Richard — do you have any analysis or information on Mugniyah’s role in forming and running Sadr’s Mahdi Army?
I recently read that there is a link. If true, his neutralization would be a harbinger that someone is finally willing to give Sadr the same special treatment (finally).
I believe it was a significant tactical mistake to let Sadr remain alive, a mistake on our part which probably has cost hundreds of American lives. This was foolishly done because Shiite “politicians” assured us that a “political” solution with this Iranian gangster was the best way to approach Sadr (rather than a sniper bullet). These same Shiites were implicitly threatening is that killing Sadr would make Iraq explode in violence. Those “politicians” should also be selectively rooted out, it would seem, in order to purge the most compromised Iraqis who will remain the tools of Iranian subversion.
