Instapundit on the fall of Muqtada al-Sadr


	Instapundit on the fall of Muqtada al-Sadr

jklugman

2-27-2007 9:15 PM

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muqtada al-sadr, al-sadr, iraq, civil-war, civil war, fubar, glenn reynolds

jklugman says:

I especially liked the one about Bush's "nuanced combination of sophisticated counter-insurgency efforts and attendant political machinations contra Moktada al-Sadr".

Edit: Instapundit is the name of Glenn Reynolds' blog.

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Some past instalments</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/28/the-fall-and-fall-of-the-house-of-sadr/"><P><A href="http://instapundit.com/archives/015437.php">those who thought Sadr represented a mass movement among Iraqis were seriously mistaken.</A> [May 5, 04]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/28/the-fall-and-fall-of-the-house-of-sadr/"><P><A href="http://instapundit.com/archives/016045.php">SADR’S DECLINE CONTINUES</A> [Jun 17, 04]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/28/the-fall-and-fall-of-the-house-of-sadr/"><P><A href="http://instapundit.com/archives/018824.php">Bush has successfully mitigated the perils of having to grapple with two insurgencies simultaneously– through a nuanced combination of sophisticated counter-insurgency efforts and attendant political machinations contra Moktada al-Sadr.</A> [Nov 1, 04]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/28/the-fall-and-fall-of-the-house-of-sadr/"><P>And now:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/28/the-fall-and-fall-of-the-house-of-sadr/"><P><A href="http://instapundit.com/archives2/002878.php">Moqtada al-Sadr doesn’t like the surge. 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