google.com - 1/9/2009
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17 hours ago BAGHDAD (AFP) Angry followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr torched US and Israeli flags in a mass rally in Baghdad on Friday in protest at the two-week-old conflict in the Gaza Strip. About 2,000 Sadr supporters, many waving Iraqi and Palestinian flags gathered in front ...
online.wsj.com - 1/10/2009
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online.wsj.com —
GEORGE E. BISHARAT Israel's current assault on the
Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it...
involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...
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George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
jstreet.org - 1/5/2009
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jstreet.org —
J Street reiterates its call for strong and
immediate American diplomatic leadership to bring an end to...
the violence through an immediate ceasefire. J Street unequivocally condemns Hamas’ indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel and its use of ...
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Word on the Street
michaeltotten.com - 1/10/2009
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michaeltotten.com —
Readers of this site know I support Israel's
war in Gaza. Long-time readers also know I opposed...
Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon. Unlike some, I do not automatically assume critics of Israel's Operation Cast Lead hate Jews or support terrorists. I'd be a ...
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Gaza and Afghanistan
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Tiny Crowd Shows up for Sadrist Protest Gaza Operation
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The followers of Muqtada al Sadr have held the obligatory Friday protest today to denounce Israeli operation. The protest featured the regular agitprop: the stomping on and burning of Israeli and US flags, chants of "No, No, to the Occupier," etc. AFP reported that 2,000 Sadrist supporters showed up for the demonstration. ...
Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost
Informed Comment —
... It may be in part to forestall an escalation of attacks on US troops in Iraq, as called for by junior Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr again on Friday as 2000 of his followers rallied in Baghdad, that ...
Iraq's Provincial Elections
Daily Kos —
... to bullhorn support for Israel's movement into Gaza three weeks before the provincial elections in Iraq isn't going to help. The politicians in Iraq are going to be falling over themselves to take political advantage, and we can for the moment forget about convincing anyone (or at least the Shia) in Iraq that Iran is their biggest problem. Relatedly, notice that I managed to write this entire post without even mentioning Muqtada al-Sadr? Yeah, well . . . ...
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thinkprogress.org 1/9/2009 —
Anti-American Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday called for “revenge operations” against U.S. forces to protest Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Sadr also “urged that Palestinian flags be raised on mosques, churches ...
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