[SolidWood]

When Iraq is cleaned of Al-Qaeda, the Mahdi Army will lose a lot of influence. The only real reason they exist is as a “protector of the Shias” against Al-Qaeda. They need Al-Qaeda to justify their usefulness to the Shia population.

[elhombrelibre]

I hope you’re right. What you say is logical, but these gangsters do tend to take on a life of their own, not wanting to go out of business, even if their original agenda was somewhat valid and now non-existent. We’ll see.