Ramzy Baroud, Middle East Online. April 12, 2008. Muqtada al-Sadr reflects the views of most Iraqis; October's elections could position him as a new nationalist leader, and a unifying force.
Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. April 3, 2008. The "Surge" will go down in history as one of the greatest strategic failures in military history.
AzzamanApril 1, 2008. Analysts: those sacked will have no choice but to join the ranks of Mahdi Army with their weapons, boosting the militia's strength and standing.
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. March 31, 2008. The recent explosion of violence is making a mockery of Bush's claim that America had turned the corner in Iraq.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 30, 2008. The signs that the Madhi Army will no longer be passive mark a major defeat for the U.S. military command's strategy.
Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post. March 29, 2008. The so-called Iraqi Army fighting in the south right now is mainly the Badr Corps, a rival Shiite militia to Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army.
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. March 26, 2008. Muqtada al-Sadr called for a campaign of civil disobedience in which shops, businesses, schools and universities would close down.
Juan Cole, MIT Center for International Studies. March 6, 2008. There are three major conflicts in Iraq -- and the U.S. is virtually powerless to stop them.
Raed Jarrar, Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 9, 2007. More than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media ignored the story.
