I Watch Army Of Hooded Suicide Bombers March In To Save Iraq: BARBARA JONES On The Frontline As Radical Cleric Who Was UK's Most Feared And Hated Enemy Takes Control Of Baghdad To Repel Rampaging Jihadists -- Daily Mail
* Hordes of suicide bombers, holding Kalashnikovs, paraded the streets
* Some were wearing white shrouds to denote their readiness to die
* They were part of the private army of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
Yesterday I witnessed the extraordinary sight of hordes of suicide bombers, dressed in black and brandishing Kalashnikovs, marching through the slums of Baghdad.
Grouped into makeshift platoons – some wearing white shrouds to denote their readiness to die – they demonstrated their deadly skills in an astonishing display by ‘detonating’ the bombs they carried.
They were part of the private army of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, an enemy of Britain and the US who inflicted terrible damage on Western troops after the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq.
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More News On Shiite Militias Parading In Baghdad
Shiite ‘peace brigades’ send signal of aggression with major rally in Baghdad -- Washington Post
In Shiite Heartland of Iraq, Volunteers Get Set for a ‘Defensive Jihad’ -- New York Times
Iraq crisis: Baghdad´s Shia militia in defiant 50,000-strong rally as Isis make further gains -- The Telegraph
Parade Held in Baghdad in Support of Iraqi Army -- FARS News Agency (Iran)
Inside Baghdad´s Shia slum of Sadr City:´We can deal with Isis ourselves´ -- The Telegraph
My Comment: It appears that these militias and the Iraqi army are now becoming one and the same .... Iraqi army increasingly bolstered by Shiite militias as ISIS advances -- Washington Post
2 comments:
"They were part of the private army of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, an enemy of Britain and the US who inflicted terrible damage on Western troops after the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq.", a lie. They were mostly quiet, and when things got a little dicey ole Moqtada ran and hid.
I don't know what's more laughable, the parade in this video or the report itself.
Both .... and I suspect that ISIS and their Sunni allies are not impressed.
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