TagsTagsAt this point I’m afraid to hope that we might actually be on the brink of crushing Muqtada al-Sadr and his nasty gang of thugs, but this is possibly good news: Mahdi Army expressing siege mentality. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were under siege in their Sadr ...
In advance of President Bush’s speech, Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has (very) belatedly told the Shi’ite militias to disarm or face an all-out assault. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq’s prime minister has told Shiite militiamen to surrender their arms or face an all-out assault by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, senior Iraqi officials said ...