Key here , this overules Fisk belief there would be no Civil War.
Sadr saying these words <<Young Shiite nationalist leader Muqtada al-Sadr said Monday that Iraq is in a state of civil war.>> is saying, it seems, it is now out of control even though keeps hoping ,by ordering his Mahdi Militia NOT to engage in reprisals, it can be stopped.
He played his video game night and day.
The MAZE of Death.
But that is the game we all are in, the trick, don't believe it.Get above it all and imagine nothing is what it seems.Kill the machine.otraque