Iraq: Sadr Stalls On Surrender

Sadr is hiding in Iran telling his thugs to die so that it looks like an assault on Islam. Unfortunately for him, it is Muslim on Muslim fighting with few non-Muslim casualties. I assume that the Muslims will win. It might also be safe to assume that the majority of Muslims understand that this is not about the infidels, but about the Persian influence in Arab lands.

Iraq: Sadr Stalls On Surrender: "Sadr Stalls On Surrender
May 7, 2008: With their Basra bases destroyed, the Mahdi Army is making a last stand in the eastern Baghdad Sadr City neighborhood. U.S. troops have erected concrete reinforced roadblocks around the Mahdi Army strongholds, and then work with Iraqi troops (who do most of the fighting) to clean out the Shia militiamen house by house. Thousands of civilians have been fleeing, once they see the roadblocks go up, for they know that the Mahdi fighters use civilians as human shields. In one well reported case, a Mahdi Army warlord set up his command post next to a hospital, believing this would make him immune from air attacks. He was wrong, even though the missile that destroyed his operation also blew out windows in the adjacent hospital. In the last six weeks, the Baghdad fighting has cost over 3,000 casualties. Over 90 percent of them are Iraqi, and most of those are Mahdi Army fighters (the rest are Iraqi army and police)."