Shiite Terror Leader Quotes Ted Kennedy

Shiite terrorist leader Muqtada al-Sadr was so impressed with Sen. Ted Kennedy's portrayal of the war in Iraq as "George Bush's Vietnam," he's picked up the theme himself.

"Iraq will be another Vietnam for America and the occupiers," al-Sadr said Wednesday in a statement issued from his office in Najaf. Forces loyal to the maniacal imam have killed 20 U.S. soldiers since Sunday.

Al-Sadr's remark mirrored Kennedy's own anti-war blast on Tuesday, when he told the Brookings Institution, "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam."

"I call upon the American people to stand beside their brethren, the Iraqi people, who are suffering an injustice by your rulers and the occupying army, to help them in the transfer of power to honest Iraqis," the al-Sadr statement continued, according to the Associated Press.

No doubt Sen. Kennedy will echo the al-Sadr sentiment in his next address.

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