These people are beyond help

The Hill:
An Iraqi cleric has threatened to attack U.S. military advisers when they arrive in the country to help fight Sunni extremists who have plunged the nation into violence.

In a sermon on Friday, Nassir al-Saedi, a cleric loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, referred to the U.S as “the occupier and said, "We will be ready for you if you are back," according to Sky News.

The warning comes days after President Obama announced he was sending 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to bolster government security forces and help combat Sunni militant members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The British Telegraph also reported that tens of thousands of heavily armed fighters from al-Sadr’s militia, the Mahdi army, paraded through the streets of Baghdad Saturday.

The Shiite militia said it does not need or want help from the U.S.

"If the Americans are thinking about coming back here, all of we Iraqis will become time bombs - we will eat them alive," said Adel Jabr Albawi, who marched in Saturday’s parade, according to the Telegraph. "We can deal with Isis ourselves."
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The government in Iraq needs to straighten these people out if it expects help.

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