Supposedly U.S. government has confronted Maliki about this, but it appears Muqtada is the one who truly controls most of Iraq, being as he is a respected leader not only of Sadar city but of many of the Shiites. Recently he lifted a two month boycott of Parliament once he got from Iraqi government what he'd wanted.
He'd been sought three or four years back for the murder of a Shiite cleric, his apparent rival. Supposedly the man was hacked to death in or around a Mosque by Muqtada's men or Muqtada himself. What happened to charges? Were they dropped? Why?
Maybe the U.S. fears all out chaos and the division of Iraq among the three main sects and/or ethnic groups. But by not confronting the perpetual killings from Muqtada (the Shiites) as well as whoever leads the Sunnis_for even if unknown, they must have at least one leader_how can anything ever be worked out in Iraq? Much less the american troops be able to leave?
2007-08-26 06:43:11 · 5 answers · asked by 1-2informationalways 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
The man is very well backed, has many followers, and basically has his own small army, partially funded by Iran. He may not be able to control his army like we can control ours, but if anyone makes a move to bring him down, his followers would come together, and there would be an even more violent uprising.
I think that the US has basically taken the stance that Sad'r is more or less the Iraqi government's problem, and the US is just going to concentrate on AQ for now, But you can be sure they are going to watch him, especially his Iranian connections, and conduct raids here and there try to ensure he doesn't get any more powerful.
I'm sure military leaders would like to take him out and they are very capable of doing it, but if they did it would destabilize the government even more so than it already is.
2007-08-26 06:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by The General 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you trying to figure out the logic of a evil and incompetent Administration? All you need to know is the Neo-Cons want the war to go on regardless of who gets killed and if they have to leave and are still in power they will start another one, as the ball-less democrats bow down and give them everything they want.
The American public is too stupid to vote for real change like Kucinich or Ron Paul and even if they weren't the large Corporations control everything as your civil liberties erode every day...
2007-08-26 06:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
why cant they find bin laden, oh yeah they had to stop to start a war in Iraq
2007-08-26 06:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by lek 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they go according to political correctness. To a fault.
2007-08-26 06:49:09 · answer #4 · answered by 27ysq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like bin laden, we have a hard time finding him.
2007-08-26 15:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋