The Sadr Trend, trending towards war? Or is this just propaganda?

[bushmeister0]

AP reports:

"Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces — a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow state protected by his powerful Mahdi Army. . .

By snubbing the give-and-take of politics, al-Sadr would have a freer hand to carve out a kind of parallel state with its own militia and social services along the lines of Hezbollah in Lebanon, a Shiite group founded with Iran's help in the 1980s."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_sadr_s_path

Nice propaganda there. When suddenly would a full scale war with the US inside Iraq be good for the Iranians? They were the ones who worked out a ceasefire between the Mahdi army and al-Maliki's forces in Basra, weren't they? The US and al-Maliki were kind of caught wrongfooted on that one, they wanted to wipe out Sadr's forces and get their hands on that sweet, sweet, Basra crude.

Choas in Iraq is not in the Iranians interest.

[Disturbed]

1. "Choas in Iraq is not in the Iranians interest."

I believe that it is in the interest of Iran to wear down the US/UK Occupation.

The longer the US/UK are bogged down in Iraq, the better it is for Iran.

Why?