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.
