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Monday, March 31, 2008

What have we learned from Basra?

(WaPo) Sadr Tells His Militia To Cease Hostilities

(AFP) Sadr fighters disappear from Iraq's streets

(McClatchy) Iranian general played key role in brokering Iraq cease-fire

So, what have we learned? Sadr still has control of his militia which is still capable of matching the SIIC/government forces, and the Iranians(Quds) are completely running the Shia politics in Iraq.

(Some violence continues today, and the Iraqi government is continuing its "crackdown." We also learned that Sadr's in Iran.)

posted by mikevotes at 7:57 AM

6 Comments:

  • I guess it depends on whether US/Maliki keep arresting Mahdi Army members or not.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:24 AM  

  • Yeah, or even if they try to stake out the neighborhoods.

    We'll have to wait and see.

    And how interesting is it that the peace was managed by a top al Quds general?

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:37 PM  

  • Obviously the Iranian general is a more trusted intermediary than anybody the US can field.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:43 PM  

  • Yeah, but I think it's a statement on the loss of control.

    We're spending $10 billion a month, plus soldiers, plus everything else, and our arch rival the people we're trying to minimize, are able to pull this together in a day or two.

    It speaks to the level of failure. The proposed idea was that a "democratic iraq" would exert its influence onto Iran, instead, the complete opposite has happened, and the US has put itself in a place where it can do next to nothing about it.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 2:13 PM  

  • The Persians invented chess. I can't help feeling it all makes a US attack on Iran more likely.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:41 PM  

  • This administration has definitely been outplayed.
    By the Russians and Chinese, too.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 4:53 PM  

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