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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (375936)4/3/2008 8:38:31 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1577020
 
"Do you have any links supporting the claim that al-Sadr "won" that don't come from --"

Well, try looking at the events. Maliki attacked with the announced intention of crushing the militias. That didn't happen. At best, the situation was a stalemate. However, with the start of the attacks, there was a general uprising in southern Iraq against the government. Now, when al-Sadr announced the ceasefire, he also issued demands. Which the government agreed to. So while the victor generally doesn't ask or demand a ceasefire, the defeated party generally doesn't issue demands that are granted.

Maliki didn't achieve any of his objectives and al-Sadr came out intact.
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