Posted by
Dawnsblood on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:23:14 PM
I know it is NPR, but if it is true it is very relevant to note. Audio at the link.
The Mahdi Army, the militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr, is preparing for war in Sadr City, the vast Baghdad slum.
Announcements
on Iraqi TV last night said that the cleric will force every man in
Sadr City between 15 and 45 to join his militia.
Sadr
supporters believe they will be targeted by U.S. and Iraqi government
troops after President Bush unveils his new Iraq strategy Wednesday
night. The Mahdi Army is rumored to be distributing grenades to every
family in Sadr City, a district already brimming with weapons.