Al-Sadr resurfaces

[Kickflip89]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.main/index.html

He is calling on his Mehdi army to stop fighting against Iraqi troops / police, calling for peace between Sunnis and Shias, etc.

I am a little too ignorant of Iraq to suggest he may actually be turning towards playing a "positive role" in the reconciliation and reconstruction, but one can certainly hope!

On the other hand, the secret agency in the Iraqi government that is supposedly looking out for the majority Shiite interests could have something to do with putting up a front of reconciliation on the surface. Perhaps Al-Sadr / Al-Maliqi simply want the U.S. troops to play a limited role so they can more easily suppress the sunnis?

 

[Brett327]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.main/index.html

He is calling on his Mehdi army to stop fighting against Iraqi troops / police, calling for peace between Sunnis and Shias, etc.

I am a little too ignorant of Iraq to suggest he may actually be turning towards playing a "positive role" in the reconciliation and reconstruction, but one can certainly hope!

On the other hand, the secret agency in the Iraqi government that is supposedly looking out for the majority Shiite interests could have something to do with putting up a front of reconciliation on the surface. Perhaps Al-Sadr / Al-Maliqi simply want the U.S. troops to play a limited role so they can more easily suppress the sunnis?

If the Shi'i were smart, they'd settle their differences (at least in the short term) to get the coalition forces to leave, then they could pretty much do as they please after we're gone. I think that's how it's all eventually going to go down anyway. Why delay the inevitable?

Brett