**Police confirmed an operation was underway against the Mahdi Army in Basra while the Sadr movement said it was ready to negotiate a ceasefire.**
***A spokesman for Sadr's office in Basra, Harith al-Athari, told AFP the Sadrists wanted to end the stand-off.***
***”The situation is bad and we regret the fighting. We are ready for negotiations and want to calm things,” he said.***
***”The Sadr movement has called for an urgent meeting of their leaders to consider all the available choices and we will announce the outcome when we finish the meeting.”***
http://www.aina.org/news/20080325041418.htm
This doesn't sound like someone with a formidable militia ready for battle. All Sadr did was save face for his MSM pals.
They're saying THAT??!!
They have absolutely no shame.
That couldn't be farther from the truth.
Sadr's people capitulated on Sunday with their surrender terms they presented to Parliament.
Parliament and Maliki have not aceepted those terms.