Moqtada Sadr says he will continue to oppose the occupation of Iraq by foreign forces and insists the new government lacks legitimacy as reports in from Najaf says the alhamhdi army is reading their weapons. Sadr said there would be no truce with those who co-operated with the U.S.-led forces in Iraq, contradicting earlier conciliatory-sounding statements. Hours later, the interim government postponed again the unveiling of a new security law to tackle the insurgency. The declaration came in a statement distributed by Sadr's office in the Shia holy city of Najaf, where his Mahdi army battled U.S. troops until a cease-fire in June. "We pledge to the Iraqi people and the world to continue resisting oppression and occupation to our last drop of blood," the statement said.
"Resistance is a legitimate right and not a crime to be punished."
| Resist away, it worked so well last time. How many gunnies did you lose, we lost count. |
On Monday, the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi postponed for a second time its unveiling of a new security regime that it wants to impose to curb the insurgency that continues to destabilize the country. Officials cancelled a news conference scheduled on Monday to announce the law. No new time was set, reports said. The government had planned the announcement for Saturday, but that event was also cancelled. Allawi's interim government was formally handed sovereign powers by the US-led occupation on 28 June.
| Guess he doesn't want that amnesty. It's almost like we knew he wouldn't stop. |
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