Upon returning from several years of "self-imposed" exile in Iran--which the "firebrand" cleric chose after two uprisings by his Mahdi Army militia were badly defeated--Muqtada al Sadr declared, "We are still fighters," and has threatened attacks if US forces remain in Iraq past 2011.

We’ve left Iraq in a bottle with three scorpions–with no help from us except kind words.

America's complete withdrawal of its troops from Iraq is a tragic mistake. It jeopardises the gains made by President Bush's (and Tony Blair's) eminently correct 2003 decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and risks the broader Middle East falling into chaos.

The decision to confront the Muqtada al-Sadr's challenge to rule-of-law and liberty will cause a short-term spike in violence, but lead to long-term improvement.

As violence provoked by Muqtada al-Sadr's fringe Jaysh al-Mahdi militia enters its third day, Washington remains in a frenzy of misplaced panic.

Simultaneous unrest in Sunni and Shi'a areas of Iraq have raised the specter of a countrywide uprising, but sustained violence has not spread beyond Fallujah, and mainstream Shi'a have declined to join the firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The lack of popular support for this revolt raises questions not only about...

The Islamic Republic continues to hemorrhage her best and brightest who, unwilling to partake in the charade of Iranian elections, vote instead with their feet.

Iraqi troops asserted control over the Basra neighborhoods that had been Sadrist "strongholds" and continue to make progress.