Bush must have some photos of a naked Muqtada al-Sadr at Abu Ghraib prison

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/iraq/bal-te.iraq30aug30,0,6258228.story

Al-Sadr orders militia to cease fire
Iraqi cleric seeks 6-month truce to renew credibility

By Carol J. Williams
August 30, 2007

Baghdad - Radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia yesterday to halt hostilities for six months in order to restore its credibility in the eyes of Iraqis shaken by a deadly outbreak of Shiite-on-Shiite violence.

The unexpected move by the anti-American cleric, coupled with a vow to cease attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, might also have been aimed at elevating his standing among his countrymen and their neighbors by demonstrating that he has the power to make peace or destroy it.

"I direct the Mahdi Army to suspend all its activity for six months, until it is restructured in a way that helps honor the principles for which it was formed," al-Sadr said in a statement from his stronghold in the holy city of Najaf.

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1. Or ... They are Getting Ready ...

... by stockpiling weapons and ammo, marshalling their forces to be prepared to retaliate for the coming-soon Bush-ordered attack on Iran.