Whack Job on Riyad al Nouri, Sadr's brother in law and Senior Aide may be inside job--

New can of worms same as the old can of worms--- news from Roggio's The Long War Journal has the death of Riyad al Nouri as a inside whack job by Sadr's men. Does that surprise me--not really. I fully expect to find out that the so call insiders are on the payroll of the Orc King.

The recent assassination attempts may be retaliation for the murder of Riyad al Nouri, Sadr's brother-in-law and a senior aide in Najaf. The Sadrist movement maintained the US killed Nouri, then switched its story and said its political enemies had Nouri murdered. But some Sadrists believe Nouri's murder "may have been an inside job from within the Sadr ranks."

A US military officer serving in Iraq who wishes to remain anonymous told The Long War Journal that Nouri may indeed have been killed by rival members of his Sadrist movement. It is rumored Nouri was pushing for the Sadrist movement to disband the Mahdi Army lest the party be shut out from the political process.

Just the Kind of Pot Stirring For the Orc-King:Assassination of senior aide to Moqtada al-Sadr

While everyone from Petraeus is to Maliki is doing the We didn't do it and we condemn the act chant can we get real for a second here. This is the perfect hit job by the Orc King. Whack the aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf and OMG--what have we here....more chaos! Excellent. Considering the Orc King just got his snot locker bashed in for thinking upppity thoughts about taking over Basra. Ha! No wonder Maliki practically ran his ass off running to the battle. Now we are getting somewhere. Aide whacked. Everybody is pissed. Denials from all. Even Gates is getting into the ACT.

Gates Says US Not Likely To Arrest Moqtada al-Sadr

"He is a significant political figure. And clearly if he is willing to work within ... we want him to work within the political process in Iraq. He has a large following,"

Ok, he is an SPF, big deal, can we all get along blah blah we know that already, but he is also the trickster, the pot stirrer and now the Iranian Orc King has found his aide a useful sacrifice to the greater glory of the Orc Kingdom. Brilliant!

General Petraeus told a small group of reporters at the Pentagon that the killing of Sadr advisor Riyadh al-Nouri potentially threatens weeks of calm in Najaf.

The aide also quoted Sadr as blaming the killing on what he called "occupying forces" and those working with them.

The killing threatens to raise tensions between Sadr and the Iraqi government. NSS!

So we are supposed to watch the Sopranos to really understand what is going on in Iraq but at the first whack we are not to think ahead and see who is doing what to whom?

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani Confers Legitimacy Upon Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki government

Maliki's headlong rush to attack the Mahdi Army without proper back up may payoff dividends as now The Grand Ayatollah has come out in support of the government's demand that the Sadrist's surrender their weapons and stand down. This action will confer some badly needed legitimacy that Maliki has been either unwilling or unable to garner by himself. The weight of the Ayatollah carries a lot of muscle as he sent his representative out to make clear his position after Sadr declared that he would ask Sistani for direction. The Ayatollah smacked Sadr pretty good in his reply:“The top Shiite cleric had not been consulted in establishing al-Mahdi army, so it could not interfere in dissolving it,”

Al-Sistani asked al-Mahdi army to give in weapons to the government,” the Shiite official said.VOI

Private armies are the bane of any fledging government's struggle for power and legitimacy with citizens and this nutjob should have been cracked a long time ago. No matter. Apparently, Maliki now has Sadr on the ropes with legislation that will prevent political parties with private armies from participating in the election process. Color me duh.

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We have opened the door for confrontation, a real confrontation with these gangs, and we will not stop until we are in full control of these areas," Maliki.

Ok Rocky, next we will have to see if Maliki has the moral courage of his convictions.