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I'm sure dropping 'weapons of mass destruction', possession of which is apparently grounds for invasion on a holy site will make people real happy.

Iranians are in there, few Britons, maybe a US citizen or two, everyone is getting in on the act because they're sick of the occupation as they see it - getting on to two years, no elected Iraqi government, little or no security, basic services still not up and running, no wonder dissent is rising - the actions of which are fuelling more dissent. Iran has had it's fingers in the pie from the start of this mess, that's well known.

A cease fire is the right move, the government has tried to bring Sadr onside for a while and been rebuffed, he's had his nose thoroughly bloodied over the last few days, if they can get him onside he'll be a powerful figure for unification and co-operation, even if it did take US bullets (though most of the real fighting has been Iraqi forces backed by US forces for political reasons) pinging around him to see the light.