Thursday, February 21, 2008

Iraq's Sadr expected to extend militia truce: sources - Yahoo! News

Iraq's Sadr expected to extend militia truce: sources - Yahoo! News
This would be good news, if true. Sadr's milita standdown has been a leg in the three-pronged strategy to reduce violence: 1) US Troop surge, 2) Peeling away Sunni insurgents into joining against al qaeda, and 3) Sadr militia cease-fire. Now, if only the central government could continue reconciliation laws (they're currently on break for a month or so, after passing some key laws a few weeks ago) (unlike our government, which went into recess deadlocked)

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