Foreign Correspondence

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<<What does this really mean, I wonder?>. The only hint we have is Chalabi said Jaafari "Should be given a chance"

Muqtada has been playing an aggressive chess strategy, one of which was to take in Chalabi when U.S. kicked him out--(Jaafari was kept in his position by a power play by al Sadr.)
This was, it now seems, a master stroke, because now U.S. wants Chalabi back!!
Problem? Yes, as Chalabi, exists now on the yeh or nay of al Sadr(who is tight with Iran given that Iran will accept a united Iraq if it is anti-U.S.)

Let's see what Chalabi and Sadr have in common or have over each other??
They both strongly are for a united Iraq in which Baathist will have NO power, zero power.

Chalabi will agree to sectarian government(or else)

Chalabi only hope for power is Sadr, he is dependent on Sadr; if Chalabi made a move to re-ally with U.S. his life span will become very short,imo

What has Sadr done here, he has brought in a master manipulator and put a chain on his ankle.

Sunni public, non-Baathist, regards Sadr as he is the ONLY Shi'ite they can trust.

Sadr has absolutely no tolerance for Allawist, Saddamist, foreign Jihadist.

What is Sadr's ambition???? To get the Sunni population to break with Baathist/Saddamist/Jihadist and he will give all his power to fighting side by side with the Sunni to get the U.S. out of Iraq.

What are the Iraqi religious Sunni's fear??? The Mahdi army is their fear. When Sadr was in Lebanon when the Dome matter happened, the Mahdi did attack Sunni mosques, they were brought under control once Sadr rushed back to Iraq.

Sadr must win trust of non-Baathist(or loyalist to Baathist)Sunnis that he is where to come to fight U.S.

so as to <<<<What does this really mean, I wonder?>.

It means Sadr himself is very confident about the game he is playing, and his game is AGAINST the U.S.

So, if can put acts behind his mouth, he is about to make some strong maneuver, what it is?? Yikes, Muqtada is ahead of me, for sure:)
I don't know what it really means.

But let's reduce Sadr to a bottomline bottomline, as simple as possible, he is non-secularist that does NOT want Civil War, but wants a united Islamic based Iraq that is absent the U.S.

Important to note also, Muqtada has none of al Queda's ambition to use global terrorism, he is quite anti-Al Queda.