So I'm doing my rounds on the alternative media website circuit- you know, truthout.org, the nation, dKos atrios, etc. when I chance upon a stunning article. It is being highlighted on DU, but is from the Asia Times Online.... if the allegations within are true, then this is probably the most damning piece of evidence coming down the pipeline.
More Below the fold...
Here is the crux of the article:
Now it emerges that there is a strong movement in southern Iraq for the establishment of autonomous Shi'ite provinces as a precursor to introducing vilayet-e-faqih (rule by the clergy) in the whole country.
Of these calls for autonomy or federalism, the most disconcerting for US authorities is the call for religious rule. Already, leading Shi'ite clerics in Iraq are pushing for "Islam to be recognized as the guiding principle of the new constitution".
To head off this threat of a Shi'ite clergy-driven religious movement, the US has, according to Asia Times Online investigations, resolved to arm small militias backed by US troops and entrenched in the population to "nip the evil in the bud".
Asia Times Online has learned that in a highly clandestine operation, the US has procured Pakistan-manufactured weapons, including rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, ammunition, rockets and other light weaponry. Consignments have been loaded in bulk onto US military cargo aircraft at Chaklala airbase in the past few weeks. The aircraft arrived from and departed for Iraq.
The US-armed and supported militias in the south will comprise former members of the Ba'ath Party, which has already split into three factions, only one of which is pro-Saddam Hussein. They would be expected to receive assistance from pro-US interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National Accord.
Find the entire article here-Asia Times Online
Okay.... so my question is, is the article legitimate?
I think what happens if it is legitmate will be pretty obvious to anyone without a "W- The President" sticker on the back of their SUV. And probably even half of those guys.
So, I turn to the Kossack community, to tell me why I shouldn't believe this... and if it is, in fact, true, then let's just hope it brings G.W. down.