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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/17/2008
Al-Sadr's Demands
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Muqtada al-Sadr is very clever, making firey demands that the US agree to conditions for the status of forces agreement that both sides had pretty much agreed on anyway. It's like if the GOP started demanding that the President-elect come up with plans for dealng with the financial crisis. ...

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Ware On SOFA Negotiations: ‘Tehran Was In The Room’
Wonk Room — ... Meanwhile, NRO’s James Robbins thinks it’s funny that Muqtada al-Sadr has been “making firey demands that the US agree to conditions for the status of forces agreement that both sides had pretty much agreed on anyway.” I think it’s more funny that Sadr has been ...

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