3 Al Sadr and his Jaish al-Mahdi did it again! They WON!!

Mehdi Army members escort
shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
during his visit to the holy city
of Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.

Ali Abu Shish / Reuters

In 2004, Sadr and his Jaish al-Mahdi fought the

US invaders and managed by the grace and the will of Allah, to stand firm on their ground driving the US forces out of their territory.

On 25 March the Nouri al-Maliki's forces sent his strong force into Basra to take on Sadr and Jaish al-Mahdi (Mahdi's army) and two other smaller militias. This happened after Dick Cheney's visit to Iraq. The assault was supported by the US ground forces, British artillery, US and British air Support. Despite the overwhelming odds, Al-Sadr, to the surprised of the US, stood firm on his turf while his al-Mahdi army militia took on the invaders. Within the next two days Nouri's soldiers were handing over.their weapons and surrendering to the al-Mahdi's Forces.To salt to the wound, Mahdi's Army succeeded in kidnapping Nouri's government spokesmen for security, Tahsin alShekhli after overcoming and killing Tahsin's bodyguards.

The Americans top brass including The Republican President Candidate (McCain) disowned the operation as whole, it was Nouri al-Maliki's own misadventure's. By the first of April the Al- Mahdi's Army were off the streets in Basra and Bagdad without any displayed of arms under the instructions of Al-Sadr. The ceased fire agreement was in favour of Al-Sadr Mahdi Army, the terms were no further harassment of his supporters, to release Sadr supporters under detention and to allow al-Mahdi Army to keep their arms, for their arms are arms of resistance against forces of occupation.

Probably under the instigation of the Americans, for the embarrassment they had to shoulder The American made Nouri al-Maliki had to refuse to sign the peace deal and does not rule out any further military actions Sadr, meanwhile, called for a massive nationwide protest on April 9, the day of the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam's regime. Since then Sadr and his followers have been demanding an end to what they call a tyrant occupation by US-led forces in Iraq.

The Riz Khan Show asks if Iraq is on the verge of a new civil war. Someone should also asked whether this is another Mr Bush test before he takes on Iran.