Round 3: Iraqi Army VS Mehdi Army

"The Iraqi Army has massed outside the city of Amara waiting for the Mehdi Army's 4 day dead-line to end. If they do not surrender their weapons, which they wont, the Iraqi Army will go in and 'cleanse' the city. Of course we are getting the usual robotic we-are not-targeting-a-specific-militia cliché from officials but everyone including the Sadrists know exactly why the army is at their doorsteps in Amara and what they intend to do.

In March it was Basra, in April it was Sadr City, and now its Amara. This will be the third major offensive in three months by a Shia dominated government on a Shia militia and in an ironic sense this recent Shia vs Shia war is actually good news for Iraq because it means the central governments priority is security and it will not hesitate to unleash its military force against fellow Shia's. It also means the Sunnis cannot play the sectarian card anymore when Maliki orders the army into a predominately Sunni city, for example Mousil, to combat insurgents there."
Eye Raki