December 04, 2006

Dead Darth Sadr?

Is he Dead? I don’t know but Allah seems to have it about right.It was claimed earlier in the week that several “high ranking” members of the Mahdi army were killed. That's encouraging, maybe he was with them?

The claim Ace is linking appears similar to the one below the fold. But then again I don’t read Arabic? Hint hint.

The claims are propaganda mostly, but could, maybe be true. Don't hold your breath or anything. Just hope maybe he isn't, breathing that is.

The al-Sadr claim was posted on a terrorist forum as follows

1930 on 3 / 12 / 2006 That killing Muqtada al-Sadr.And because we have not been able to ascertain the veracity of the news I will send you all Maisalni news on the subject
Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar

And the other claim Via Site Institute

Abu Dar‘, commander of all pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi forces in Iraq, reported killed by Iraqi Resistance south of Balad

12-01-2006, 07:54 PM (obviusly last Tuesday)

In a bulletin posted at 9:50pm Makkah time Tuesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam said that the death had been reported of the commander of the pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi militia for all Iraqi territory. According to the report, the commander was killed by the Iraqi Resistance. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the commander of all Jaysh al-Mahdi formations in Iraq, a man known as Abu Dar‘, had been killed in the as-Sayyid Muhammad area, some 20km south of Balad. There were, however, other reports claiming that the man killed was Abu al-Mu’minin, the Jaysh al-Mahdi commander for just the Balad city area, and that he had been killed in a Resistance ambush in Balad, some 80km north of Baghdad…