Iraq: The Actors Speak for Themselves. Pt. 4

General Petraeus:

"I think it's very important to recognise that the Sadr trend, as a political movement, has every reason to be engaged in the political
spectrum, in the political arena, in Iraq."

"It represents an important constituency in the citzenry of Iraq."

So...let's send some more U.S. troops into Sadr City to see what sort of reaction we can provoke!

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PM Maliki:

"What Sahwa ? The role of the Sahwa is over. The only leadership is
that of the government."

This is Arabic, I suppose, for "Welcome to our new united front government, my dear Sunni brothers."