Civil uprising reported in Basra - Gotta love them Shiites

[Liberty Lover]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/25/...sprj.irq.basra/ (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/25/sprj.irq.basra/)

If this is true then it would make my happy little day complete. :)

[Chiak47]

Well let me turn on Iraqi tv...
*hold On*
*gets tin foil-bad reception*
*got porn*
*got towel*


Hell it seems as if someone parked a Tomahawk on em....

GOOD NEWS....Liberation.

[Xvall]

Iraqi Shi'ite Opposition Says No Uprising in Basra

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim opposition group said on Wednesday there had been disturbances, but no uprising, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

A spokesman for the Tehran-based Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) said there were "some disturbances" in Basra. Asked if this amounted to an uprising, the spokesman, Abu Islam, said: "No, there is no uprising."

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he believed there had been a limited uprising against President Saddam Hussein in Basra overnight.

A SCIRI source said later: "Some disturbances took place last night in different parts of Basra, but it was not widespread and it was not an intifada (uprising). The people chanted slogans against Saddam."

The source said it was not clear if shortages of water and electricity had provoked the unrest in Basra. He said residents had reported that U.S.-led forces had attacked the governor's office and buildings of intelligence services.

SCIRI's denial that a Basra revolt was in progress contradicted an earlier statement by another SCIRI spokesman in Tehran, who had said on Tuesday he could confirm media reports that an uprising was taking place in the city.

Iraq's information minister denied the reports.

SCIRI draws its support from Iraq's Shi'ite majority and has contacts around the country. Basra was the scene of a failed Shi'ite insurrection after the 1991 Gulf War.

Blair told parliament on Wednesday: "In relation to what has happened in Basra overnight, truthfully reports are confused, but we believe there was some limited form of uprising."

He said U.S. and British commanders had to be sure that they had enough forces to protect any uprising from soldiers loyal to Saddam before they encouraged a rebellion.

(Full Story (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OTZRX1F2FEP5ICRBAEZSF EY?type=topNews&storyID=2451855))

[ComradeJunichi]

I was going to post the exact same, until Drake posted it. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

[Dhul Fiqar]

It's all bullshiite :biggrin:

In any case, I'm glad to hear you are so welcoming of fundamentalist Iranian influence in Iraq, LL :)

--- G.

[Liberty Lover]

"In any case, I'm glad to hear you are so welcoming of fundamentalist Iranian influence in Iraq, LL"

The fundamentalist Iranian influence in Iraq constitutes of an insignificant band of rag tags that are not currently in the vicinity of Basra, nor do they represent the Shiite majority.

[Hodgo]

I sincerely hope that if there is in fact a Shi'ite uprising, America doesnt stab them in the back like it did last time.

[Liberty Lover]

Quote: from Hodgo on 8:30 am on Mar. 27, 2003
I sincerely hope that if there is in fact a Shi'ite uprising, America doesnt stab them in the back like it did last time.

Not going to happen. Cheney and Powell are the only current top-rankers who were involved in the Shiite betrayal and no one really gives a crap what those two pieces of worthless shit think anymore. Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld have both of George Dubya Tard the Second’s ears right now.

[Dhul Fiqar]

Quote: from Liberty Lover on 2:46 pm on Mar. 27, 2003
"In any case, I'm glad to hear you are so welcoming of fundamentalist Iranian influence in Iraq, LL"

The fundamentalist Iranian influence in Iraq constitutes of an insignificant band of rag tags that are not currently in the vicinity of Basra, nor do they represent the Shiite majority.


The Shiite majority, fundamentalist or not, will be wanting closer ties with Iran, there is no question about that.

--- G.

[Liberty Lover]

The Shiite majority, fundamentalist or not, will be wanting closer ties with Iran, there is no question about that.

Soon it won't be a problem if the Iraq'i shiites want closer ties with Iran...if you catch my drift.


(Edited by Liberty Lover at 10:36 am on Mar. 27, 2003)

[Dhul Fiqar]

LOL

[Liberty Lover]

Let me post in chit-chat Dhul.

[Dhul Fiqar]

I would sooner felate a venerially infected rodent in the early stages of decomposition.

--- G.

[suffianr]

Oh, that's a nasty one, Dhul. I thought masturbating pandas was worse... :biggrin:

[Liberty Lover]

Quote: from Dhul Fiqar on 2:00 pm on Mar. 27, 2003
I would sooner felate a venerially infected rodent in the early stages of decomposition.

--- G.


Stalinist punk