Mohammed Fadhil reports in unique fashion (Iraq the Model is my favorite Middle Eastern blog for this reason) on what is really happening in Iraq. And that is, the majority of Shia, the Sunni and the Kurds are standing up to Muqtada al Sadr and his militia. The government is showing mettle, dismissing the troops that deserted under fire recently and thereby providing a splendid didactic moment for everyone else. This is not being adequately reported in the US (so what else is new?).
Al Qaeda and the Baathist insurgency are mostly spent. Overcome al Sadr and the Iranian imports, and Iraq is ready for consolidation of gains and the promise of real peace.
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