Word: sadr
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...production is near prewar capacity, the country is rebuilding. Did we make any mistakes? Of course we did. The most egregious being not giving enough protection to the pro-Western Ayatullah Abdul-Majid al-Khoei, who was murdered, most likely by followers of the now notorious Muqtada al-Sadr...
...lack of jobs and the frustrating pace of the promised transition to Iraqi rule, a transition that promised to bring them to power. That simmering discontent last week turned into a full, chaos-inducing boil. Following a call to arms by a radical, power-hungry cleric named Muqtada al-Sadr, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites declared war against a military that had freed them from a heinous dictator. In cities across Iraq, Shi'ite militants united behind the goal of casting off the yoke of occupation by killing or capturing any foreigner, military or civilian, they came across. Together with...
...provinces of southern Iraq, where until last week the U.S. believed it enjoyed the grudging support of a populace grateful that Saddam sits in a jail cell, awaiting trial for his crimes. There are signs that the siege in Fallujah and the resistance among those loyal to al-Sadr have united the traditionally fractious Shi'ites and Sunnis against a common enemy. In Baghdad half of those who joined a caravan carrying supplies to the mostly Sunni residents of Fallujah were Shi'ite demonstrators loyal to al-Sadr. Some shouted, "Hey, Fallujah, Sunni and Shi'ite coming to save...
...Unlike their patron, a number of IGC members appear to recognize the Sunni insurgents and the Sadr supporters as an intractable reality - they're rooted in sections of Iraqi society, and won't be eliminated simply through military action. The dilemma facing U.S. officials on the ground is likely to become even more acute in the coming days given the efforts of IGC members to mediate solutions both in Fallujah and in the south. If the U.S. declines to accept those outcomes - which are not exactly palatable to the U.S. given its stated objectives in each case - the result will...
...resistance by insurgents at Fallujah and Sadr supporters in the south lacks the ability to challenge the U.S. military in a tactical sense - the Pentagon can be pretty sure of winning any battlefield engagement that presents itself in Iraq. But the military also appears to be without political progress, they'll have to fight the same battles again and again. And in the classic dynamic of occupation, insurgency and counterinsurgency, the past week has served as a reminder that fighting those battles always raises the risk of losing the peace by turning even Iraqis who don't support the radicals...