Iran persuades al-Sadr to cease fire...

DeepIron · 03-31-08, 11:44 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html

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Al-Sadr and some Shiite parties have close ties to Iran, a Shiite-dominated country. The talks were the latest reflection of the influence Iran wields in Iraq, where about 60 percent of the population is Shiite.

Pardon my cynism but I can't help but think Iran persuaded al-Sadr to start the ruckus in the first place... I think Mahmoud is following the "Hugo Chavez school of Two Faced Diplomacy"... Hugo negotiated with FARC for hostage release while secretly offering them $300M, Mahmoud stirs things up in Basra using al-Sadr and then looks like the "good guy" for putting a stop to it...

Can't prove a word of it, but it makes for a nice conspiracy...

Jimbuna · 03-31-08, 03:27 PM

Aye, quire possibly. But those who play with fire occasionaly get their fingers burnt

Stealth Hunter · 03-31-08, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Aye, quire possibly. But those who play with fire occasionaly get their fingers burnt

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