Al-Sadr agrees to Vatican mediation in Najaf

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I didn't see this one coming.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

jack chick just shit his pants

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Huh.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Retry.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

But Vatican spokesman Ciro Benedettini told journalists on Tuesday the Pope was only willing to mediate if requested to do so by both sides in the conflict.

This makes a little more sense.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/22640BD9-6513-4705-B6A2-7C8E6AEDF1C6/45816/A5F0DBAEBC2C416B919DCE7A8386EBD5.jpg

Man, at this point I really would just retire and relax.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

If he plays his cards right, Al-Sadr might be able to parlay this whole thing into a lucrative broadcasting career:

"Morning Mayhem with the Ayatollah of Rock-n-Rollah, only on Hot Talk 560!"

― andy, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

What do we think Sadr's game is right now anyway?

Legitimate fear for Najaf?

Power play to boost his standing amongst Shia radicals in view of national role?

Messianic (Mahdistic?) desire for martyrdom?

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I think he is acting largely in response to the provocations of, well, of the U.S. [government] essentially. The U.S. government is very ambivalent, at best, about Iraq's Shia majority consolidating power in the country.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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