...al Sadr..."fought the US Marines to a standstill".....Did that really happen? My selective memory recalls that the politicos put a restraint on the Marines and they stood outside al Sadr's territory looking on for the most part.
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vaudine
Yes. Al Sadr can do what the hell he wants to. He gives sermons every friday. There is an unspoken cease fire with him.
Why I have no clue.
No no no. The problem was that the Najaf revolt took place the same time as the first battle of Fallujah. Najaf took precedence and the Marines basically had to "stand outside looking on" at Fallujah. They devoted their full attention to Najaf and annihilated Sadr's army there.
The main reason Sadr was relatively quiet until this year was that he lost so many men at Najaf.