ISOLATING SADR: Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish Parties Close Ranks Against Al-Sadr’s Movement in Iraq.

Iraq’s major Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties have closed ranks to force anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or leave politics, lawmakers and officials involved in the effort said Sunday.

Such a bold move risks a violent backlash by al-Sadr’s Shiite militia. But if it succeeds it could cause a major realignment of Iraq’s political landscape.

I think that they’re less worried about such a backlash, post-Basra.