What Moktada Knows!

"Maybe you thought you knew why the U.S. invaded Iraq. Maybe you thought it had something to do with Saddam Hussein, or the goal of spreading democratic values in the Middle East, or that maybe the point was Iraq's oil, or that the invasion at least reflected a policy that served some political or economic end. Silly you! We finally know exactly why the U.S. is in Iraq, and it all has to do with the Twelfth Imam.

Sez who? Sez the irrepressible Moktada Al-Sadr, the Shiite "cleric" who divides his time between vicious murder by night, and unintentional standup comedy by day. Last Friday, Al-Sadr delivered a sermon [Arabic link] in Kufa in which he revealed the truth (as he grasps it) about the U.S. invasion. According to him, the Pentagon has "a complete and hefty file" on the Twelfth Imam (lacking only a picture!), is anticipating his return to Iraq, and has amassed a force in the country so as to meet him with military might!"
IraqiPundit

Well now we know.