- One of his chief assassins was captured.
- He realized he had to call off his party's boycott of the Iraqi parliament.
- Today the Iraqi Prime Minister withdrew his protection for al-Sadr's Milita.
Al-Sadr has gotten his power by playing the strongman in a field of weak leaders; I'm interested to see if he can keep it up as the American military clamps down on his thugs. At least with respect to al-Sadr President Bush's surge in troops has already shown results.
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