Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 3:25 a.m.

Whittling Away at Sadr

by Austin Bay

After his outlaw militiamen raised white flags and skedaddled from their latest round of combat with the Iraqi Army, radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr declared victory.

He always does. He understands media bravado. He wagers that survival bandaged by bombast and swathed in sensational headlines is a short-term triumph. Survive long enough, and Sadr bets he will prevail.

This time, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a contrarian press release, however, calling the Iraq ...

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Posted by: Todd
Comment: #1
Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:04 AM

Where did you get your information about this? From what I heard al-Sadr kicked their butts & then called off his militiamen with apparent victory at hand. The Iraqi army either had little will to fight or did not fight at all or deserted. Why spin this to make it look like the Iraqi army can take care of itself when they obviously can't?

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