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Post by avordvet on May 18, 2018 5:20:53 GMT -5
All the U.S. blood and treasure spent over-throwing and 'stabalizing' Iraq... was for nothing. Firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr whose militia killed British and US troops in the Iraq War is on course to win the country's election after west-backed candidate flopped
By Zoie O'brien For Mailonline and Afp and Reuters, Published: 21:01 EDT, 13 May 2018 | Updated: 14:20 EDT, 14 May 2018 A radical cleric who led militia into bloody battles with coalition forces in Iraq is on course to win the country's election. Firebrand Iraqi Moqtada al-Sadr formed the Mahdi Army in 2003 which was responsible for bloodshed on the streets of Basra and the shooting down of coalition planes. Four British airmen were killed in Basra in May 2006 when a helicopter was shot down. The Shia militia announced it would kill any British troops it saw. Al-Sadr’s forces offered rewards for the capture and killing of British soldiers and he was implicated in multiple kidnappings. The militia also hunted US troops in Najaf, just south of Baghdad. At least 70 US deaths are attributed to his forces in Najaf alone. Now, he has reinvented himself and has formed a political coalition with communists. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5725111/Firebrand-cleric-militia-killed-British-troops-Iraq-War-leads-election-polls.html
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