Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

For once I am willing to take the occupation’s claim at face value. Americans are claiming that Iraq’s puppet government started the present round of fighting without notifying them. It is plausible. The success of the ‘surge’ was an illusion sustained by the drop in violence due to the Sadrists unilateral ceasefire. However, the US-Iranian-backed Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq fears the Sadrists would gain a majority in the upcoming elections. This appears like ISCI’s attempt to crush the nationalist Sadr and his Mehdi Army with the assistance of the US-UK forces while they are still there. Recall that it was the ISCI’s Wolf Brigades, tied to the Badr militia that started the sectarian war as part of the Pentagon’s Salvador option in late 2004.