Damned If You Do ...

This is another bad sign. The creepiest guy in Iraq is flexing his power and has told the Prime Minister of Iraq NOT to meet with Bush next week.

Faleh Hasan Shanshal, a political aide of Moqtadr al-Sadr, said on Friday: "We have asked al-Maliki to cancel his meeting with Bush as there is no reason to meet the criminal who is behind terrorism in Iraq.

"We will suspend our membership in parliament and the cabinet if he goes ahead."

Nuri al-Maliki, the Shia prime minister, is scheduled to meet with George Bush, the US president, in Jordan on November 29.

"This is a sign of an alliance between Saddamists, takfiris (Sunni extremists) and the occupation forces," the statement said.

al-Maliki definitely has a hard choice on his hands. I just don't think that either choice will be to his advantage.