U.S. troops clash with Shiite militiamen

[graywolf44]

U.S. troops clashed with Shiite militiamen south of Baghdad on Saturday in a three-hour gunbattle in which 15 gunmen and an Iraqi soldier were killed, U.S. officials and Iraqis said.

It appeared the battle was part of a systematic campaign against the militia of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, blamed for much of the sectarian violence

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[sir_dave]

The involvement of Sadr in controlling who was the proposed Prime Minister seems to have been the sticking point over the creation of a government. He seems (rightly) to scare the Sunnis to death. When his preferred candidate was removed, things moved rapidly to a (relatively) successful close.

I find it relatively difficult to see how anyone involved with Sadr is not a terrorist, and it would take a lot to convince me that anything involving them was in any way the fault of anyone else but themselves.

[graywolf44]

I find it relatively difficult to see how anyone involved with Sadr is not a terrorist, and it would take a lot to convince me that anything involving them was in any way the fault of anyone else but themselves.

Once again, I find that I'm in complete agreement with you.