Posted by
Michael on Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:24:48 PM
Either that or he was talking about American forces. Seems like pretty
strong language to say that Maliki is trying to destroy Islam:
In a long interview with Rome-daily La Repubblica published Friday,
Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr said he has never trusted
prime minister Nouri al-Maliki nor his predecessor Iyad Allawi, whom he
described as the brains behind a US-backed plot to destroy him and his
militia. Al-Sadr said a crackdown on him and his al-Mahdi Army “has
already kicked off.” “Last night they arrested over 400 of my people.
But it is not us they want to destroy, it’s Islam,” he said.