that the USA can protect them from the horrors of Iranian nuclear weapons. All this to inflame that reality.
IT IS A FEEDBACK LOOP WITHOUT END because the Shia are chronically under attack due to the desire of Sunnis to eliminate the religious lineage of the Shi'ites. Iraq is simply a convenient place to do that.
Saudi Arabia plans to boost output capacity 40% by 2009 - Al Naimi
AP
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Oil_and_Gas/10097785.html
New Delhi: Saudi Arabia plans to increase its crude oil production capacity nearly 40 per cent by 2009 and double its refining size over the next five years to keep pace with growing global demand, the country's oil minister said.
Ali Al Naimi said the plans are part of a $80-billion commitment that Saudi Arabia - the world's biggest oil exporter - has made to increase oil supplies in the global market.
Al Naimi blamed the sharp rise in global crude prices over the past two years mostly on "insufficient investment and rising energy demand," especially from the booming economies of Asia.
WHEN DOES THIS INSANITY END ?????
Oh. Cooper and this news team always have the same MO. They dance around the propriety of being morally compelled by sensational social issues of the USA but intervene with Bush Propagands to support war and not peace. In this case they showcased Maliki in order to faciliate an escalation in war by providing more arms. In placing a highlight on the government of Maliki and it's complaint about the USA it give comfort to the Sunnis that Bush is doing his part for their worries.
I recently heard from an officer in Iraq. He stated, "Sure I can say I fought the war on terror for President Bush. But, I don't think I made a bit of difference because for every one that I killed there were at least that many to take their place."ENOUGH
