Mookie Al Sadr Is A VERY Slow Learner

What in the sam hell is wrong with Mookie al Sadr, anyway? Has anyone ever told this clown that clerics make poor military minds? After al Sadr's Mahdi Army was absolutely trashed by American and Iraqi forces throughout Sadr City and southern Iraq, this fool announces today he is going to give it another shot. Here's the story from over at Breitbart:

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen to disarm but said Friday he will maintain elite fighting units to resist the Americans if a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is not established.

"Weapons are to be exclusively in the hands of one group, the resistance group," while another group called Momahidoun is to focus on social, religious and community work, Sadrist cleric Mudhafar al-Moussawi said
Thousands of worshippers streamed out into the streets after the Islamic service, burning an American flag and shouting: "No, no to America. No, no to occupation."

These asshats are just too much. There isn't enough fighters LEFT in their bloody army to be an actual force! This is, more or less, just an attempt by al Sadr to keep his hat in the ring when the politics of Iraq gets really ramped up.

Why any of these Shiites in Iraq even follow this moron is beyond me, he's spent more time in Iran in the past two years than he has spent in Iraq - every time the going gets a little tough for old Mookie, he high tails it to the Iranian mullahs for a group hug.

This piece of shit is responsible for more American troop deaths over the years than any visibile leader in Iraq and yet this sack continues to make these announcements. If he'd hang around long enough INSIDE of Iraq, perhaps we could finally put a crease through his forehead.

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reorganizes militia

BAGHDAD (AP) - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen to disarm but said Friday he will maintain elite fighting units to resist the Americans if a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is not established.
Fighters in the Sunni-led insurgency, meanwhile, set off a car bomb at a market in the northern city of Tal Afar, killing 18 people and wounding 25, Iraqi police said. It was the latest in a series of deadly attacks seeking to chip away at recent security gains.
Al-Sadr's statement—read to worshippers during Friday prayers in Baghdad's former militia stronghold of Sadr City—was in line with details revealed earlier this week and appeared to be an extension of plans he announced in June aimed at asserting more control over the militia.
"Weapons are to be exclusively in the hands of one group, the resistance group," while another group called Momahidoun is to focus on social, religious and community work, Sadrist cleric Mudhafar al-Moussawi said.
He said the announcement was particularly aimed at members of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, which has been blamed for some of the worst violence against American troops and rival Sunni Arabs.
Thousands of worshippers streamed out into the streets after the Islamic service, burning an American flag and shouting: "No, no to America. No, no to occupation."
The cleric has linked the reorganization of the Mahdi Army to U.S.-Iraqi negotiations over a long-term agreement that would extend the American presence in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year. Al-Sadr and his followers want the deal to include a timeframe for an American withdrawal and have warned they may not suspend operations without such a clause.
Several cease-fires by al-Sadr have been key to a sharp decline in violence over the past year, along with a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq and a U.S. troop buildup. But American officials still consider his militiamen a threat and have backed the Iraqi military in operations to try to oust them from their power bases in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq.
The fighting cells will be "small and limited" and will only launch attacks under direct orders from al-Sadr in case of "dire necessity," the cleric's spokesman, Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, told The Associated Press in the holy city of Najaf.
He also ruled out attacks on Iraqis.
"Now our stance is to watch the political developments and the security agreement. We will see if there will be a withdrawal timetable or not. We will wait for the results. These cells have not yet conducted any operations," he added.