Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Reuters, "Experts: Iraq's Sadr Can Not Be Defeated by Force."
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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Reuters, "Experts: Iraq's Sadr Can Not Be Defeated by Force."
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says the next step is "open war". The U.S.-backed government shows no sign of backing down.
Suddenly, after many months in which the news from Iraq has been mostly about falling violence, the country is reeling towards a rebellion by millions of Sadr's followers against a government crackdown on his black-masked Mehdi Army militia. [...]
"It is important to note... that the Sadrists did not win any previous clashes with (U.S. and British forces), have not won any significant clashes in this round of fighting, seem to have lost in Basra and have not had any overt Iranian encouragement and support," Cordesman said in an e-mail.
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