There is a Great Mystery in President Bush's new plan for Iraq. If he intends to send the Army to fight Moktada al-Sadr in the slums of Sadr City, what will happen to Prime Minister al-Maliki who depends on Sadr's bloc of 40 in parliament? Bush then would have to dump al-Maliki for a ruling clique blessed by SCIRI and Kurdish hardliners, but is that possible and how?
Buried in the final lines of the NY Times story of Jan. 11...
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