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Except in the eyes of a few 500-year old retards who still think Richard Nixon was a good president (and their Reagan-fellating buttbabies), Bob Woodward is considered one of the finest journalists in the country, and in his new book The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008, he explains what actually contributed to the drop in violence in Iraq: The book…says that the U.S.

This is some stupid stuff.  The whole of it. The gusher of encouraging developments from Iraq keeps coming: Moqtada al-Sadr promises to disband his militia in what is a de facto declaration of surrender after the beating he’s taken from American and Iraqi forces; the number of American troops killed

In the latest public announcement of Sadr’s call to shift the Mahdi Army, this piece from the Christian Science Monitor. Key highlights: During Friday prayers in Sadr City, clerics read instructions from the young anti-American leader ordering his militiamen to join a new religious and cultural

Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has announced the creation of a cultural wing of his organisation, known for its Mehdi Army militia. In a statement read at Friday prayers, he said only a “resistance” group was to remain armed, AP reported.

Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks to supporters at mosque in Kufa, 2007. Sadr has ordered his Mahdi Army militia to lay down its arms if a security pact between Baghdad and Washington provides for a withdrawal from Iraq.

British Deal With al-Sadr Betrayed Iraqi People by Omar and Mohammed Fadhil An Iraqi-eye view of an ally's shocking "accommodation" with the enemy.

Here's some news for people who still remember that we're in the middle of a war in some country called Irack or something... Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States started withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.

This is very interesting: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States started withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.

Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on timetable By Wisam Mohammed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States started withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.

Wall Street Journal August 6, 2008; Page A14 Good news out of Iraq is becoming almost a daily event: In just the past week, we learned that U.S. combat fatalities (five) dropped in July to a low for the war, that key leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq have fled to the Pakistani hinterland, that troop