Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and Moqtada al-SadrIraq's Mehdi Army Faces Splits, Wary Of Return To War -- Yahoo News/Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq's anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is reviving fears of sectarian violence with a warning he will unleash his Shi'ite Mehdi Army militia again if U.S. forces stay in the country beyond a year-end deadline.
But for Mehdi Army veterans like Ahmed, who once battled U.S. troops on Baghdad's streets, the fighting days are over as Sadr's militia enters mainstream politics, struggles with splinter groups, and ex-combatants resist a return to war.
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My Comment:It is hard to fight for a man who was quick to run to Iran when the fighting started to get intense and bloody in 2008. While I am sure there are many men in the Shi'ite Mehdi Army militia who would be willing to fight .... I also suspect that there are many who have no stomach to wage another bloody war against U.S. and what is now better trained Iraqi soldiers .
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