As you may have already heard, radical Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, has
returned to Iraq after a four-year exile in Iran, and he is already busy
stirring up the pot against the infidel invaders and occupiers in Iraq; that
is, the Americans and the British. In his first public speech since
returning to Iraq last week, he is already making it very clear to the
government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, that he and his followers
expect al-Maliki to carry out his pledge to have all US military forces
removed from Iraqi soil by the end of this year, as has been agreed upon by
the two governments.

In his fiery speech, al-Sadr referred to the United States, Israel and Great
Britain as "our common enemies", and he also let Prime Minister al-Maliki
know in no uncertain terms that, should he fail to carry out his pledge,
al-Sadr's people "have the political means" to apparently remove al-Maliki
from power.

Of course, there is a very big problem brewing here, because no one who
understands the situation really anticipates that all American forces will
leave Iraq by the end of this year. The main excuse that has been given is
that Iraq is not yet ready to defend itself against foreign aggressors. It
will be interesting to see then, exactly how al-Sadr intends to carry out
his threat. Backed by Iran, and with the support of Islamic radicals within
Iraq itself, he could indeed disrupt the current status quo in Iraq once
again, just as he did a number of years ago when his militias confronted
American forces in Iraq.

The question in my mind at this current time, is how far will the US
Government be willing to go in order to solve their problem with al-Sadr? An
assassination attempt perhaps?

One thing I can say for al-Sadr, is that similar to a few other radical
Muslim clerics, he could very well fit the bill for being the Islamic False
Prophet, who could quite possibly team up with a powerful Islamic political
leader, to become the Beast and the False Prophet pair who are found in the
thirteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation. Time will certainly tell, but
once again, I advise everyone to keep a close eye on this man. Unless he is
assassinated, he is not simply going to go away. He's tasted power, and he
wants more of it.




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