al Sadr Reigns in Militia: Backdown, Bluster or Bluff?
BY Herschel Smith
18 years ago
Shia Islamic cleric Moqtada al Sadr has issued orders to his loosely organized militias by calling for an end to Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence.
BAGHDAD – Radical cleric Moqtada Al Sadr ordered his militia on Friday not to take part in the wave of sectarian bloodshed sweeping Iraq, as the head of the British army called for his troops to be brought home.
The Shia firebrand issued the order amid what a US military spokesman called a “tremendous spike
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