I second that Redbob. I can't see why fatboy is still out there making trouble. Look, all the critics say the country is moving towards a civil war between the Shiites and the Sunnis. And that we are seen by the Sunnis and siding with the Shia. Ok, fine. To dispell that notion let's arrest fatboy and throw him in a cell with Saddam. Last one to sing is the buttboy.
I'm having a hard time imagining how this helps, take the operative phrases "US troops clash" and "dead bodies in the Mosque" - Now ask yourself based on what you know of the situation there how that could be a plus for us?
Then add on the elected political power of Al Sadr. Then add his Iranian connections and then remember this isnt the first time we've had deadly clashes with this guy and his militas. He hasnt grown less popular or less capable of weilding real street level power, on the contrary he now has a better equipped and better trained force. The fact that we're still dealing with this clerical timebomb in 2006 is a major mistake on our part. The notion that we'll gain support from the Sunnis by fighting the Shiia is one of the most naive statements about Iraq you could make.