Wolf Pangloss
2008-03-28 08:56:31
Mr. Fadhil, thanks for your take on this. It’s hard to see what’s really going on from outside.
I would be astonished if Iran was taking sides against al-Sadr given that he has enrolled in ayatollah school in Iran (and not in Iraq). I think it’s more like Iran seeing the Sadrist uprising in Basra and Baghdad as an opportunity to destabilize its neighbor, which will widen openings for terrorist infiltrators and jihadist organizers from Iran. The goal of this would be to Hezbollah-ize Iraq.
I’m agnostic over whether al-Sadr is behind this play or is just a figurehead.
