Surprise, Surprise! The Drill Team Leader Supports The Bloody Rabbit!

الصدر مع ثوار سوريا ومع بقاء الأسد

"أبدى رجل الدين الشيعي في العراق مقتدى الصدر تأييده لقضية "الثوار" المعارضين للنظام السوري، ولكنه دعاهم إلى الإبقاء على الرئيس بشار الأسد انطلاقا مما يصفه بمعارضة الأسد للوجود الأميركي والإسرائيلي في المنطقة.

وقال الصدر في رسالة ووجهها إلى "الثوار في سوريا الحبيبة، كونوا على يقين بأني مؤمن كل الإيمان بقضيتكم"، ولكنه أشار إلى أن ثمة فارقا بين ما يحدث في سوريا و"الثورات العظيمة في تونس ومصر وليبيا والبحرين واليمن".

وأوضح أن الفارق يكمن في معارضة بشار الأسد للوجود الأميركي والإسرائيلي وفي "مواقفه الواضحة"، خلافا لمن سقط قبله أو سيسقط، حسب تعبيره
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Iraq's Sadr backs embattled Syrian leader Assad

"Iraq's radical anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has expressed support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even as much of the Arab world turns against the embattled strongman.

Assad has since March been trying to crush a popular uprising against his government, in which over 3,500 people have been killed, according to UN figures.....

But there is "a big difference" between what is happening in Syria and the "great revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen," Sadr said in a statement received by AFP on Thursday, referring to other Arab states that have seen popular uprisings this year.

"One of the reasons behind this difference is that Bashar al-Assad is against the American and Israeli presence and his attitudes are clear, not like those who collapsed before him, or will collapse," said the statement released by his office in the city of Najaf, reiterating points Sadr made in August....."