Traiors true colour

[zangi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6968720.stm


[The order] also includes suspending the taking up of arms against occupiers as well as others

Ahmed al-Shaibani
Spokesman for Moqtada Sadr

[zangi]

Treachery upon treachery, the son of a traitor.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6973711.stm

[neelu]

Traitor yes, but son of a traitor? What did his father do that was treacherous?

[zangi]

Saddam Hussein backed his father, Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, to head the al-Hawza (the main centre for Shia instruction in Iraq) in Najaf. Hussein backed al-Sadr because he was an Arab Muslim and he wanted to rid the al-Hawza of its non-Arab leaders.