Another Win?
From al-Reuters:
Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr sent his fighters home on Wednesday in what may mark the end of a 10-week revolt against U.S.-led forces that once engulfed southern Iraq and Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines.
With the formal end of U.S.-led occupation just two weeks away, Sadr issued a statement from his base in Najaf calling on his Mehdi Army militiamen to go home.
"Each of the individuals of the Mehdi Army, the loyalists who made sacrifices...should return to their governorates to do their duty," the statement said.
That call came a day after President Bush said the United States would not oppose a political role for Sadr -- only weeks after branding him an anti-democratic thug.
Matt's Chat
Another win? Well, sort of... Fat Boy sends his "army" home, but have we created Arafat: The Next Generation?Mark's Remarks
I hope things are different. For one thing, I saw a valiant group of Iraqis protesting al Sadr, who told his militia to stand down, fellow Iraqis and Arabs...and they were beaten and shouted at. If more Iraqis see this guy as the whackjob he is, his role, if any will be miniscule. I think most Iraqis do not want islamofascism. We just need to get them to the polls. Al Sadr will soon be on the ash heap, along with other dictator wannabes.
