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To: TimF who wrote (7673)	7/21/2005 10:31:06 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

”I think Sadr used the violence to make a bigger name for himself and is now trying to use that as a basis to get as much political power through peaceful, or at least mostly peaceful, means as he can.” Prior to and during his insurgency Al-Sadr crossed some lines that he has not retreated from. He established the Al-Mahdi army and declared that it must continue to organize for things to come. The Mahdi is a figure in Islamic lore that is believed to exist in an invisible state but will reveal himself to lead the world’s Khalifate at the end of time. Al-Sadr said that he knows of the Mahdi’s presence and that the Mahdi is preparing to reveal himself. He said the real reason that the Americans are in Iraq is that they are the enemy of the Mahdi and that Americans will attempt to assassinate the Mahdi when he is revealed. Al-Sadr never surrendered his insurgency but at Sistani's council was convinced he would have enough political support to establish political control in Iraq, and from that he could continue his efforts to establish the world Khalifate (Rule by an Islamic military). Al-Sadr declared to the Al-Mahdi Army that for now they should lay down their weapons, so that they could go and begin to build their forces for the future. I figure he is hard at work, quietly organizing. The only insurgent leader who was given permission to walk.