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To: pompsander who wrote (760062)	3/4/2007 4:52:46 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Unless they search the Mosques for weapons they wont find any. jdn

To: pompsander who wrote (760062)	3/5/2007 1:21:54 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Re: "...lying low...." "...the militia wants to avoid a battle to protect the cleric's political gains. Sadr's movement holds a quarter of the parliamentary seats in Maliki's ruling Shi'ite Alliance." Exactly. Meanwhile, of course, they continue to increase their strength, Iran is still arming and training their troops... and they are VERY HAPPY to have the US in the position where we are mostly only fighting the Sunnis: their enemies.

To: pompsander who wrote (760062)	3/5/2007 1:23:18 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"...Mahdi Army militants have displayed little resistance to the security campaign. Sunday was no exception: U.S. forces swept through the eastern corner of Sadr City with barely a sign of opposition, Garver said. Some Sadr City residents said the area has been calm, although the militia continues to work in the shadows. "The Mahdi Army is still operating," said Ammar Abbas, a cigarette vendor near the area where the sweep took place Sunday. "We're still afraid of them." The militia's leader, the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has not been seen in public since January. The U.S. military said last month that he was in Iran, although al-Sadr's spokesmen denied he left the country...." usatoday.com