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...said, that the tribes and some insurgents are turning on al-Qaeda in Anbar province. He added that some insurgent groups are negotiating with the Iraqi government to come into the political process. He successfully lobbied Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to pressure his political supporter Moqtada al Sadr to lay low during the rollout of the Baghdad security plan...
...fateful decision to go to war in Iraq" than an intramural death match between the two groups. This conflict has been going on for centuries. To blame it on the Bush Administration instead of those responsible-the self-righteous mullahs and alleged holy men such as Muqtada al-Sadr-is to allow your political bias to creep into your reporting. Dale R. Enck, Buena Vista, Colorado...
...fateful decision to go to war in Iraq" than an intramural death match between the two groups. This conflict has been going on for centuries. To blame it on the Bush Administration instead of those responsible - the self-righteous mullahs and alleged holy men such as Muqtada al-Sadr - is to allow your political bias to creep into your reporting. Dale R. Enck, buena vista, COLORADO...
...Honoring that commitment has been made easier for al-Maliki by the restraint shown by the Shi'ite militias over the past month. U.S. military commanders say the Shi'ite death squads have largely gone to ground during Operation Imposing Law. U.S. military officials also believe Muqtada al-Sadr, the rabble-rousing militant who is also a crucial political ally of al-Maliki, has gone to ground in Iran during the first weeks of the surge. And there were no major confrontations even when U.S. and Iraqi forces entered the militia stronghold of Sadr City...
...same time, al-Sadr seems to be offering an olive branch to his Sunni rivals. His most recent Friday prayer, usually delivered to excitable crowds, was handed out on flyers in Sadr City. In it he asked his followers to unite with all Iraqis. "Reject all division and factionalism, sectarian and civil war," read the missive. "Treat your brother Iraqis as brothers. Do not discriminate between Sunni and Shi'ite at all, and nor against others, so that you be the highest example of all this." Instead he asked them to focus their rage against another enemy: "Raise your voices...