[capitan_refugio]

You may have gotten a little bit ahead of yourself. They are "not cheering" in Basra, because the secret police and the other oppressors are still there. What will happen is going to be an open, popular revolt when the Shi'a become convinced we are there to fight with them. The Basra "kessel" will fall within a day or two, and then watch.

[a_Turk]

I'm just posting a damned BBC article which hadn't been posted yet.. Those are pretty hard to come by, you know...