Sadr Needs to be Neutralized

Via Iran Focus, Moqtada al-Sadr has vowed to support Iran should they come under attack for their pursuit of nuclear weapons and thwarting UN inspections.

"If neighbouring Islamic countries, including Iran, should come under attack, then the Mehdi Army will support them," Sadr said on a visit to Tehran.

Sadr's Mehdi Army militia rose up against U.S. occupying forces in Iraq in 2004.

We had the opportunity to neutralize Sadr earlier, and the Iraqi government has also allowed this criminal to remain free, despite his involvement in the death of a rival cleric.

Sadr is an Iranian puppet who will remain a thorn in the side of more moderate Shiites that want a legitimate shot at freedom. Roving bands of armed militia with no allegiance to Iraq are not a good thing for the Republic--and with his criminal past there is legitimate reason to detain him. A festering wound like Sadr will not get better without treatment.