Abu Deraa???
In another operation Deraa reportedly acquired a fleet of ambulances and drove them into a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad. He tricked groups of young men to come forward and give blood to help Sunni brothers who, he said, were being “slaughtered by the Shi’ites”. But once the young men approached, he trapped and killed them.
On Friday, however, the American and Iraqi forces made a clear breakthrough. They captured a man the Americans link to the Shi’ite death squads, including Deraa’s, in a raid that may signify Iraq’s growing seriousness about reining in the violent militias loose in Baghdad. In the early hours they stormed a mosque, seizing several Shi’ite suspects after an hour-long shoot-out.
http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc0121JS.html______________________________________________________
Troops Died After, Not In, Sneak Attack ~ Karbala Attack ~ Soldiers abducted then killed.....
The brazen assault 50 miles south of Baghdad was launched Jan. 20 by a group of nine to 12 militants. They traveled in black GMC Suburban vehicles - the type used by U.S. government convoys, had American weapons, wore new U.S. military combat fatigues and spoke English.
The U.S. officials said they could not be sure if the soldiers were killed as the attackers drove them to the place where they abandoned the Suburbans or afterward. Iraqi officials said the men were killed just before the vehicles were abandoned.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1774121/posts
Abu Deraa is an alSadr minion. But it is AQ chief al-Masri who called for the retreat into Diyala province...
See above.