More Good News From Iraq: Mahdi Army Announces They are Laying Down Their Arms and Becoming a "Social-Services Organization".....

The left must be crushed, the Mahdi Army was their last hope to defeat of America in Iraq…...

BAGHDAD -- Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- long a thorn in the side of the U.S. military and Iraqi government -- intends to disarm his once-dominant Mahdi Army militia and remake it as a social-services organization.

The transformation would represent a significant turnabout for a group that, as recently as earlier this year, was seen as one of the most destabilizing anti-American forces in Iraq. For much of the past several years, the Mahdi Army, headed by Mr. Sadr, a Shiite cleric, controlled sizable chunks of Baghdad and other cities. Its brand of pro-Shiite activism had the side effect of pitting Iraqis against each other, helping to stir worries of civil war.

A new brochure, obtained by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by Mr. Sadr's chief spokesman, Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, states that the Mahdi Army will now be guided by Shiite spirituality instead of anti-American militancy. The group will focus on education, religion and social justice, according to the brochure, which is aimed at Mr. Sadr's followers. The brochure also states that it "is not allowed to use arms at all."

Posters have been put up in some areas of Baghdad saying a new direction for the Mahdi Army will be announced at this Friday's prayers.

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[Dark Helmet]

"Let's see is it eat with right hand, wipe with left * sniff* noo.... oooh that reminds me, I need to go see mom today."

I can't wait to see this fuckers head explode from a .50

[RazarX]

Bull-plop! Just like Hezbollah is a social-services organization, right?

[Poopyhead]

Social services? Now they will quit filling bodies with bullets and begin to fill minds with Koranic crapola. This might actually be worse.

[exsgtbrown]

"Posters have been put up in some areas of Baghdad saying a new direction for the Mahdi Army will be announced at this Friday's prayers."

uh oh, there is that Friday thing again..has a Muslim Cleric ever been executed by the believers for even mentioning "peace"? ...look for Friday violence,,...