Sadr 'freezes' militia activities

by angryindian | August 29, 2007 at 04:53 pm

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It seems that the insugents, freedom fighters or folks sick and tired of being occupied that decided to do what the Bush administration does not want to do, stop, regroup, get back in the fight. When it was suggested in the United States by John Murtha and a group of respected retired generals as the best course of action for U.S. troops it was shouted down as a plan for failure by the republicans. Hindsight shows that the Bush administration really hasn't learned anything from Vietnam. Perhaps it would be a different situation if the Decider had actully served. - The Angryindian

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Radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr says he is freezing the activities of his Mehdi Army militia for up to six months in order to re-organise it.

He has also called on all its offices to co-operate with the security forces and exercise "self-control".

Analysts see the move as an attempt by Moqtada Sadr to regain control over his increasingly divided militia.

The order was read out at a news conference in Karbala, where fighting on Tuesday killed more than 50 people.

Police blamed the Mehdi Army for the violence, but it denied involvement.